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\input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
@setfilename asymptote.info
@settitle Asymptote: the Vector Graphics Language
@include version.texi
@finalout

@copying
This file documents @code{Asymptote}, version @value{VERSION}.

@url{http://asymptote.sourceforge.net}
     
Copyright @copyright{} 2004-9 Andy Hammerlindl, John Bowman, and Tom Prince.
     
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the @acronym{GNU} Lesser General Public License (see the
file LICENSE in the top-level source directory).

@end quotation
@end copying
     
@dircategory Languages
@direntry
* asymptote: (asymptote/asymptote). Vector graphics language.
@end direntry

@titlepage
@title Asymptote: the Vector Graphics Language
@subtitle For version @value{VERSION}
@sp 1
@center @image{logo}
     
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
@insertcopying
     
@end titlepage
     
@c So the toc is printed at the start.
@contents
     
@ifnottex
@node Top
@top Asymptote
     
@insertcopying
@end ifnottex

@menu
* Description::                 What is @code{Asymptote}?
* Installation::                Downloading and installing
* Tutorial::                    Getting started
* Drawing commands::            Four primitive graphics commands
* Programming::                 The @code{Asymptote} vector graphics language
* LaTeX usage::                 Embedding @code{Asymptote} commands within @code{LaTeX}
* Base modules::                Base modules shipped with @code{Asymptote}
* Options::                     Command-line options
* Interactive mode::            Typing @code{Asymptote} commands interactively
* GUI::                         Graphical user interface
* PostScript to Asymptote::     @code{Asymptote} backend to @code{pstoedit}
* Help::                        Where to get help and submit bug reports
* Debugger::                    Squish those bugs!
* Credits::                     Contributions and acknowledgments
* Index::                       General index

@detailmenu
 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---

Installation

* UNIX binary distributions::   Prebuilt @code{UNIX} binaries
* MacOS X binary distributions::  Prebuilt @code{MacOS X} binaries  
* Microsoft Windows::           Prebuilt @code{Microsoft Windows} binary
* Configuring::                 Configuring @code{Asymptote} for your system
* Search paths::                Where @code{Asymptote} looks for your files
* Compiling from UNIX source::  Building @code{Asymptote} from scratch
* Editing modes::               Convenient @code{emacs} and @code{vim} modes
* Subversion::                  Getting the latest development source
* Uninstall::                   Goodbye, @code{Asymptote}!

Drawing commands

* draw::                        Draw a path on a picture or frame
* fill::                        Fill a cyclic path on a picture or frame
* clip::                        Clip a picture or frame to a cyclic path
* label::                       Label a point on a picture

Programming

* Data types::                  void, bool, int, real, pair, triple, string
* Paths and guides::            
* Pens::                        Colors, line types, line widths, font sizes
* Transforms::                  Affine transforms
* Frames and pictures::         Canvases for immediate and deferred drawing
* Files::                       Reading and writing your data
* Variable initializers::       Initialize your variables
* Structures::                  Organize your data
* Operators::                   Arithmetic and logical operators
* Implicit scaling::            Avoiding those ugly *s
* Functions::                   Traditional and high-order functions
* Arrays::                      Dynamic vectors
* Casts::                       Implicit and explicit casts
* Import::                      Importing external @code{Asymptote} packages
* Static::                      Where to allocate your variable?

Operators

* Arithmetic & logical::        Basic mathematical operators
* Self & prefix operators::     Increment and decrement
* User-defined operators::      Overloading operators

Functions

* Default arguments::           Default values can appear anywhere
* Named arguments::             Assigning function arguments by keyword
* Rest arguments::              Functions with a variable number of arguments
* Mathematical functions::      Standard libm functions


Arrays

* Slices::                      Python-style array slices

Base modules

* plain::                       Default @code{Asymptote} base file
* simplex::                     Linear programming: simplex method
* math::                        Extend @code{Asymptote}'s math capabilities
* interpolate::                 Interpolation routines
* geometry::                    Geometry routines
* trembling::                   Wavy lines
* stats::                       Statistics routines and histograms
* patterns::                    Custom fill and draw patterns
* markers::                     Custom path marker routines
* tree::                        Dynamic binary search tree
* binarytree::                  Binary tree drawing module
* drawtree::                    Tree drawing module
* syzygy::                      Syzygy and braid drawing module
* feynman::                     Feynman diagrams
* roundedpath::                 Round the sharp corners of paths
* animation::                   Embedded @acronym{PDF} and @acronym{MPEG} movies
* embed::                       Embedding movies, sounds, and 3D objects
* slide::                       Making presentations with @code{Asymptote}
* MetaPost::                    @code{MetaPost} compatibility routines
* unicode::                     Accept @code{unicode} (UTF-8) characters
* latin1::                      Accept @code{ISO 8859-1} characters
* babel::                       Interface to @code{LaTeX} @code{babel} package
* labelpath::                   Drawing curved labels
* labelpath3::                  Drawing curved labels in 3D
* annotate::                    Annotate your @acronym{PDF} files
* CAD::                         2D CAD pen and measurement functions (DIN 15)
* graph::                       2D linear & logarithmic graphs
* palette::                     Color density images and palettes
* three::                       3D vector graphics
* obj::                         3D obj files
* graph3::                      3D linear & logarithmic graphs
* grid3::                       3D grids
* solids::                      3D solid geometry
* tube::                        3D rotation minimizing tubes
* flowchart::                   Flowchart drawing routines
* contour::                     Contour lines
* contour3::                    Contour surfaces
* slopefield::                  Slope fields
* ode::                         Ordinary differential equations

Graphical User Interface

* GUI Installation::            Installing @code{xasy}
* GUI Usage::                   

@end detailmenu
@end menu

@node Description
@chapter Description
@cindex description

@code{Asymptote} is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language that
provides a mathematical coordinate-based framework for technical drawings.
Labels and equations are typeset with @code{LaTeX}, for overall document
consistency, yielding the same high-quality level of typesetting that
@code{LaTeX} provides for scientific text. By default it produces
@code{PostScript} output, but it can also generate any format that the
@code{ImageMagick} package can produce.
     
A major advantage of @code{Asymptote} over other graphics packages is
that it is a high-level programming language, as opposed to just a graphics
program: it can therefore exploit the best features of the script
(command-driven) and graphical-user-interface (@acronym{GUI}) methods for
producing figures. The rudimentary @acronym{GUI} @code{xasy} included with the
package allows one to move script-generated objects
around. To make @code{Asymptote} accessible to the average user, this
@acronym{GUI} is currently being developed into a full-fledged interface
that can generate objects directly. However, the script portion of the language
is now ready for general use by users who are willing to learn a few
simple @code{Asymptote} graphics commands (@pxref{Drawing commands}).

@code{Asymptote} is mathematically oriented (e.g.@ one can
use complex multiplication to rotate a vector) and uses
@code{LaTeX} to do the 
typesetting of labels. This is an important feature for scientific
applications. It was inspired by an earlier drawing program (with a weaker
syntax and capabilities) called @code{MetaPost}.

The @code{Asymptote} vector graphics language provides:

@itemize @bullet
@item a standard for typesetting mathematical figures, just
as @TeX{}/@code{LaTeX} is the de-facto standard for typesetting equations.

@item @code{LaTeX} typesetting of labels, for overall document consistency;

@item the ability to generate and embed 3D vector @acronym{PRC} graphics into @acronym{PDF} files;

@item a natural coordinate-based framework for technical drawings,
inspired by @code{MetaPost}, with a much cleaner, powerful C++-like programming
syntax;

@item compilation of figures into virtual machine code for speed, without
sacrificing portability;

@item the power of a script-based language coupled to the convenience of
a @acronym{GUI};

@item customization using its own C++-like graphics programming language; 

@item sensible defaults for graphical features, with the ability to override;

@item a high-level mathematically oriented interface to the
@code{PostScript} language for vector graphics, including affine transforms
and complex variables;

@item functions that can create new (anonymous) functions;

@item deferred drawing that uses the simplex method to solve overall size
constraint issues between fixed-sized objects (labels and arrowheads) and
objects that should scale with figure size;

@end itemize

Many of the features of @code{Asymptote} are written in the
@code{Asymptote} language itself. While the stock version of
@code{Asymptote} is designed for mathematics typesetting needs, one can
write @code{Asymptote} modules that tailor it to specific
applications. A scientific graphing module has already been written
(@pxref{graph}). Examples of @code{Asymptote} code and output,
including animations, are available at
@quotation
@url{http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/gallery/}.
@end quotation
@noindent
Links to many external resources, including an excellent user-written
@code{Asymptote} tutorial can be found at
@quotation
@url{http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/links.html}.
@end quotation

@node Installation
@chapter Installation
@cindex installation

@menu
* UNIX binary distributions::   Prebuilt @code{UNIX} binaries
* MacOS X binary distributions::  Prebuilt @code{MacOS X} binaries  
* Microsoft Windows::           Prebuilt @code{Microsoft Windows} binary
* Configuring::                 Configuring @code{Asymptote} for your system
* Search paths::                Where @code{Asymptote} looks for your files
* Compiling from UNIX source::  Building @code{Asymptote} from scratch
* Editing modes::               Convenient @code{emacs} and @code{vim} modes
* Subversion::                  Getting the latest development source
* Uninstall::                   Goodbye, @code{Asymptote}!
@end menu

After following the instructions for your specific distribution,
please see also @ref{Configuring}.

@noindent
We recommend subscribing to new release announcements at
@quotation
@url{http://freshmeat.net/projects/asy}
@end quotation
@noindent
Users may also wish to monitor the @code{Asymptote} forum:
@quotation
@url{http://sourceforge.net/forum/monitor.php?forum_id=409349}
@end quotation
@noindent

@node UNIX binary distributions
@section UNIX binary distributions
@cindex UNIX binary distributions

@cindex @acronym{RPM}
@cindex @code{tgz}
We release both @code{tgz} and @acronym{RPM} binary distributions of
@code{Asymptote}. The root user can install the @code{Linux i386} @code{tgz}
distribution of version @code{x.xx} of @code{Asymptote} with the commands:
@verbatim
tar -C / -zxf asymptote-x.xx.i386.tgz
texhash
@end verbatim
@noindent
The @code{texhash} command, which installs LaTeX style files, is optional.
The executable file will be @code{/usr/local/bin/asy}) and example code
will be installed by default in @code{@value{Datadir}/doc/asymptote/examples}. 

@noindent
@cindex Fedora
Fedora users can easily install the most recent version of @code{Asymptote}
with the command
@verbatim
yum --enablerepo=rawhide install asymptote
@end verbatim

@cindex Debian
@noindent
To install the latest version of @code{Asymptote} on a Debian-based distribution
(e.g.@ Ubuntu, Mepis, Linspire) follow the instructions for compiling
from @code{UNIX} source (@pxref{Compiling from UNIX source}).
Alternatively, Debian users can install one of Hubert Chan's
prebuilt @code{Asymptote} binaries from
@quotation
@url{http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/asymptote}
@end quotation

@node MacOS X binary distributions
@section MacOS X binary distributions
@cindex @code{MacOS X} binary distributions
@code{MacOS X} users can either compile the @code{UNIX} source code
(@pxref{Compiling from UNIX source})
or install the contributed @code{Asymptote} binary available at

@url{http://www.hmug.org/pub/MacOS_X/X/Applications/Publishing/asymptote/}

@noindent
Because these preconfigured binary distributions have
strict architecture and library dependencies that many installations do
not satisfy, we recommend installing @code{Asymptote} directly from the
official source:

@url{http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120000}

@noindent
Note that many @code{MacOS X} (and FreeBSD) systems inexplicably ship
with an extremely old @acronym{GNU} @code{readline} version (4.1,
dated 21 March 2000). For full interactive functionality,
@code{readline} version 4.2 or later (16 April 2001) is required.

@node Microsoft Windows
@section Microsoft Windows
@cindex Microsoft Windows
Users of the @code{Microsoft Windows} operating system can install the
self-extracting @code{Asymptote} executable @code{asymptote-x.xx-setup.exe},
where @code{x.xx} denotes the latest version.

A working @TeX{} implementation (such as the one available at
@url{http://www.miktex.org}) will be required to typeset labels.
You will also need to install @code{GPL Ghostscript} from
@url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/}.

To view the default @code{PostScript} output, you can install the
program @code{gsview} available from 
@url{http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/}.
@anchor{psview}
A better (and free) @code{PostScript} viewer available at
@url{http://psview.sourceforge.net/} (which in particular works properly
in interactive mode) unfortunately currently requires some manual
configuration. Specifically, if version @code{x.xx} of psview is
extracted to the directory @code{c:\Program Files\psview-x.xx} one
needs to put
@verbatim
import settings;
psviewer="c:\Program Files\psview-x.xx\psv.exe";
@end verbatim
@noindent
in the optional @code{Asymptote} configuration file;
@pxref{configuration file}).

The @code{ImageMagick} package from

@url{http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php} 

@noindent
is required to support output formats other than @acronym{EPS} and
@acronym{PDF} (@pxref{convert}).
The @code{Python} interpreter from @url{http://www.python.org} is only required
if you wish to try out the graphical user interface (@pxref{GUI}).

