arc

Syntax

#include <graphics.h>
void arc(int x, int y, int stangle, int endangle, int radius);

Description

arc draws a circular arc in the current drawing color centered at (x,y) with a radius given by radius. The arc travels from stangle to endangle. If stangle equals 0 and endangle equals 360, the call to arc draws a complete circle.

The angle for arc is reckoned counterclockwise, with 0 degrees at 3 o'clock, 90 degrees at 12 o'clock, and so on.

The linestyle parameter does not affect arcs, circles, ellipses, or pie slices. Only the thickness parameter is used.

If you are using a CGA in high resolution mode or a monochrome graphics adapter, the examples in online Help that show how to use graphics functions might not produce the expected results. If your system runs on a CGA or monochrome adapter, pass the value 1 to those functions that alter the fill or drawing color (setcolor, setfillstyle, and setlinestyle, for example), instead of a symbolic color constant (defined in graphics.h).

Return Value

None.

See also

circle

ellipse

fillellipse

getarcoords

getaspectratio

pieslice

sector

Example

/* arc example */ 

#include <graphics.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
    /* request autodetection */
   int gdriver = DETECT, gmode, errorcode;
   int midx, midy;
   int stangle = 45, endangle = 135;
   int radius = 100;

   /* initialize graphics and local variables */
   initgraph(&gdriver, &gmode, "");

   /* read result of initialization */
   errorcode = graphresult();
   if (errorcode != grOk) {  /* an error occurred */

      printf("Graphics error: %s\n", grapherrormsg(errorcode));
      printf("Press any key to halt:");
      getch();
      exit(1);               /* terminate with an error code */
   }

   midx = getmaxx() / 2;
   midy = getmaxy() / 2;
   setcolor(getmaxcolor());

   /* draw arc */
   arc(midx, midy, stangle, endangle, radius);

   /* clean up */
   getch();
   closegraph();
   return 0;
}