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How to draw polyline with negative coordinates in java [closed]

I want to draw polyline with positive and negative coordinates.

e.g.
125,66
126,62
-128,59
-127,55
-125,51
-124,47
-122,43
-121,40
-119,38
-118,36
These are the sample coordinate to draw the polyline in Jframe.
After drawing the polyline it will show the line for positive coordinates only.

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Please help me to understand how we can draw polyline with such coordinates using java technology.

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Answer

Let’s say your drawing panel (JPanel) is 400 x 400 pixels.

Let’s take your polyline. I’m assuming these are x, y coordinates.

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The y coordinates range from 36 to 66. These coordinates fit easily in the 0 to 399 range of our drawing panel.

The x coordinates range from -128 to 126. These coordinates don’t fit in the 0 to 399 range of our drawing panel.

The absolute difference between the minimum and the maximum x value is 254. 254 is less than the 400 pixels we have to work with.

Therefore, by adding 128 to each x coordinate, we can translate the polyline into something that can be drawn on our 400 x 400 drawing panel.

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