@noindent
Example code will be installed by default in the @code{examples}
subdirectory of the installation directory (by default, 
@code{C:\Program Files\Asymptote}).

@node Configuring
@section Configuring
@cindex configuring
@cindex @code{-V}
@cindex @code{psviewer}
@cindex @code{pdfviewer}
@cindex @code{gs}
In interactive mode, or when given the @code{-V} option (the default
when running @code{Asymptote} on a single file under @code{MSDOS}),
@code{Asymptote} will automatically invoke the @code{PostScript}
viewer @code{gv} (under @code{UNIX}) or @code{gsview} (under
@code{MSDOS} to display graphical output. These defaults may be
overridden with the configuration variable @code{psviewer}. 
The @code{PostScript} viewer should be capable of automatically
redrawing whenever the output file is updated. The default @code{UNIX}
@code{PostScript} viewer @code{gv} supports this (via a @code{SIGHUP}
signal). Version @code{gv-3.6.3} or later (from
@url{http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gv/}) is required for interactive mode to
work properly.
Users of @code{ggv} will need to enable @code{Watch file} under
@code{Edit/Postscript Viewer Preferences}.
Users of @code{gsview} will need to enable @code{Options/Auto Redisplay}
(however, under @code{MSDOS} it is still necessary to click on the
@code{gsview} window; under @code{UNIX} one must manually redisplay by
pressing the @code{r} key). A better (and free) multiplatform
alternative to @code{gsview} is psview (@pxref{psview}).

@cindex @code{settings}
@cindex configuration file
Configuration variables are most easily set as @code{Asymptote}
variables in an optional configuration file (by default,
@code{.asy/config.asy} in the user's home directory,
@code{$TEXMFCONFIG/asymptote} under @code{TeXLive}, and
@code{%USERPROFILE%\.asy\config.asy} under @code{MSDOS};
@pxref{configuration file}). Here are the default values
of several important configuration variables under @code{UNIX}:

@cindex @code{python}
@noindent
@verbatim
import settings;
psviewer="gv";
pdfviewer="acroread";
gs="gs";
python="";
@end verbatim

@noindent
The (installation-dependent) default values of these configuration
variables under @code{MSDOS} are determined automatically from the
@code{Microsoft Windows} registry.

For @acronym{PDF} format output, the @code{gs} setting specifies the
location of the @code{PostScript}-to-@acronym{PDF} processor @code{Ghostscript},
available from @url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/}.

The setting @code{pdfviewer} specifies the location of the @acronym{PDF}
viewer. On @code{UNIX} systems, to support automatic document
reloading in @code{Adobe Reader}, we recommend copying the file
@code{reload.js} from the @code{Asymptote} system directory (by default,
@code{@value{Datadir}/asymptote} under @code{UNIX} to
@code{~/.adobe/Acrobat/x.x/JavaScripts/},
where @code{x.x} represents the appropriate @code{Adobe Reader}
version number. The automatic document reload feature must then be
explicitly enabled by putting
@verbatim
import settings;
pdfreload=true;
pdfreloadOptions="-tempFile";
@end verbatim
@noindent
in the @code{Asymptote} configuration file. This reload feature is not
useful under @code{MSDOS} since the document cannot be updated anyway on
that operating system until it is first closed by @code{Adobe Reader}.

The graphical user interface may also require setting the variable
@code{python} if @code{Python} is installed in a nonstandard location.

The configuration variable @code{dir} can be used to adjust the
search path (@pxref{Search paths}).

@cindex @code{papertype}
@cindex @code{paperwidth}
@cindex @code{paperheight}
@cindex @code{letter}
@cindex @code{a4}
By default, @code{Asymptote} attempts to center the figure on the
page, assuming that the paper type is @code{letter}. The default paper
type may be changed to @code{a4} with the configuration variable
@code{papertype}. Alignment to other paper sizes can be obtained by setting the
configuration variables @code{paperwidth} and @code{paperheight}.

@cindex @code{texpath}
@cindex @code{texcommand}
@cindex @code{dvips}
@cindex @code{convert}
@cindex @code{display}
@cindex @code{animate}
@cindex @code{ImageMagick}
The following configuration variables normally do not require adjustment:
@verbatim
texpath
texcommand
dvips
convert
display
animate
@end verbatim
@noindent

Warnings (such as "writeoverloaded") may be enabled or disabled with
the functions
@verbatim
warn(string s);
nowarn(string s);
@end verbatim
@noindent
or by directly modifying the string array @code{warnings}.

@cindex command-line options
Configuration variables may also be set or overwritten with a
command-line option:
@verbatim
asy -psviewer=gsview -V venn
@end verbatim

@cindex environment variables
Alternatively, system environment versions of the above configuration
variables may be set in the conventional way. The corresponding
environment variable name is obtained by converting the configuration
variable name to upper case  and prepending @code{ASYMPTOTE_}:
for example, to set the environment variable
@verbatim
ASYMPTOTE_PSVIEWER="C:\Program Files\Ghostgum\gsview\gsview32.exe";
@end verbatim
@noindent
under @code{Microsoft Windows XP}:
@enumerate
@item Click on the @code{Start} button;
@item Right-click on @code{My Computer}; 
@item Choose @code{Properties} from the popup menu;
@item Click the @code{Advanced} tab; 
@item Click the @code{Environment Variables} button.
@end enumerate

@node Search paths
@section Search paths
@cindex search paths

In looking for @code{Asymptote} system
files, @code{asy} will search the following paths, in the order listed:
@enumerate
@item
The current directory;
@item
@cindex @code{dir}
A list of one or more directories specified by the configuration
variable @code{dir} (separated by @code{:} under UNIX and
@code{;} under @code{MSDOS});
@item
@cindex @code{.asy}
The directory @code{.asy} in the user's home directory 
(@code{%USERPROFILE%\.asy} under @code{MSDOS});
@item
The @code{Asymptote} system directory (by default,
@code{@value{Datadir}/asymptote} under @code{UNIX} and
@code{C:\Program Files\Asymptote} under @code{MSDOS}).
@end enumerate

@node Compiling from UNIX source
@section Compiling from UNIX source
@cindex Compiling from UNIX source

To compile and install a @code{UNIX} executable from
a source release
@code{x.xx}, first execute the commands:
@verbatim
gunzip asymptote-x.xx.src.tgz
tar -xf asymptote-x.xx.src.tar
cd asymptote-x.xx
@end verbatim
By default the system version of the Boehm garbage collector will be
used; if it is old we recommend first putting
@url{http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc-7.1.tar.gz}
in the @code{Asymptote} source directory.

@cindex @code{freeglut}
@cindex 3D rendering
@cindex antialiasing
@cindex multisampling
@anchor{multisampling}
@noindent
If your graphics card supports multisampling, we recommend using version
@code{2.6.0-rc1} (or later) of @code{freeglut} to support antialiasing in
@code{Asymptote}'s adaptive @code{OpenGL} 3D renderer
(@code{MacOS X} users can skip this step since @code{Asymptote} is configured
to use the native glut library on that platform). Download
@quotation
@url{http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeglut/freeglut-2.6.0-rc1.tar.gz}
@end quotation
@noindent
and type (as the root user):
@verbatim
tar -zxf freeglut-2.6.0-rc1.tar.gz
cd freeglut-2.6.0
./configure --prefix=/usr
make install
cd ..
@end verbatim
@noindent 
Then compile @code{Asymptote} with the commands
@verbatim
./configure
make all
make install
@end verbatim
@noindent
Be sure to use @acronym{GNU} @code{make} (on non-@acronym{GNU} systems
this command may be called @code{gmake}).
To build the documentation, you may need to install the
@code{texinfo-tex} package. If you get errors from a broken @code{texinfo}
or @code{pdftex} installation, simply put
@quotation
@url{http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/asymptote.pdf}
@end quotation
@noindent
in the directory @code{doc} and repeat the command @code{make all}.

@noindent
For a (default) system-wide installation, the last command should be
done as the root user. To install without root privileges, change the
@code{./configure} command to
@verbatim
./configure --prefix=$HOME/asymptote
@end verbatim
One can disable use of the Boehm garbage collector by configuring
with @code{./configure --disable-gc}. For a list of other configuration
options, say @code{./configure --help}. For example, one can tell
configure to look for header files and libraries in nonstandard locations:
@verbatim
./configure CFLAGS=-I/opt/usr/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/usr/lib
@end verbatim

If you are compiling @code{Asymptote} with @code{gcc}, you will need a
relatively recent version (e.g.@ 3.4.4 or later).  For full interactive
functionality, you will need version 4.2 or later of the @acronym{GNU}
@code{readline} library.
The file @code{gcc3.3.2curses.patch} in the @code{patches} directory can
be used to patch the broken curses.h header file (or a local copy thereof
in the current directory) on some @code{AIX} and @code{IRIX} systems.

@cindex @code{FFTW}
@cindex @code{GSL}
The @code{FFTW} library is only required if you want @code{Asymptote}
to be able to take Fourier transforms of data (say, to compute an
audio power spectrum). The @code{GSL} library is only required if you
require the special functions that it supports.

If you don't want to install @code{Asymptote} system wide, just make
sure the compiled binary @code{asy} and @acronym{GUI} script @code{xasy} are in
your path and set the configuration variable @code{dir} to point
to the directory @code{base} (in the top level directory of the
@code{Asymptote} source code). 

@node Editing modes
@section Editing modes
@cindex Editing modes
@cindex @code{emacs}
@cindex @code{asy-mode}
@cindex @code{lasy-mode}
Users of @code{emacs} can edit @code{Asymptote} code with the mode
@code{asy-mode}, after enabling it by putting the following lines in their
@code{.emacs} initialization file, replacing @code{ASYDIR} with the
location of the @code{Asymptote} system directory (by default,
@code{@value{Datadir}/asymptote} or @code{C:\Program Files\Asymptote}
under @code{MSDOS}):
@verbatim
(add-to-list 'load-path "ASYDIR")
(autoload 'asy-mode "asy-mode.el" "Asymptote major mode." t)
(autoload 'lasy-mode "asy-mode.el" "hybrid Asymptote/Latex major mode." t)
(autoload 'asy-insinuate-latex "asy-mode.el" "Asymptote insinuate LaTeX." t)
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.asy$" . asy-mode))

@end verbatim
@noindent
Particularly useful key bindings in this mode are @code{C-c C-c}, which compiles
and displays the current buffer, and the key binding @code{C-c ?}, which
shows the available function prototypes for the command at the cursor.
For full functionality you should also install the Apache Software Foundation
package @code{two-mode-mode}:
@quotation
@url{http://www.dedasys.com/freesoftware/files/two-mode-mode.el}
@end quotation
@noindent
Once installed, you can use the hybrid mode @code{lasy-mode} to edit a
LaTeX file containing embedded @code{Asymptote} code (@pxref{LaTeX usage}). 
This mode can be enabled within @code{latex-mode}
with the key sequence @code{M-x lasy-mode <RET>}.
On @code{UNIX} systems, additional keywords will be generated from
all @code{asy} files in the space-separated list of directories
specified by the environment variable @code{ASYMPTOTE_SITEDIR}.
Further documentation of @code{asy-mode} is available within
@code{emacs} by pressing the sequence keys @code{C-h f asy-mode <RET>}.

@cindex @code{vim}
@cindex @code{asy.vim}
Fans of @code{vim} can customize @code{vim} for @code{Asymptote} with

@noindent
@code{cp @value{Datadir}/asymptote/asy.vim ~/.vim/syntax/asy.vim}

@noindent
and add the following to their @code{~/.vimrc} file:
@verbatim
augroup filetypedetect
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.asy     setf asy
augroup END
filetype plugin on
@end verbatim

If any of these directories or files don't exist, just create them.
To set @code{vim} up to run the current asymptote script using @code{:make}
just add to @code{~/.vim/ftplugin/asy.vim}:
@verbatim
setlocal makeprg=asy\ %
setlocal errorformat=%f:\ %l.%c:\ %m
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{KDE editor}
@cindex @code{Kate}
@cindex @code{asymptote.xml}
Syntax highlighting support for the @acronym{KDE} editor @code{Kate}
can be enabled by running @code{asy-kate.sh} in the
@code{@value{Datadir}/asymptote} directory and putting the generated
@code{asymptote.xml} file in @code{~/.kde/share/apps/katepart/syntax/}.

@node Subversion
@section Subversion (SVN)
@cindex Subversion
@cindex SVN

The following commands are needed to install the latest development version of
@code{Asymptote} using @code{Subversion}:
@verbatim
svn co http://asymptote.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/asymptote/trunk/asymptote
cd asymptote
./autogen.sh
./configure
make all
make install
@end verbatim

@noindent
To compile without optimization, use the command @code{make CFLAGS=-g}.

