Re: [NTG-context] Metapost: directionpoint gives unexpected point(?)

12 Feb 2021

      Hi,

Like this:

metapost.registerscript("scrutenized", function()
     local p = mp.scan.path()
     local r = math.round
     local d = 10^mp.scan.numeric()
     for i=1,#p do
         local pi = p[i]
         pi[1] = r(pi[1] * d) / d
         pi[2] = r(pi[2] * d) / d
     end
     local x1 = r(p[1][1])
     local y1 = r(p[1][2])
     local n = 1
     local t = { p[1], cycle = p.cycle }
     for i=2,#p do
         local pi = p[i]
         local x2 = r(pi[1])
         local y2 = r(pi[2])
         if x1 ~= x2 or y1 ~= y2 then
             n = n + 1
             t[n] = p[i]
             x1 = x2
             y1 = y2
         end
     end
     mp.inject.path(t)
end)
\stopluacode

\startMPdefinitions{doublefun}
     newscriptindex mfid_scrutenized ; mfid_scrutenized := scriptindex 
"scrutenized" ;

     primarydef p scrutenized  n =
         runscript mfid_scrutenized p n
     enddef ;
\stopMPdefinitions

and then

p[1] := p[1] scrutenized 5 ; % 5 decimals
p[2] := p[2] scrutenized 5 ; % 5 decimals

Hans

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