@node Uninstall
@section Uninstall
@cindex Uninstall

To uninstall an @code{Linux i386} binary distribution, use the commands
@verbatim
tar -zxvf asymptote-x.xx.i386.tgz | xargs --replace=% rm /%
texhash
@end verbatim

@noindent
To uninstall all @code{Asymptote} files installed from a source
distribution, use the command
@verbatim
make uninstall
@end verbatim

@node Tutorial
@chapter Tutorial
@cindex tutorial
@emph{An excellent user-written @code{Asymptote} tutorial is also available
from}

@url{http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/Asymptote:_Basics}

@noindent
To draw a line from coordinate (0,0) to coordinate (100,100) using
@code{Asymptote}'s interactive mode, type at the command prompt:
@verbatim
asy
draw((0,0)--(100,100));
@end verbatim
@sp 1
@center @image{diagonal}

@cindex @code{bp}
@cindex @code{pair}
The units here are @code{PostScript} "big points" 
(1 @code{bp} = 1/72 @code{inch}); @code{--} means join with a linear segment.
In @code{Asymptote} coordinates like @code{(0,0)} and
@code{(1000,100)} are called @emph{pairs}.

@cindex tab completion
@cindex arrow keys
At this point you can type in further draw commands, which will be added
to the displayed figure, or type @code{quit} to exit interactive mode.
You can use the arrow keys in interactive mode to edit previous lines
(assuming that you have support for the @acronym{GNU} @code{readline} library
enabled). The tab key will automatically complete unambiguous words;
otherwise, hitting tab again will show the possible choices. Further
commands specific to interactive mode are described in @ref{Interactive mode}.

@cindex batch mode
In batch mode, @code{Asymptote} reads commands directly from a
file. To try this out, type 
@verbatiminclude diagonal.asy

@noindent
into a file, say test.asy. Then execute this file with the
@code{MSDOS} or @code{UNIX} command
@verbatim
asy -V test
@end verbatim
@noindent
@code{MSDOS} users can drag and drop the file onto the
Desktop @code{asy} icon or make @code{Asymptote} the
default application for files with the extension @code{asy}.

@noindent
@cindex @code{-V}
The @code{-V} option opens up a @code{PostScript}
viewer window so you can immediately view the encapsulated
@code{PostScript} output. By default the output will be written to the
file @code{test.eps}; the prefix of the output file may be changed with
the @code{-o} command-line option.

@cindex @code{cycle}
One can draw a line with more than two points and create a cyclic path
like this square:
@verbatiminclude square.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{square}

It is often inconvenient to work directly with @code{PostScript} coordinates.
The next example draws a unit square scaled to width 101 bp and height
101 bp. The output is identical to that of the previous example.
@verbatim
size(101,101);
draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle);
@end verbatim

For convenience, the path @code{(0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle}
may be replaced with the predefined variable
@code{unitsquare}, or equivalently, @code{box((0,0),(1,1))}.

@cindex @code{inches}
@cindex @code{cm}
@cindex @code{mm}
@cindex @code{pt}
One can also specify the size in @code{pt} (1 @code{pt} = 1/72.27 @code{inch}),
@code{cm}, @code{mm}, or @code{inches}. 
If 0 is given as a size argument, no restriction is made in that direction;
the overall scaling will be determined by the other direction
(@pxref{size}):
@verbatiminclude bigsquare.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{bigsquare}

@cindex user coordinates
@cindex @code{unitsize}
To make the user coordinates represent multiples of exactly @code{1cm}:
@verbatim
unitsize(1cm);
draw(unitsquare);
@end verbatim 

One can also specify different @math{x} and @math{y} unit sizes:
@verbatim 
unitsize(1cm,2cm);
draw(unitsquare);
@end verbatim 

Adding labels is easy in @code{Asymptote}; one specifies the
label as a double-quoted @code{LaTeX} string, a
coordinate, and an optional alignment direction:
@verbatiminclude labelsquare.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{labelsquare}

@cindex compass directions
@cindex @code{N}
@cindex @code{E}
@cindex @code{W}
@cindex @code{S}
@code{Asymptote} uses the standard compass directions @code{E=(1,0)}, 
@code{N=(0,1)}, @code{NE=unit(N+E)}, and @code{ENE=unit(E+NE)}, etc.,
which along with the directions @code{up}, @code{down}, @code{right},
and @code{left} are defined as pairs in the @code{Asymptote} base
module @code{plain}. A user who has a local variable named @code{E} 
may access the compass direction @code{E} by prefixing it with the name
of the module where it is defined: @code{plain.E}.

This example draws a path that approximates a quarter circle:
@verbatiminclude quartercircle.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{quartercircle}

In general, a path is specified as a list of pairs (or other paths)
interconnected with
@cindex @code{cycle}
@cindex @code{--}
@cindex @code{..}
@code{--}, which denotes a straight line segment, or @code{..}, which
denotes a cubic spline.
@anchor{unitcircle}
@cindex @code{unitcircle}
Specifying a final node @code{cycle} creates a cyclic path that
connects smoothly back to the initial node, as in this approximation
(accurate to within 0.06%) of a unit circle:
@verbatim
path unitcircle=E..N..W..S..cycle;
@end verbatim

@anchor{Bezier}
@cindex direction specifier
Each interior node of a cubic spline may be given a
direction prefix or suffix @code{@{dir@}}: the direction of the pair
@code{dir} specifies the direction of the incoming or outgoing tangent,
respectively, to the curve at that node. Exterior nodes may be
given direction specifiers only on their interior side. 

A cubic spline between the node @math{z_0}, with postcontrol point
@math{c_0}, and the node @math{z_1}, with precontrol point @math{c_1},
is computed as the Bezier curve
@sp 1
@center @image{bezier,,,(1-t)^3*z_0+3t(1-t)^2*c_0+3t^2(1-t)*c_1+t^3*z_1 for 0 <=t <= 1.}

As illustrated in the diagram below, the third-order midpoint (@math{m_5})
constructed from two endpoints @math{z_0} and @math{z_1} and two control points
@math{c_0} and @math{c_1}, is the point corresponding to @math{t=1/2} on
the Bezier curve formed by the quadruple (@math{z_0}, @math{c_0},
@math{c_1}, @math{z_1}). This allows one to recursively construct the
desired curve, by using the newly extracted third-order midpoint as an
endpoint and the respective second- and first-order midpoints as control
points:
@sp 1
@center @image{bezier2}

Here @math{m_0}, @math{m_1} and @math{m_2} are the first-order
midpoints, @math{m_3} and @math{m_4} are the second-order midpoints, and
@math{m_5} is the third-order midpoint.
The curve is then constructed by recursively applying the algorithm to
(@math{z_0}, @math{m_0}, @math{m_3}, @math{m_5}) and
(@math{m_5}, @math{m_4}, @math{m_2}, @math{z_1}).

In fact, an analogous property holds for points located at any
fraction @math{t} in @math{[0,1]} of each segment, not just for
midpoints (@math{t=1/2}).

The Bezier curve constructed in this manner has the following properties:
@itemize @bullet

@item It is entirely contained in the convex hull of the given four points.

@item It starts heading from the first endpoint to the first control point 
and finishes heading from the second control point to the second endpoint.

@end itemize

@cindex @code{controls}
The user can specify explicit control points between two nodes like this:
@verbatim
draw((0,0)..controls (0,100) and (100,100)..(100,0));
@end verbatim

However, it is usually more convenient to just use the
@code{..} operator, which tells @code{Asymptote} to choose its own
control points using the algorithms described in Donald Knuth's
monograph, The MetaFontbook, Chapter 14.
The user can still customize the guide (or path) by specifying
direction, tension, and curl values.

The higher the tension, the straighter the curve is, and the more 
it approximates a straight line.
@cindex @code{tension}
@cindex @code{and}
@cindex @code{atleast}
One can change the spline tension from its default value of 1 to any
real value greater than or equal to 0.75 (cf. John D. Hobby, Discrete and
Computational Geometry 1, 1986):
@verbatim
draw((100,0)..tension 2 ..(100,100)..(0,100));
draw((100,0)..tension 2 and 1 ..(100,100)..(0,100));
draw((100,0)..tension atleast 1 ..(100,100)..(0,100));
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{curl}
The curl parameter specifies the curvature at the endpoints of a path
(0 means straight; the default value of 1 means approximately circular):
@verbatim
draw((100,0){curl 0}..(100,100)..{curl 0}(0,100));
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{MetaPost ...@ }
@cindex @code{::}
The @code{MetaPost ...} path connector, which requests, when possible, an
inflection-free curve confined to a triangle defined by the
endpoints and directions, is implemented in @code{Asymptote} as the
convenient abbreviation @code{::} for @code{..tension atleast 1 ..}
(the ellipsis @code{...} is used in @code{Asymptote} to indicate a
variable number of arguments; @pxref{Rest arguments}).  For example,
compare
@verbatiminclude dots.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{dots}
@noindent
with
@verbatiminclude colons.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{colons}

@cindex @code{---}
@cindex @code{&}
The @code{---} connector is an abbreviation for @code{..tension atleast
infinity..} and the @code{&} connector concatenates two paths, after
first stripping off the last node of the first path (which normally
should coincide with the first node of the second path).

@cindex @code{PostScript} subpath
@cindex @code{^^}
@cindex @code{path[]}
@cindex superpath
An @code{Asymptote} path, being connected, is equivalent to a
@code{Postscript subpath}. The @code{^^} binary operator, which
requests that the pen be moved (without drawing or affecting
endpoint curvatures) from the final point of the left-hand path to the
initial point of the right-hand path, may be used to group several
@code{Asymptote} paths into a @code{path[]} array (equivalent to a
@code{PostScript} path):
@verbatiminclude superpath.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{superpath}

@cindex evenodd
The @code{PostScript} even-odd fill rule here specifies that only the
region bounded between the two unit circles is filled (@pxref{fillrule}).
In this example, the same effect can be achieved by using the default
zero winding number fill rule, if one is careful to alternate the
orientation of the paths:
@verbatim
filldraw(unitcircle^^reverse(g),yellow,black);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{unitbox}
The @code{^^} operator is used by the @code{box(triple, triple)} function in
@code{three.asy} to construct the edges of a cube @code{unitbox}
without retracing steps:
@verbatiminclude cube.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{cube}

See section @ref{graph} (or the online @code{Asymptote} gallery and
external links posted at @url{http://asymptote.sourceforge.net}) for
further examples, including two and three-dimensional scientific
graphs. Additional examples have been posted by Philippe Ivaldi at
@url{http://piprim.tuxfamily.org/asymptote/}.

@node Drawing commands
@chapter Drawing commands
@cindex drawing commands

All of @code{Asymptote}'s graphical capabilities are based on four primitive
commands. The three @code{PostScript} drawing commands @code{draw},
@code{fill}, and @code{clip} add objects to a picture in the order in
which they are executed, with the most recently drawn object appearing on top.
The labeling command @code{label} can be used to add text
labels and external @acronym{EPS} images, which will appear on top of the
@code{PostScript} objects (since this is normally what one wants), but
again in the relative order in which they were executed. After drawing
objects on a picture, the picture can be output with the
@code{shipout} function (@pxref{shipout}).

@cindex @code{layer}
If you wish to draw @code{PostScript} objects on top of labels (or verbatim
@code{tex} commands; @pxref{tex}), the @code{layer} command may be
used to start a
new @code{PostScript/LaTeX} layer:
@verbatim
void layer(picture pic=currentpicture);
@end verbatim

The @code{layer} function gives one full control over the order in which
objects are drawn. Layers are drawn sequentially, with the most recent
layer appearing on top. Within each layer, labels, images, and
verbatim @code{tex} commands are always drawn after the
@code{PostScript} objects in that layer.

While some of these drawing commands take many options, they all have sensible
default values (for example, the picture argument defaults to
currentpicture).

@cindex legend
@cindex @code{draw}
@cindex @code{arrow}
@menu
* draw::                        Draw a path on a picture or frame
* fill::                        Fill a cyclic path on a picture or frame
* clip::                        Clip a picture or frame to a cyclic path
* label::                       Label a point on a picture
@end menu

@node draw
@section draw
@verbatim 
void draw(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", path g,
          align align=NoAlign, pen p=currentpen,
          arrowbar arrow=None, arrowbar bar=None, margin margin=NoMargin,
          Label legend="", marker marker=nomarker);
@end verbatim

Draw the path @code{g} on the picture @code{pic} using pen @code{p}
for drawing, with optional drawing attributes (Label @code{L},
explicit label alignment @code{align},
arrows and bars @code{arrow} and @code{bar}, margins @code{margin},
legend, and markers @code{marker}). Only one parameter, the path, is 
required. For convenience, the arguments @code{arrow} and @code{bar} may be
specified in either order. The argument @code{legend} is a Label to
use in constructing an optional legend entry. 

@cindex @code{None}
@cindex @code{BeginBar}
@cindex @code{EndBar}
@cindex @code{Bar}
@cindex @code{Bars}
@cindex @code{barsize}
Bars are useful for indicating dimensions. The possible values of
@code{bar} are @code{None}, @code{BeginBar}, @code{EndBar} (or
equivalently @code{Bar}), and @code{Bars} (which draws a bar at both
ends of the path). Each of these bar specifiers (except for
@code{None}) will accept an optional real argument that denotes the
length of the bar in @code{PostScript} coordinates. The default
bar length is @code{barsize(pen)}.

@anchor{arrows}
@cindex @code{None}
@cindex @code{Blank}
@cindex @code{BeginArrow}
@cindex @code{MidArrow}
@cindex @code{EndArrow}
@cindex @code{Arrow}
@cindex @code{Arrows}
@cindex @code{FillDraw}
@cindex @code{Fill}
@cindex @code{Draw}
@cindex @code{NoFill}
@cindex @code{UnFill}
@cindex @code{BeginArcArrow}
@cindex @code{MidArcArrow}
@cindex @code{EndArcArrow}
@cindex @code{ArcArrow}
@cindex @code{ArcArrows}

@cindex @code{DefaultHead}
@cindex @code{SimpleHead}
@cindex @code{HookHead}
@cindex @code{TeXHead}
The possible values of @code{arrow} are @code{None}, @code{Blank}
(which draws no arrows or path), @code{BeginArrow}, @code{MidArrow},
@code{EndArrow} (or equivalently @code{Arrow}),
and @code{Arrows} (which draws an arrow at both ends of the path).
All of the arrow specifiers except for @code{None} and @code{Blank} 
may be given the optional arguments arrowhead @code{arrowhead} (one of
the predefined arrowhead styles @code{DefaultHead}, @code{SimpleHead},
@code{HookHead}, @code{TeXHead}),
real @code{size} (arrowhead size in @code{PostScript} coordinates),
real @code{angle} (arrowhead angle
in degrees), filltype @code{filltype} (one of @code{FillDraw}, @code{Fill},
@code{NoFill}, @code{UnFill}, @code{Draw}) 
and (except for @code{MidArrow} and @code{Arrows}) a
relative real @code{position} along the path (an @code{arctime}) where
the tip of the arrow should be placed. The default arrowhead size when drawn
with a pen @code{p} is @code{arrowsize(p)}. There are also arrow versions with
slightly modified default values of @code{size} and @code{angle} suitable for
curved arrows: @code{BeginArcArrow}, @code{EndArcArrow} (or equivalently
@code{ArcArrow}), @code{MidArcArrow}, and @code{ArcArrows}.

@cindex @code{NoMargin}
@cindex @code{BeginMargin}
@cindex @code{EndMargin}
@cindex @code{Margin}
@cindex @code{Margins}
@cindex @code{BeginPenMargin}
@cindex @code{EndPenMargin}
@cindex @code{PenMargin}
@cindex @code{PenMargins}
@cindex @code{BeginDotMargin}
@cindex @code{EndDotMargin}
@cindex @code{DotMargin}
@cindex @code{DotMargins}
@cindex @code{Margin}
@cindex @code{TrueMargin}
Margins can be used to shrink the visible portion of a path by
@code{labelmargin(p)} to avoid overlap with other drawn objects.
Typical values of @code{margin} 
are @code{NoMargin}, @code{BeginMargin}, @code{EndMargin} (or
equivalently @code{Margin}), and @code{Margins} (which leaves a margin
at both ends of the path). One may use @code{Margin(real begin, real end)}
to specify the size of the beginning and ending margin, respectively,
in multiples of the units @code{labelmargin(p)} used for aligning labels.
Alternatively, @code{BeginPenMargin}, @code{EndPenMargin}
(or equivalently @code{PenMargin}), @code{PenMargins},
@code{PenMargin(real begin, real end)} specify a margin in units of
the pen line width, taking account of the pen line width when drawing
the path or arrow. For example, use @code{DotMargin}, an
abbreviation for @code{PenMargin(-0.5*dotfactor,0.5*dotfactor)},
to draw from the usual beginning point just up to the boundary of an
end dot of width @code{dotfactor*linewidth(p)}.  The qualifiers
@code{BeginDotMargin}, @code{EndDotMargin}, and @code{DotMargins} work
similarly. The qualifier @code{TrueMargin(real begin, real end)} allows one to
specify a margin directly in @code{PostScript} units, independent of
the pen line width.

The use of arrows, bars, and margins is illustrated by the examples
@code{Pythagoras.asy}, @code{sqrtx01.asy}, and @code{triads.asy}.

The legend for a picture @code{pic} can be fit and aligned to a frame
with the routine:
@cindex @code{legend}
@verbatim
frame legend(picture pic=currentpicture, int perline=1,
             real xmargin=legendmargin, real ymargin=xmargin,
             real linelength=legendlinelength,
             real hskip=legendhskip, real vskip=legendvskip,
             real maxwidth=0, real maxheight=0, 
             bool hstretch=false, bool vstretch=false, pen p=currentpen);
@end verbatim
@noindent
Here @code{xmargin} and @code{ymargin} specify the surrounding @math{x}
and @math{y} margins, @code{perline} specifies the number of entries
per line (default 1; 0 means choose this number automatically),
@code{linelength} specifies the length of the path lines, @code{hskip}
and @code{vskip} specify the line skip (as a multiple of the legend entry
size), @code{maxwidth} and @code{maxheight} specify optional upper limits
on the width and height of the resulting legend (0 means unlimited),
@code{hstretch} and @code{vstretch} allow the legend to stretch
horizontally or vertically, and @code{p} specifies the pen used to draw
the bounding box. The legend frame can then be added and aligned about a
point on a picture @code{dest} using @code{add} or @code{attach}
(@pxref{add about}).

@cindex @code{dot}
To draw a dot, simply draw a path containing a single point.
The @code{dot} command defined in the module @code{plain} draws a
dot having a diameter equal to an explicit pen line width or the
default line width magnified by @code{dotfactor} (6 by default),
using the specified filltype (@pxref{filltype}):
@verbatim
void dot(picture pic=currentpicture, pair z, pen p=currentpen,
         filltype filltype=Fill);
void dot(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L, pair z, align align=NoAlign,
         string format=defaultformat, pen p=currentpen, filltype filltype=Fill);
void dot(picture pic=currentpicture, Label[] L=new Label[], pair[] z,
         align align=NoAlign, string format=defaultformat, pen p=currentpen,
         filltype filltype=Fill)
void dot(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L, pen p=currentpen,
         filltype filltype=Fill);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{Label}
If the variable @code{Label} is given as the @code{Label}
argument to the second routine, the @code{format} argument will be
used to format a string based on the dot location (here @code{defaultformat}
is @code{"$%.4g$"}). 
The third routine draws a dot at every point of a pair array @code{z}.
One can also draw a dot at every node of a path:
@verbatim
void dot(picture pic=currentpicture, Label[] L=new Label[],
         path g, align align=RightSide, string format=defaultformat,
         pen p=currentpen, filltype filltype=Fill);
@end verbatim
See @ref{pathmarkers} and @ref{markers} for more general
methods for marking path nodes.

To draw a fixed-sized object (in @code{PostScript} coordinates) about
the user coordinate @code{origin}, use the routine
@cindex @code{draw}
@verbatim
void draw(pair origin, picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", path g,
          align align=NoAlign, pen p=currentpen, arrowbar arrow=None,
          arrowbar bar=None, margin margin=NoMargin, Label legend="",
          marker marker=nomarker);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{fill}
@node fill
@section fill
@verbatim
void fill(picture pic=currentpicture, path g, pen p=currentpen);
@end verbatim

Fill the interior region bounded by the cyclic path @code{g} on the picture
@code{pic}, using the pen @code{p}. 

@cindex @code{filldraw}
There is also a convenient @code{filldraw} command, which fills the path
and then draws in the boundary. One can specify separate pens for each
operation:
@verbatim
void filldraw(picture pic=currentpicture, path g, pen fillpen=currentpen,
              pen drawpen=currentpen);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{fill}
This fixed-size version of @code{fill} allows one to fill an object
described in @code{PostScript} coordinates about the user coordinate
@code{origin}:
@verbatim
void fill(pair origin, picture pic=currentpicture, path g, pen p=currentpen);
@end verbatim

@noindent
This is just a convenient abbreviation for the commands:
@verbatim
picture opic;
fill(opic,g,p);
add(pic,opic,origin);
@end verbatim

The routine
@cindex @code{filloutside}
@verbatim
void filloutside(picture pic=currentpicture, path g, pen p=currentpen);
@end verbatim
@noindent
fills the region exterior to the path @code{g}, out to the current
boundary of picture @code{pic}.

@anchor{gradient shading}
@cindex gradient shading

@cindex shading
@cindex @code{latticeshade}
Lattice gradient shading varying smoothly over a two-dimensional
array of pens @code{p}, using fill rule @code{fillrule}, can be produced with
@verbatim
void latticeshade(picture pic=currentpicture, path g, bool stroke=false,
                  pen fillrule=currentpen, pen[][] p)
@end verbatim
@cindex @code{stroke}
If @code{stroke=true}, the region filled is the same as the region that
would be drawn by @code{draw(pic,g,fillrule+zerowinding)}; in this case the path
@code{g} need not be cyclic.
The pens in @code{p} must belong to the same color space. One can use the
functions @code{rgb(pen)} or @code{cmyk(pen)} to promote pens to a
higher color space, as illustrated in the example file
@code{latticeshading.asy}.

@cindex @code{axialshade}
Axial gradient shading varying smoothly from @code{pena} to @code{penb} in the
direction of the line segment @code{a--b} can be achieved with
@verbatim
void axialshade(picture pic=currentpicture, path g, bool stroke=false,
                pen pena, pair a,
                pen penb, pair b);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{radialshade}
Radial gradient shading varying smoothly from
@code{pena} on the circle with center @code{a} and radius @code{ra} to
@code{penb} on the circle with center @code{b} and radius @code{rb} 
is similar:
@verbatim
void radialshade(picture pic=currentpicture, path g, bool stroke=false,
                 pen pena, pair a, real ra,
                 pen penb, pair b, real rb);
@end verbatim
@noindent
Illustrations of radial shading are provided in the example files
@code{shade.asy}, @code{ring.asy}, and @code{shadestroke.asy}.

@cindex @code{gouraudshade}
Gouraud shading using fill rule @code{fillrule} and the vertex colors in the
pen array @code{p} on a triangular lattice defined by the vertices
@code{z} and edge flags @code{edges} is implemented with
@verbatim
void gouraudshade(picture pic=currentpicture, path g, bool stroke=false,
                  pen fillrule=currentpen, pen[] p, pair[] z,
                  int[] edges);
void gouraudshade(picture pic=currentpicture, path g, bool stroke=false,
                  pen fillrule=currentpen, pen[] p, int[] edges);
@end verbatim
@noindent
In the second form, the elements of @code{z} are taken to be successive
nodes of path @code{g}. The pens in @code{p} must belong to the same
color space. Illustrations of Gouraud shading are provided in the example file
@code{Gouraud.asy} and in the solid geometry module @code{solids.asy}.
The edge flags used in Gouraud shading are documented here:
@quotation
@url{http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/sdk/TN5600.SmoothShading.pdf}.
@end quotation

@cindex Coons shading
@cindex tensor product shading
@cindex @code{tensorshade}
Tensor product shading using fill rule @code{fillrule} on patches
bounded by the @math{n} cyclic paths of length 4 in path array @code{b},
using the vertex colors specified in the @math{n \times 4} pen array
@code{p} and internal control points in the @math{n \times 4}
array @code{z}, is implemented with
@verbatim
void tensorshade(picture pic=currentpicture, path g, bool stroke=false,
                 pen fillrule=currentpen, pen[][] p, path[] b=g,
                 pair[][] z=new pair[][]);
@end verbatim
@noindent
If the array @code{z} is empty, Coons shading, in which the color
control points are calculated automatically, is used.
The pens in @code{p} must belong to the same color space.
A simpler interface for the case of a single patch (@math{n=1}) is also
available:
@verbatim
void tensorshade(picture pic=currentpicture, path g, bool stroke=false,
                 pen fillrule=currentpen, pen[] p, path b=g,
                 pair[] z=new pair[]);
@end verbatim
One can also smoothly shade the regions between consecutive paths of a
sequence using a given array of pens:
@verbatim
void draw(picture pic=currentpicture, path[] g, pen[] p);
@end verbatim
@noindent
Illustrations of tensor product and Coons shading are provided in the
example files @code{tensor.asy}, @code{Coons.asy}, @code{BezierSurface.asy},
and @code{rainbow.asy}.
    
@cindex Function shading
@cindex function shading
@cindex @code{functionshade}
More general shading possibilities are available with the @code{pdflatex},
@code{context}, and @code{pdftex} @TeX{} engines: the routine
@verbatim
void functionshade(picture pic=currentpicture, path[] g, bool stroke=false,
                   pen fillrule=currentpen, string shader);
@end verbatim
@noindent
shades on picture @code{pic} the interior of path @code{g} according
to fill rule @code{fillrule} using the @code{PostScript} calculator routine
specified by the string @code{shader}; this routine takes 2 arguments,
each in [0,1], and returns @code{colors(fillrule).length} color components.
Function shading is illustrated in the example @code{functionshading.asy}.

@cindex unfill
The following routine uses @code{evenodd} clipping together with the
@code{^^} operator to unfill a region:

@verbatim
void unfill(picture pic=currentpicture, path g);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{clip}
@cindex @code{stroke}
@node clip
@section clip
@verbatim 
void clip(picture pic=currentpicture, path g, stroke=false,
          pen fillrule=currentpen);
@end verbatim

Clip the current contents of picture @code{pic} to the region bounded
by the path @code{g}, using fill rule @code{fillrule} (@pxref{fillrule}).
If @code{stroke=true}, the clipped portion is the same as the region
that would be drawn with @code{draw(pic,g,fillrule+zerowinding)}; in
this case the path @code{g} need not be cyclic. For an illustration of
picture clipping, see the first example in @ref{LaTeX usage}.

@cindex @code{label}
@node label
@section label
@verbatim
void label(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L, pair position,
           align align=NoAlign, pen p=nullpen, filltype filltype=NoFill)
@end verbatim

Draw Label @code{L} on picture @code{pic} using pen @code{p}. If
@code{align} is @code{NoAlign}, the label will be centered at user
coordinate @code{position}; otherwise it will be aligned in the
direction of @code{align} and displaced from @code{position} by
the @code{PostScript} offset @code{align*labelmargin(p)}.
@cindex @code{Align}
The constant @code{Align} can be used to align the
bottom-left corner of the label at @code{position}.
@cindex @code{nullpen}
If @code{p} is @code{nullpen}, the pen specified within the
Label, which defaults to @code{currentpen}, will be used.
@anchor{Label}
The Label @code{L} can either be a string or the structure obtained by calling
one of the functions
@verbatim
Label Label(string s="", pair position, align align=NoAlign,
            pen p=nullpen, embed embed=Rotate, filltype filltype=NoFill);
Label Label(string s="", align align=NoAlign,
            pen p=nullpen, embed embed=Rotate, filltype filltype=NoFill);
Label Label(Label L, pair position, align align=NoAlign,
            pen p=nullpen, embed embed=L.embed, filltype filltype=NoFill);
Label Label(Label L, align align=NoAlign,
            pen p=nullpen, embed embed=L.embed, filltype filltype=NoFill);
@end verbatim
The text of a Label can be scaled, slanted, rotated, or shifted by
multiplying it on the left by an affine transform (@pxref{Transforms}). 
For example, @code{rotate(45)*xscale(2)*L} first scales @code{L} in the
@math{x} direction and then rotates it counterclockwise by 45
degrees. The final position of a Label can also be shifted by a
@code{PostScript} coordinate translation: @code{shift(10,0)*L}.
The @code{embed} argument determines how the Label should transform with the
embedding picture:
@table @code
@item Shift
@cindex @code{Shift}
only shift with embedding picture;

@item Rotate
@cindex @code{Rotate}
only shift and rotate with embedding picture (default);

@item Rotate(pair z)
@cindex @code{Rotate(pair z)}
rotate with (picture-transformed) vector @code{z}.

@item Slant
@cindex @code{Slant}
only shift, rotate, slant, and reflect with embedding picture;

@item Scale 
@cindex @code{Scale}
shift, rotate, slant, reflect, and scale with embedding picture.

@end table

To add a label to a path, use
@verbatim
void label(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L, path g, align align=NoAlign,
           pen p=nullpen, filltype filltype=NoFill);
@end verbatim
@cindex @code{Relative}
By default the label will be positioned at the midpoint of the path.
An alternative label location (an @code{arctime} value between 0 and
@code{length(g)} @pxref{arctime}) may be specified as real value for
@code{position} in constructing the Label. The position
@code{Relative(real)} specifies a location relative to the total
arclength of the path. These convenient abbreviations are predefined:
@cindex @code{BeginPoint}
@cindex @code{MidPoint}
@cindex @code{EndPoint}
@verbatim
position BeginPoint=Relative(0);
position MidPoint=Relative(0.5);
position EndPoint=Relative(1);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{Relative}
@cindex @code{LeftSide}
@cindex @code{Center}
@cindex @code{RightSide}
Path labels are aligned in the direction @code{align}, which may
be specified as an absolute compass direction (pair) or a direction
@code{Relative(pair)} measured relative to a north axis
in the local direction of the path. For convenience @code{LeftSide},
@code{Center}, and @code{RightSide} are defined as @code{Relative(W)},
@code{Relative((0,0))}, and @code{Relative(E)}, respectively.
Multiplying @code{LeftSide}, @code{Center}, @code{RightSide} on the
left by a real scaling factor will move the label further away from or
closer to the path.

A label with a fixed-size arrow of length @code{arrowlength} pointing
to @code{b} from direction @code{dir} can be produced with the routine
@cindex @code{arrow}
@verbatim
void arrow(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", pair b, pair dir,
           real length=arrowlength, align align=NoAlign,
           pen p=currentpen, arrowbar arrow=Arrow, margin margin=EndMargin);
@end verbatim
If no alignment is specified (either in the Label or as an explicit
argument), the optional Label will be aligned in the direction @code{dir},
using margin @code{margin}.

@cindex including images
@cindex @code{graphic}
@cindex @acronym{EPS}
The function @code{string graphic(string name, string options="")}
returns a string that can be used to include an encapsulated
@code{PostScript} (@acronym{EPS}) file. Here, @code{name} is the name
of the file to include and @code{options} is a string containing a
comma-separated list of optional bounding box (@code{bb=llx lly urx
ury}), width (@code{width=value}), height (@code{height=value}),
rotation (@code{angle=value}), scaling (@code{scale=factor}), clipping
(@code{clip=bool}), and draft mode (@code{draft=bool}) parameters. The
@code{layer()} function can be used to force future objects to be
drawn on top of the included image:
@verbatim
label(graphic("file.eps","width=1cm"),(0,0),NE);
layer();
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{baseline}
The @code{string baseline(string s, string template="\strut")} 
function can be used to enlarge the bounding box of labels to match a
given template, so that their baselines will be typeset on a
horizontal line. See @code{Pythagoras.asy} for an example.

One can prevent labels from overwriting one another with the
@code{overwrite} pen attribute (@pxref{overwrite}).

The structure @code{object} defined in @code{plain_Label.asy} allows Labels
and frames to be treated in a uniform manner.
A group of objects may be packed together into single frame with the routine
@cindex @code{pack}
@verbatim
frame pack(pair align=2S ... object inset[]);
@end verbatim
@noindent
To draw or fill a box (or ellipse or other path) around a Label and
return the bounding object, use one of the routines
@verbatim
object draw(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L, envelope e, 
            real xmargin=0, real ymargin=xmargin, pen p=currentpen,
            filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
object draw(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L, envelope e, pair position,
            real xmargin=0, real ymargin=xmargin, pen p=currentpen,
            filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
@end verbatim
@noindent
Here @code{envelope} is a boundary-drawing routine such as @code{box},
@code{roundbox}, or @code{ellipse} defined in @code{plain_boxes.asy}
(@pxref{envelope}). 

@cindex @code{texpath}
The function @code{path[] texpath(Label L)} returns the path array that
@TeX{} would fill to draw the Label @code{L}.

@cindex @code{minipage}
The @code{string minipage(string s, width=100pt)} function can be used
to format string @code{s} into a paragraph of width @code{width}.
This example uses @code{minipage}, @code{clip}, and @code{graphic} to
produce a CD label:
@sp 1
@center @image{CDlabel}
@verbatiminclude CDlabel.asy
@node Programming
@chapter Programming
@cindex programming

Here is a short introductory example to the @code{Asymptote} programming
language that highlights the similarity of its control structures 
with those of C, C++, and Java:
@cindex declaration
@cindex assignment
@cindex conditional
@cindex loop
@cindex @code{if}
@cindex @code{else}
@cindex @code{for}
@verbatim
// This is a comment.

// Declaration: Declare x to be a real variable;
real x;

// Assignment: Assign the real variable x the value 1.
x=1.0;

// Conditional: Test if x equals 1 or not.
if(x == 1.0) {
  write("x equals 1.0");
} else {
  write("x is not equal to 1.0");
}

// Loop: iterate 10 times
for(int i=0; i < 10; ++i) {
  write(i);
}

@end verbatim

@cindex @code{while}
@cindex @code{do}
@cindex @code{break}
@cindex @code{continue}
@code{Asymptote} supports @code{while}, @code{do}, @code{break}, and
@code{continue} statements just as in C/C++. It also supports the Java-style
shorthand for iterating over all elements of an array:

@cindex array iteration
@anchor{array iteration}
@verbatim
// Iterate over an array
int[] array={1,1,2,3,5};
for(int k : array) {
  write(k);
}
@end verbatim
@noindent
In addition, it supports many features beyond the ones found in those languages.

@menu
* Data types::                  void, bool, int, real, pair, triple, string
* Paths and guides::            
* Pens::                        Colors, line types, line widths, font sizes
* Transforms::                  Affine transforms
* Frames and pictures::         Canvases for immediate and deferred drawing
* Files::                       Reading and writing your data
* Variable initializers::       Initialize your variables
* Structures::                  Organize your data
* Operators::                   Arithmetic and logical operators
* Implicit scaling::            Avoiding those ugly *s
* Functions::                   Traditional and high-order functions
* Arrays::                      Dynamic vectors
* Casts::                       Implicit and explicit casts
* Import::                      Importing external @code{Asymptote} packages
* Static::                      Where to allocate your variable?
@end menu

@node Data types
@section Data types
@cindex data types
@code{Asymptote} supports the following data types (in addition to
user-defined types):

@table @code

@item void
@cindex @code{void}
The void type is used only by functions that take or return no arguments.

@item bool
@cindex @code{bool}
a boolean type that can only take on the values @code{true} or
@code{false}. For example:
@verbatim
bool b=true;
@end verbatim

@noindent
defines a boolean variable @code{b} and initializes it to the value
@code{true}. If no initializer is given:
@verbatim
bool b;
@end verbatim

@noindent
the value @code{false} is assumed.

@item bool3
@cindex @code{bool3}
an extended boolean type that can take on the values
@code{true}, @code{default}, or @code{false}. A bool3 type can be cast
to or from a bool. The default initializer for bool3 is @code{default}.

@item int
@cindex @code{int}
@cindex @code{intMin}
@cindex @code{intMax}
an integer type; if no initializer is given, the implicit value @code{0}
is assumed. The minimum allowed value of an integer is @code{intMin} and the
maximum value is @code{intMax}.

@item real
@cindex @code{real}
@cindex @code{realMin}
@cindex @code{realMax}
@cindex @code{realEpsilon}
@cindex @code{realDigits}
a real number; this should be set to the highest-precision native
floating-point type on the architecture. The implicit initializer for
reals is @code{0.0}. Real numbers have precision
@code{realEpsilon}, with @code{realDigits} significant digits.
The smallest positive real number is @code{realMin} and the largest
positive real number is @code{realMax}.

@item pair
@cindex @code{pair}
complex number, that is, an ordered pair of real components @code{(x,y)}.
The real and imaginary parts of a pair @code{z} can read as @code{z.x}
and @code{z.y}. We say that @code{x} and @code{y} are virtual members of
the data element pair; they cannot be directly modified, however.
The implicit initializer for pairs is @code{(0.0,0.0)}.

There are a number of ways to take the complex conjugate of a pair:
@example
pair z=(3,4);
z=(z.x,-z.y);
z=z.x-I*z.y;
z=conj(z);
@end example

Here @code{I} is the pair @code{(0,1)}.
A number of built-in functions are defined for pairs:

@table @code
@item pair conj(pair z)
@cindex @code{conj}
returns the conjugate of @code{z};

@item real length(pair z)
@cindex @code{length}
@cindex @code{abs}
returns the complex modulus @code{|z|} of its argument @code{z}. 
For example,
@example
pair z=(3,4);
length(z);
@end example
returns the result 5. A synonym for @code{length(pair)} is @code{abs(pair)};

@item real angle(pair z, bool warn=true)
@cindex @code{angle}
returns the angle of @code{z} in radians in the interval 
[-@code{pi},@code{pi}] or @code{0} if @code{warn} is @code{false} and
@code{z=(0,0)} (rather than producing an error);

@item real degrees(pair z, bool warn=true)
@cindex @code{degrees}
returns the angle of @code{z} in degrees in the interval [0,360)
or @code{0} if @code{warn} is @code{false} and @code{z=(0,0)} (rather than
producing an error);

@item pair unit(pair z)
@cindex @code{unit}
returns a unit vector in the direction of the pair @code{z};

@item pair expi(real angle)
@cindex @code{expi}
returns a unit vector in the direction @code{angle} measured in radians;

@item pair dir(real degrees)
@cindex @code{dir}
returns a unit vector in the direction @code{degrees} measured in degrees;

@item real xpart(pair z)
@cindex @code{xpart}
returns @code{z.x};

@item real ypart(pair z)
@cindex @code{ypart}
returns @code{z.y};

@item pair realmult(pair z, pair w)
@cindex @code{realmult}
returns the element-by-element product @code{(z.x*w.x,z.y*w.y)};

@item real dot(pair z, pair w)
@cindex @code{dot}
returns the dot product @code{z.x*w.x+z.y*w.y};

@item pair minbound(pair z, pair w) 
@cindex @code{minbound}
returns @code{(min(z.x,w.x),min(z.y,w.y))};

@item pair maxbound(pair z, pair w) 
@cindex @code{maxbound}
returns @code{(max(z.x,w.x),max(z.y,w.y))}.

@end table

@item triple
@cindex @code{triple}
an ordered triple of real components @code{(x,y,z)} used for
three-dimensional drawings. The respective components of a triple
@code{v} can read as @code{v.x}, @code{v.y}, and @code{v.z}. 
The implicit initializer for triples is @code{(0.0,0.0,0.0)}.

Here are the built-in functions for triples:
@table @code
@item real length(triple v)
@cindex @code{length}
returns the length @code{|v|} of the vector @code{v}. 
A synonym for @code{length(triple)} is @code{abs(triple)};

@item real polar(triple v, bool warn=true)
@cindex @code{polar}
returns the colatitude of @code{v} measured from the @math{z} axis in radians
or @code{0} if @code{warn} is @code{false} and @code{v=O} (rather than
producing an error);

@item real azimuth(triple v, bool warn=true)
@cindex @code{azimuth}
returns the longitude of @code{v} measured from the @math{x} axis in radians
or @code{0} if @code{warn} is @code{false} and @code{v.x=v.y=0} (rather than
producing an error);

@item real colatitude(triple v, bool warn=true)
@cindex @code{colatitude}
returns the colatitude of @code{v} measured from the @math{z} axis in degrees
or @code{0} if @code{warn} is @code{false} and @code{v=O} (rather than
producing an error);

@item real latitude(triple v, bool warn=true)
@cindex @code{latitude}
returns the latitude of @code{v} measured from the @math{xy} plane in degrees
or @code{0} if @code{warn} is @code{false} and @code{v=O} (rather than
producing an error);

@item real longitude(triple v, bool warn=true)
@cindex @code{longitude}
returns the longitude of @code{v} measured from the @math{x} axis in degrees
or @code{0} if @code{warn} is @code{false} and @code{v.x=v.y=0} (rather than
producing an error);

@item triple unit(triple v)
@cindex @code{unit}
returns a unit triple in the direction of the triple @code{v};

@item triple expi(real polar, real azimuth)
@cindex @code{expi}
returns a unit triple in the direction @code{(polar,azimuth)}
measured in radians;

@item triple dir(real colatitude, real longitude)
@cindex @code{dir}
returns a unit triple in the direction @code{(colatitude,longitude)}
measured in degrees;

@item real xpart(triple v)
@cindex @code{xpart}
returns @code{v.x};

@item real ypart(triple v)
@cindex @code{ypart}
returns @code{v.y};

@item real zpart(triple v)
@cindex @code{zpart}
returns @code{v.z};

@item real dot(triple u, triple v)
@cindex @code{dot}
returns the dot product @code{u.x*v.x+u.y*v.y+u.z*v.z};

@item triple cross(triple u, triple v)
@cindex @code{cross}
returns the cross product 

@code{(u.y*v.z-u.z*v.y,u.z*v.x-u.x*v.z,u.x*v.y-v.x*u.y)};

@item triple minbound(triple u, triple v)
@cindex @code{minbound}
returns @code{(min(u.x,v.x),min(u.y,v.y),min(u.z,v.z))};

@item triple maxbound(triple u, triple v)
@cindex @code{maxbound}
returns @code{(max(u.x,v.x),max(u.y,v.y),max(u.z,v.z)}).

@end table

@item string
@cindex @code{string}
@cindex @TeX{} string
a character string, implemented using the STL @code{string} class.

Strings delimited by double quotes (@code{"}) are subject to the
following mappings to allow the use of double quotes in @TeX{} (e.g.@ for
using the @code{babel} package, @pxref{babel}):

@itemize @bullet 
@item \" maps to "
@item \\ maps to \\
@end itemize

@cindex @code{C} string
Strings delimited by single quotes (@code{'}) have the same mappings as
character strings in ANSI @code{C}:

@itemize @bullet 
@item \' maps to '
@item \" maps to "
@item \? maps to ?
@item \\ maps to backslash
@item \a maps to alert
@item \b maps to backspace
@item \f maps to form feed
@item \n maps to newline
@item \r maps to carriage return
@item \t maps to tab
@item \v maps to vertical tab
@item \0-\377 map to corresponding octal byte
@item \x0-\xFF map to corresponding hexadecimal byte
@end itemize

The implicit initializer for strings is the empty string @code{""}.
Strings may be concatenated with the @code{+} operator. In the following
string functions, position @code{0} denotes the start of the string:
@table @code

@cindex @code{length}
@item int length(string s)
returns the length of the string @code{s};

@cindex @code{find}
@item int find(string s, string t, int pos=0)
returns the position of the first occurrence of string @code{t} in string
@code{s} at or after position @code{pos}, or -1 if @code{t} is not a
substring of @code{s};

@cindex @code{rfind}
@item int rfind(string s, string t, int pos=-1)
returns the position of the last occurrence of string @code{t} in string
@code{s} at or before position @code{pos} (if @code{pos}=-1, at the end
of the string @code{s}), or -1 if @code{t} is not a substring of @code{s};

@cindex @code{insert}
@item string insert(string s, int pos, string t)
returns the string formed by inserting string @code{t} at position
@code{pos} in @code{s};

@cindex @code{erase}
@item string erase(string s, int pos, int n)
returns the string formed by erasing the string of length @code{n} 
(if @code{n}=-1, to the end of the string @code{s}) at
position @code{pos} in @code{s};

@cindex @code{substr}
@item string substr(string s, int pos, int n=-1)
returns the substring of @code{s} starting at position @code{pos}
and of length @code{n} (if @code{n}=-1, until the end of the
string @code{s});

@cindex @code{reverse}
@item string reverse(string s)
returns the string formed by reversing string @code{s};

@item string replace(string s, string before, string after) 
@cindex @code{replace}
returns a string with all occurrences of the string @code{before} in the
string @code{s} changed to the string @code{after};

@item string replace(string s, string[][] table)
returns a string constructed by translating in string @code{s} all
occurrences of the string @code{before} in an array @code{table} of
string pairs @{@code{before},@code{after}@} to the corresponding
string @code{after};

@cindex @code{split}
@item string[] split(string s, string delimiter)
returns an array of strings obtained by splitting @code{s} into substrings
delimited by @code{delimiter};

@anchor{format}
@item string format(string s, int n)
@cindex @code{format}
returns a string containing @code{n} formatted according to the C-style
format string @code{s} using the current locale;

@item string format(string s=defaultformat, real x, string locale="")
returns a string containing @code{x} formatted according to the C-style format
string @code{s} using locale @code{locale} (or the current locale if an
empty string is specified), following the behaviour of the C function
@code{fprintf}), except that only one data field is allowed, trailing
zeros are removed by default (unless @code{#} is specified), and
(if the format string specifies math mode) @TeX{} is used to typeset
scientific notation;

@cindex @code{hex}
@cindex @code{hexidecimal}
@item int hex(string s);
casts a hexidecimal string @code{s} to an integer.

@cindex @code{string}
@item string string(real x, int digits=realDigits)
casts @code{x} to a string using precision @code{digits} and the C locale;

@cindex @code{locale}
@item string locale(string s="")
sets the locale to the given string, if nonempty, and returns the
current locale.

@item string time(string format="%a %b %d %T %Z %Y")
@cindex @code{time}
@cindex @code{date}
@cindex @code{strftime}
returns the current time formatted by the ANSI C routine
@code{strftime} according to the string @code{format} using the current
locale. Thus
@verbatim
time();
time("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y");
@end verbatim

@noindent
are equivalent ways of returning the current time in the default
format used by the @code{UNIX} @code{date} command;

@cindex @code{seconds}
@cindex @code{strptime}
@item int seconds(string t="", string format="")
returns the time measured in seconds after the Epoch (Thu Jan 01
00:00:00 UTC 1970) as determined by the ANSI C routine @code{strptime}
according to the string @code{format} using the current locale, or the
current time if @code{t} is the empty string. 
Note that the @code{"%Z"} extension to the POSIX @code{strptime}
specification is ignored by the current GNU C Library. If an error occurs, the
value -1 is returned. Here are some examples:
@verbatim
seconds("Mar 02 11:12:36 AM PST 2007","%b %d %r PST %Y");
seconds(time("%b %d %r %z %Y"),"%b %d %r %z %Y");
seconds(time("%b %d %r %Z %Y"),"%b %d %r "+time("%Z")+" %Y");
1+(seconds()-seconds("Jan 1","%b %d"))/(24*60*60);
@end verbatim
The last example returns today's ordinal date, measured from the
beginning of the year.

@cindex @code{time}
@cindex @code{strftime}
@item string time(int seconds, string format="%a %b %d %T %Z %Y")
returns the time corresponding to @code{seconds} seconds after the Epoch
(Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 1970) formatted by the ANSI C routine
@code{strftime} according to the string @code{format} using the current
locale. For example, to return the date corresponding to 24 hours ago:
@verbatim
time(seconds()-24*60*60);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{abort}
@item void abort(string s)
aborts execution (with a non-zero return code in batch mode); if string
@code{s} is nonempty, a diagnostic message constructed from the source
file, line number, and @code{s} is printed;

@cindex @code{exit}
@item void exit()
exits with a zero error return code in batch mode;

@cindex @code{sleep}
@item void sleep(int seconds)
pauses for the given number of seconds;

@cindex @code{usleep}
@item void usleep(int microseconds)
pauses for the given number of microseconds;

@cindex @code{beep}
@item void beep()
produces a beep on the console;

@end table

@cindex @code{typedef}

@end table

As in C/C++, complicated types may be abbreviated with @code{typedef}
(see the example in @ref{Functions}).

@node Paths and guides
@section Paths and guides

@table @code

@item path
@cindex @code{path}
a cubic spline resolved into a fixed path. 
The implicit initializer for paths is @code{nullpath}.

@cindex @code{circle}
@anchor{circle}
For example, the routine @code{circle(pair c, real r)}, which returns a
Bezier curve approximating a circle of radius @code{r} centered on @code{c},
is based on @code{unitcircle} (@pxref{unitcircle}):
@verbatim
path circle(pair c, real r)
{
  return shift(c)*scale(r)*unitcircle;
}
@end verbatim
If high accuracy is needed, a true circle may be produced with the
routine @code{Circle} defined in the module @code{graph.asy}:
@cindex @code{Circle}
@verbatim
import graph;
path Circle(pair c, real r, int n=nCircle);
@end verbatim

A circular arc consistent with @code{circle} centered on
@code{c} with radius @code{r} from @code{angle1} to @code{angle2}
degrees, drawing counterclockwise if @code{angle2 >= angle1}, can be
constructed with
@cindex @code{arc}
@verbatim
path arc(pair c, real r, real angle1, real angle2);
@end verbatim
One may also specify the direction explicitly:
@verbatim
path arc(pair c, real r, real angle1, real angle2, bool direction);
@end verbatim
Here the direction can be specified as CCW (counter-clockwise) or CW
(clockwise). For convenience, an arc centered at @code{c} from pair
@code{z1} to @code{z2} (assuming @code{|z2-c|=|z1-c|}) in the may also
be constructed with @verbatim
path arc(pair c, explicit pair z1, explicit pair z2,
         bool direction=CCW)
@end verbatim

If high accuracy is needed, true arcs may be produced with routines
in the module @code{graph.asy} that produce Bezier curves with @code{n}
control points:
@cindex @code{Arc}
@verbatim
import graph;
path Arc(pair c, real r, real angle1, real angle2, bool direction,
         int n=nCircle);
path Arc(pair c, real r, real angle1, real angle2, int n=nCircle);
path Arc(pair c, explicit pair z1, explicit pair z2,
         bool direction=CCW, int n=nCircle);
@end verbatim

An ellipse can be drawn with the routine
@verbatim
@cindex @code{ellipse}
path ellipse(pair c, real a, real b)
{
  return shift(c)*scale(a,b)*unitcircle;
}
@end verbatim

This example illustrates the use of all five guide connectors discussed
in @ref{Tutorial}:
@verbatiminclude join.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{join}

Here are some useful functions for paths:

@table @code

@cindex @code{length}
@item int length(path p);
This is the number of (linear or cubic) segments in path @code{p}.
If @code{p} is cyclic, this is the same as the number of nodes in @code{p}.

@cindex @code{size}
@item int size(path p);
This is the number of nodes in the path @code{p}.
If @code{p} is cyclic, this is the same as @code{length(p)}.

@cindex @code{cyclic}
@item bool cyclic(path p);
returns @code{true} iff path @code{p} is cyclic.

@cindex @code{straight}
@item bool straight(path p, int i);
returns @code{true} iff the segment of path @code{p} between node
@code{i} and node @code{i+1} is straight.

@cindex @code{piecewisestraight}
@item bool piecewisestraight(path p)
returns @code{true} iff the path @code{p} is piecewise straight.

@cindex @code{point}
@item pair point(path p, int t);
If @code{p} is cyclic, return the coordinates of node @code{t} mod
@code{length(p)}. Otherwise, return the coordinates of node @code{t},
unless @code{t} < 0 (in which case @code{point(0)} is returned) or
@code{t} > @code{length(p)} (in which case @code{point(length(p))}
is returned).

@item pair point(path p, real t);
This returns the coordinates of the point between node @code{floor(t)}
and @code{floor(t)+1} corresponding to the cubic spline parameter
@code{t-floor(t)} (@pxref{Bezier}). If @code{t} lies outside the range
[0,@code{length(p)}], it is first reduced modulo @code{length(p)}
in the case where @code{p} is cyclic or else converted to the corresponding
endpoint of @code{p}.

@cindex @code{dir}
@item pair dir(path p, int t, int sign=0, bool normalize=true);
If @code{sign < 0}, return the direction (as a pair) of the incoming tangent 
to path @code{p} at node @code{t}; if @code{sign > 0}, return the
direction of the outgoing tangent. If @code{sign=0}, the mean of these
two directions is returned.

@item pair dir(path p, real t, bool normalize=true);
returns the direction of the tangent to path @code{p} at the point
between node @code{floor(t)} and @code{floor(t)+1} corresponding to the
cubic spline parameter @code{t-floor(t)} (@pxref{Bezier}).

@cindex @code{accel}
@item pair accel(path p, int t, int sign=0);
If @code{sign < 0}, return the acceleration of the incoming path
@code{p} at node @code{t}; if @code{sign > 0}, return the
acceleration of the outgoing path. If @code{sign=0}, the mean of these
two accelerations is returned.

@cindex @code{accel}
@item pair accel(path p, real t);
returns the acceleration of the path @code{p} at the point @code{t}.

@cindex @code{radius}
@item pair radius(path p, real t);
returns the radius of curvature of the path @code{p} at the point @code{t}.

@cindex @code{precontrol}
@item pair precontrol(path p, int t);
returns the precontrol point of @code{p} at node @code{t}.

@item pair precontrol(path p, real t);
returns the effective precontrol point of @code{p} at parameter @code{t}.

@cindex @code{postcontrol}
@item pair postcontrol(path p, int t);
returns the postcontrol point of @code{p} at node @code{t}.

@item pair postcontrol(path p, real t);
returns the effective postcontrol point  of @code{p} at parameter @code{t}.

@cindex @code{arclength}
@item real arclength(path p);
returns the length (in user coordinates) of the piecewise linear
or cubic curve that path @code{p} represents.

@anchor{arctime}
@cindex @code{arctime}
@item real arctime(path p, real L);
returns the path "time", a real number between 0 and the length of
the path in the sense of @code{point(path p, real t)}, at which the
cumulative arclength (measured from the beginning of the path) equals @code{L}.

@cindex @code{dirtime}
@item real dirtime(path p, pair z);
returns the first "time", a real number between 0 and the length of
the path in the sense of @code{point(path, real)}, at which the tangent
to the path has the direction of pair @code{z}, or -1 if this never happens.

@cindex @code{reltime}
@item real reltime(path p, real l);
returns the time on path @code{p} at the relative fraction @code{l} of
its arclength.

@cindex @code{relpoint}
@item pair relpoint(path p, real l);
returns the point on path @code{p} at the relative fraction @code{l} of its
arclength.

@cindex @code{midpoint}
@item pair midpoint(path p);
returns the point on path @code{p} at half of its arclength.

@cindex @code{reverse}
@item path reverse(path p);
returns a path running backwards along @code{p}.

@cindex @code{subpath}
@item path subpath(path p, int a, int b);
returns the subpath of @code{p} running from node @code{a} to node @code{b}.
If @code{a} < @code{b}, the direction of the subpath is reversed.

@item path subpath(path p, real a, real b);
returns the subpath  of @code{p} running from path time @code{a} to path
time @code{b}, in the sense of @code{point(path, real)}. If @code{a} <
@code{b}, the direction of the subpath is reversed.

@cindex @code{intersect}
@item real[] intersect(path p, path q, real fuzz=-1);
If @code{p} and @code{q} have at least one intersection point, return a
real array of length 2 containing the times representing the respective
path times along @code{p} and @code{q}, in the sense of 
@code{point(path, real)}, for one such intersection point (as chosen by
the algorithm described on page 137 of @code{The MetaFontbook}). 
The computations are performed to the absolute error specified by @code{fuzz}, 
or if @code{fuzz < 0}, to machine precision. If the paths do not 
intersect, return a real array of length 0.

@cindex @code{intersections}
@item real[][] intersections(path p, path q, real fuzz=-1);
Return all (unless there are infinitely many) intersection times of
paths @code{p} and @code{q} as a sorted array of real arrays of length 2
(@pxref{sort}). The computations are performed to the absolute error
specified by @code{fuzz}, or if @code{fuzz < 0}, to machine precision.

@cindex @code{intersections}
@item real[] intersections(path p, explicit pair a, explicit pair b,
                           real fuzz=-1);
Return all (unless there are infinitely many) intersection times of path
@code{p} with the (infinite) line through points @code{a} and @code{b}
as a sorted array. The intersections returned are guaranteed to be
correct to within the absolute error specified by @code{fuzz}, or if
@code{fuzz < 0}, to machine precision.

@cindex @code{times}
@item real[] times(path p, real x)
returns all intersection times of path @code{p} with the vertical line
through @code{(x,0)}.

@cindex @code{times}
@item real[] times(path p, explicit pair z)
returns all intersection times of path @code{p} with the horizontal line
through @code{(0,z.y)}.

@cindex @code{mintimes}
@item real[] mintimes(path p)
returns an array of length 2 containing times at which path @code{p}
reaches its minimal horizontal and vertical extents, respectively.

@cindex @code{maxtimes}
@item real[] maxtimes(path p)
returns an array of length 2 containing the times at which path @code{p}
reaches its maximal horizontal and vertical extents, respectively.

@cindex @code{intersectionpoint}
@item pair intersectionpoint(path p, path q, real fuzz=-1);
returns the intersection point @code{point(p,intersect(p,q,fuzz)[0])}.

@cindex @code{intersectionpoints}
@item pair[] intersectionpoints(path p, path q, real fuzz=-1);
returns an array containing all intersection points of the paths
@code{p} and @code{q}.

@anchor{extension}
@cindex @code{whatever}
@cindex @code{extension}
@item pair extension(pair P, pair Q, pair p, pair q);
returns the intersection point of the extensions of the line segments 
@code{P--Q} and @code{p--q}, or if the lines are parallel,
@code{(infinity,infinity)}.

@cindex @code{cut}
@cindex @code{slice}
@item slice cut(path p, path knife, int n);
returns the portions of path @code{p} before and after the @code{n}th
intersection of @code{p} with path @code{knife} as a structure
@code{slice} (if no intersection exist is found, the entire path is
considered to be `before' the intersection):
@verbatim
struct slice {
  path before,after;
}
@end verbatim
The argument @code{n} is treated as modulo the number of intersections.

@cindex @code{firstcut}
@cindex @code{slice}
@item slice firstcut(path p, path knife);
equivalent to @code{cut(p,knife,0);}
@cindex @code{MetaPost cutbefore}
Note that @code{firstcut.after} plays the role of the @code{MetaPost
cutbefore} command.

@cindex @code{lastcut}
@item slice lastcut(path p, path knife);
equivalent to @code{cut(p,knife,-1);}
@cindex @code{MetaPost cutafter}
Note that @code{lastcut.before} plays the role of the 
@code{MetaPost cutafter} command.

@cindex @code{buildcycle}
@item path buildcycle(... path[] p);
This returns the path surrounding a region bounded by a list of two or more
consecutively intersecting paths, following the behaviour of the 
@code{MetaPost buildcycle} command.

@cindex @code{min}
@item pair min(path p);
returns the pair (left,bottom) for the path bounding box of path @code{p}.

@cindex @code{max}
@item pair max(path p);
returns the pair (right,top) for the path bounding box of path @code{p}.

@cindex @code{windingnumber}
@cindex @code{undefined}
@item int windingnumber(path p, pair z);
returns the winding number of the cyclic path @code{p} relative to the point
@code{z}. The winding number is positive if the path encircles @code{z} in the
counterclockwise direction. If @code{z} lies on @code{p} the constant
@code{undefined} (defined to be the largest odd integer) is returned.

@cindex @code{interior}
@item bool interior(int windingnumber, pen fillrule)
returns true if @code{windingnumber} corresponds to an interior point
according to @code{fillrule}.

@cindex @code{inside}
@item bool inside(path p, pair z, pen fillrule=currentpen);
returns @code{true} iff the point @code{z} lies inside or on the edge of
the region bounded by the cyclic path @code{p} according to the fill
rule @code{fillrule} (@pxref{fillrule}). 

@cindex @code{inside}
@item int inside(path p, path q, pen fillrule=currentpen);
returns @code{1} if the cyclic path @code{p} strictly contains @code{q}
according to the fill rule @code{fillrule} (@pxref{fillrule}), @code{-1}
if the cyclic path @code{q} strictly contains @code{p}, and @code{0}
otherwise.

@cindex @code{inside}
@item pair inside(path p, pen fillrule=currentpen);
returns an arbitrary point strictly inside a cyclic path @code{p}
according to the fill rule @code{fillrule} (@pxref{fillrule}).

@cindex @code{strokepath}
@item path[] strokepath(path g, pen p=currentpen);
returns the path array that @code{PostScript} would fill in drawing path
@code{g} with pen @code{p}.

@end table

@item guide
@cindex @code{guide}
an unresolved cubic spline (list of cubic-spline nodes and control points).
The implicit initializer for a guide is @code{nullpath}; this is useful
for building up a guide within a loop.

A guide is similar to a path except that the computation of the cubic spline is
deferred until drawing time (when it is resolved into a path); this allows
two guides with free endpoint conditions to be joined together smoothly.
The solid curve in the following example is built up incrementally as
a guide, but only resolved at drawing time; the dashed curve is
incrementally resolved at each iteration, before the entire set of nodes
(shown in red) is known:

@verbatiminclude mexicanhat.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{mexicanhat}

We point out an efficiency distinction in the use of guides and paths:
@verbatim
guide g;
for(int i=0; i < 10; ++i)
  g=g--(i,i);
path p=g;
@end verbatim

@noindent
runs in linear time, whereas
@verbatim
path p;
for(int i=0; i < 10; ++i)
  p=p--(i,i);
@end verbatim

@noindent
runs in quadratic time, as the entire path up to that point is copied at each
step of the iteration.

The following routines can be used to examine the individual elements of
a guide without actually resolving the guide to a fixed path (except for
internal cycles, which are resolved):

@table @code

@cindex @code{size}
@item int size(guide g);
Analogous to @code{size(path p)}.

@cindex @code{length}
@item int length(guide g);
Analogous to @code{length(path p)}.

@cindex @code{cyclic}
@item bool cyclic(path p);
Analogous to @code{cyclic(path p)}.

@cindex @code{point}
@item pair point(guide g, int t);
Analogous to @code{point(path p, int t)}.

@cindex @code{reverse}
@item guide reverse(guide g);
Analogous to @code{reverse(path p)}. If @code{g} is cyclic and
also contains a secondary cycle, it is first solved to a
path, then reversed. If @code{g} is not cyclic but contains an internal
cycle, only the internal cycle is solved before reversal. If there are
no internal cycles, the guide is reversed but not solved to a path.

@cindex @code{dirSpecifier}
@item pair[] dirSpecifier(guide g, int i);
This returns a pair array of length 2 containing the outgoing (in
element 0) and incoming (in element 1) direction specifiers (or
@code{(0,0)} if none specified) for the segment of guide @code{g}
between nodes @code{i} and @code{i+1}.

@cindex @code{controlSpecifier}
@item pair[] controlSpecifier(guide g, int i);
If the segment of guide @code{g} between nodes @code{i} and @code{i+1}
has explicit outgoing and incoming control points, they are returned as
elements 0 and 1, respectively, of a two-element array. Otherwise, an
empty array is returned.

@cindex @code{tensionSpecifier}
@item tensionSpecifier tensionSpecifier(guide g, int i);
This returns the tension specifier for the segment of guide @code{g} between
nodes @code{i} and @code{i+1}. The individual components of the
@code{tensionSpecifier} type can be accessed as the virtual members
@code{in}, @code{out}, and @code{atLeast}.

@cindex @code{curlSpecifier}
@item real[] curlSpecifier(guide g);
This returns an array containing the initial curl specifier (in element 0)
and final curl specifier (in element 1) for guide @code{g}.

@end table

As a technical detail we note that a direction specifier given to
@code{nullpath} modifies the node on the other side: the guides
@verbatim
a..{up}nullpath..b;
c..nullpath{up}..d;
e..{up}nullpath{down}..f;
@end verbatim
are respectively equivalent to
@verbatim
a..nullpath..{up}b;
c{up}..nullpath..d;
e{down}..nullpath..{up}f;
@end verbatim

@end table

@node Pens
@section Pens

@cindex @code{pen}
@cindex @code{currentpen}
@cindex @code{MetaPost pickup}
In @code{Asymptote}, pens provide a context for the four basic drawing
commands (@pxref{Drawing commands}). They are used to specify the
following drawing attributes: color, line type, line width, line cap,
line join, fill rule, text alignment, font, font size, pattern,
overwrite mode, and calligraphic transforms on the pen nib. The
default pen used by the drawing routines is called
@code{currentpen}. This provides the same functionality as the
@code{MetaPost} command @code{pickup}.
The implicit initializer for pens is @code{defaultpen}.

@cindex @code{+}
@cindex @code{*}
Pens may be added together with the nonassociative binary
operator @code{+}. This will add the colors of the two pens.
All other non-default attributes of the rightmost pen will
override those of the leftmost pen. Thus, one can obtain a yellow
dashed pen by saying @code{dashed+red+green} or @code{red+green+dashed}
or @code{red+dashed+green}. The binary operator @code{*}
can be used to scale the color of a pen by a real number, until it
saturates with one or more color components equal to 1.

@itemize @bullet

@item Colors are specified using one of the following colorspaces:
@cindex color
@table @code
@item pen gray(real g);
@cindex @code{gray}
@cindex grayscale
This produces a grayscale color, where the intensity @code{g} lies in the
interval [0,1], with 0.0 denoting black and 1.0 denoting white.

@item pen rgb(real r, real g, real b);
@cindex @code{rgb}
This produces an @acronym{RGB} color, where each of the red, green,
and blue intensities @code{r}, @code{g}, @code{b}, lies in the interval [0,1].

@item pen cmyk(real c, real m, real y, real k);
@cindex @code{cmyk}
This produces a @acronym{CMYK} color, where each of the cyan, magenta,
yellow, and black intensities @code{c}, @code{m}, @code{y}, @code{k},
lies in the interval [0,1].

@item pen invisible;
@cindex @code{invisible}
This special pen writes in invisible ink, but adjusts the bounding
box as if something had been drawn (like the @code{\phantom}
command in @TeX{}). The function @code{bool invisible(pen)} can be used
to test whether a pen is invisible.

@end table

@cindex @code{defaultpen}
The default color is @code{black}; this may be changed with the routine
@code{defaultpen(pen)}. The function @code{colorspace(pen p)} returns
the colorspace of pen @code{p} as a string (@code{"gray"}, @code{"rgb"},
@code{"cmyk"}, or @code{""}).

@cindex @code{colors}
The function @code{real[] colors(pen)} returns the color components of a pen.
The functions @code{pen gray(pen)}, @code{pen rgb(pen)},  and
@code{pen cmyk(pen)} return new pens obtained by converting their
arguments to the respective color spaces. 
@cindex @code{colorless}
The function @code{colorless(pen=currentpen)} returns a copy of its argument
with the color attributes stripped (to avoid color mixing).

A 6-character RGB hexidecimal string can be converted to a pen with
the routine
@cindex @code{rgb}
@cindex @code{hexidecimal}
@verbatim
pen rgb(string s);
@end verbatim

Various shades and mixtures of the grayscale primary colors
@code{black} and @code{white}, @acronym{RGB} primary colors
@code{red}, @code{green}, and @code{blue}, and
@acronym{RGB} secondary colors @code{cyan}, @code{magenta}, and @code{yellow}
are defined as named colors, along with the @acronym{CMYK} primary
colors @code{Cyan}, @code{Magenta}, @code{Yellow}, and @code{Black}, in
the module @code{plain}:
@sp 1
@center @image{colors}

The standard 140 @acronym{RGB} @code{X11} colors can be imported with
the command
@verbatim
import x11colors;
@end verbatim
and the standard 68 @acronym{CMYK} @TeX{} colors can be imported with
the command
@verbatim
import texcolors;
@end verbatim
Note that there is some overlap between these two standards
and the definitions of some colors (e.g.@ @code{Green}) actually disagree.

@code{Asymptote} also comes with a @code{asycolors.sty} @code{LaTeX} package
that defines to @code{LaTeX} @acronym{CMYK} versions of
@code{Asymptote}'s predefined colors, so that they can be used
directly within @code{LaTeX} strings. Normally, such colors are
passed to @code{LaTeX} via a pen argument; however, to change the
color of only a portion of a string, say for a slide presentation,
(@pxref{slide}) it may be desirable to specify the color directly to
@code{LaTeX}. This file can be passed to @code{LaTeX} with the
@code{Asymptote} command
@verbatim
usepackage("asycolors");
@end verbatim

The structure @code{hsv} defined in @code{plain_pens.asy} may be used
to convert between @acronym{HSV} and @acronym{RGB} spaces, where
the hue @code{h} is an angle in @math{[0,360)} and the saturation
@code{s} and value @code{v} lie in @code{[0,1]}:
@verbatim
pen p=hsv(180,0.5,0.75);
write(p);           // ([default], red=0.375, green=0.75, blue=0.75)
hsv q=p;
write(q.h,q.s,q.v); // 180     0.5     0.75
@end verbatim

@item Line types are specified with the function 
@code{pen linetype(string s, real offset=0, bool scale=true, bool adjust=true)},
@cindex @code{solid}
@cindex @code{dashed}
@cindex @code{dotted}
@cindex @code{longdashed}
@cindex @code{dashdotted}
@cindex @code{longdashdotted}
where @code{s} is a string of integer or real numbers separated by spaces.
The optional parameter @code{offset} specifies where in the pattern
to begin. The first number specifies how far (if @code{scale} is
@code{true}, in units of the pen line width; otherwise in
@code{PostScript} units) to draw with the pen on, the second number
specifies how far to draw with the pen off, and so on. If
@code{adjust} is @code{true}, these spacings are automatically
adjusted by @code{Asymptote} to fit the arclength of the path. Here
are the predefined line types:
@verbatim
pen solid=linetype("");
pen dotted=linetype("0 4");
pen dashed=linetype("8 8");
pen longdashed=linetype("24 8");
pen dashdotted=linetype("8 8 0 8");
pen longdashdotted=linetype("24 8 0 8");
pen Dotted=dotted+1.0;
pen Dotted(pen p=currentpen) {return dotted+2*linewidth(p);}
@end verbatim
@sp 1
@center @image{linetype}

@cindex @code{defaultpen}
The default line type is @code{solid}; this may be changed with
@code{defaultpen(pen)}.
The line type of a pen is returned by @code{int linetype(pen p=currentpen)}.

@cindex @code{linewidth}
@cindex @code{defaultpen}
@item The pen line width is specified in @code{PostScript} units with
@code{pen linewidth(real)}. The default line width is 0.5 bp; this value
may be changed with @code{defaultpen(pen)}. The line width of a pen
is returned by @code{real linewidth(pen p=currentpen)}.
For convenience, in the module @code{plain} we define
@verbatim
static void defaultpen(real w) {defaultpen(linewidth(w));}
static pen operator +(pen p, real w) {return p+linewidth(w);}
static pen operator +(real w, pen p) {return linewidth(w)+p;}
@end verbatim
so that one may set the line width like this:
@verbatim
defaultpen(2);
pen p=red+0.5;
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{linecap}
@cindex @code{squarecap}
@cindex @code{roundcap}
@cindex @code{extendcap}
@cindex @code{defaultpen}
@item A pen with a specific @code{PostScript} line cap is returned on
calling @code{linecap} with an integer argument: 
@verbatim
pen squarecap=linecap(0);
pen roundcap=linecap(1);
pen extendcap=linecap(2);
@end verbatim

@noindent
The default line cap, @code{roundcap}, may be changed with
@code{defaultpen(pen)}. The line cap of a pen is returned by
@code{int linecap(pen p=currentpen)}.

@cindex @code{linejoin}
@cindex @code{miterjoin}
@cindex @code{roundjoin}
@cindex @code{beveljoin}
@item A pen with a specific @code{PostScript} join style is returned on
calling @code{linejoin} with an integer argument:
@verbatim
pen miterjoin=linejoin(0);
pen roundjoin=linejoin(1);
pen beveljoin=linejoin(2);
@end verbatim

@noindent
The default join style, @code{roundjoin}, may be changed with
@code{defaultpen(pen)}.The join style of a pen is returned by
@code{int linejoin(pen p=currentpen)}.

@cindex @code{miterlimit}
@item A pen with a specific @code{PostScript} miter limit is returned by
calling @code{miterlimit(real)}.
The default miterlimit, @code{10.0}, may be changed with
@code{defaultpen(pen)}. The miter limit of a pen is returned by
@code{real miterlimit(pen p=currentpen)}.

@cindex @code{fillrule}
@cindex @code{zerowinding}
@cindex @code{evenodd}
@anchor{fillrule}
@item A pen with a specific @code{PostScript} fill rule is returned on
calling @code{fillrule} with an integer argument:
@verbatim
pen zerowinding=fillrule(0);
pen evenodd=fillrule(1);
@end verbatim

@noindent
The fill rule, which identifies the algorithm used to determine the
insideness of a path or array of paths, only affects the @code{clip},
@code{fill}, and @code{inside} functions. For the @code{zerowinding}
fill rule, a point @code{z} is outside the region bounded by a path if
the number of upward intersections of the path with the horizontal
line @code{z--z+infinity} minus the number of downward intersections
is zero. For the @code{evenodd} fill rule, @code{z} is considered to
be outside the region if the total number of such intersections is even.
The default fill rule, @code{zerowinding}, may be changed with
@code{defaultpen(pen)}. The fill rule of a pen is returned by
@code{int fillrule(pen p=currentpen)}.

@cindex @code{nobasealign}
@cindex @code{basealign}
@anchor{basealign}
@item A pen with a specific text alignment setting is returned on
calling @code{basealign} with an integer argument:
@verbatim
pen nobasealign=basealign(0);
pen basealign=basealign(1);
@end verbatim

@noindent
The default setting, @code{nobasealign},which may be changed with
@code{defaultpen(pen)}, causes the label alignment routines to use the
full label bounding box for alignment. In contrast, @code{basealign}
requests that the @TeX{} baseline be respected.
The base align setting of a pen is returned by
@code{int basealigin(pen p=currentpen)}.

@cindex @code{fontsize}
@cindex @code{lineskip}
@cindex @code{defaultpen}
@cindex @code{fix-cm}
@item The font size is specified in @TeX{} points (1 pt = 1/72.27 inches) with
the function @code{pen fontsize(real size, real lineskip=1.2*size)}.
The default font size, 12pt, may be changed with @code{defaultpen(pen)}.
Nonstandard font sizes may require inserting
@verbatim
import fontsize;
@end verbatim
at the beginning of the file (this requires the @code{fix-cm} package
available from
@quotation
@url{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fix-cm}
@end quotation
and included in recent @code{LaTeX} distributions). The font size and line
skip of a pen can be examined with the routines 
@code{real fontsize(pen p=currentpen)} and 
@code{real lineskip(pen p=currentpen)}, respectively.

@cindex @code{font}
@cindex @code{LaTeX fonts}
@cindex @code{NFSS}
@cindex @code{font command}
@item A pen using a specific @code{LaTeX} @code{NFSS} font is returned
by calling the function @code{pen font(string encoding, string family,
string series, string shape)}. The default setting,
@code{font("OT1","cmr","m","n")}, corresponds to 12pt Computer Modern Roman;
this may be changed with @code{defaultpen(pen)}. 
The font setting of a pen is returned by
@code{string font(pen p=currentpen)}.
Support for standardized international characters is provided by the
@code{unicode} package (@pxref{unicode}).

@cindex @code{TeX fonts}
Alternatively, one may select a fixed-size @TeX{} font (on which
@code{fontsize} has no effect) like @code{"cmr12"} (12pt Computer Modern
Roman) or @code{"pcrr"} (Courier) using the function @code{pen font(string
name)}. An optional size argument can also be given to scale the font
to the requested size: @code{pen font(string name, real size)}.

@cindex @code{fontcommand}
A nonstandard font command can be generated with
@code{pen fontcommand(string)}.

@cindex @code{PostScript fonts}
A convenient interface to the following standard @code{PostScript}
fonts is also provided:
@verbatim
pen AvantGarde(string series="m", string shape="n");
pen Bookman(string series="m", string shape="n");
pen Courier(string series="m", string shape="n");
pen Helvetica(string series="m", string shape="n");
pen NewCenturySchoolBook(string series="m", string shape="n");
pen Palatino(string series="m", string shape="n");
pen TimesRoman(string series="m", string shape="n");
pen ZapfChancery(string series="m", string shape="n");
pen Symbol(string series="m", string shape="n");
pen ZapfDingbats(string series="m", string shape="n");
@end verbatim

@anchor{transparency}
@cindex transparency
@cindex @code{opacity}
@item The transparency of a pen can be changed with the command:
@verbatim
pen opacity(real opacity=1, string blend="Compatible");
@end verbatim
The opacity can be varied from @code{0} (fully transparent) to the default
value of @code{1} (opaque), and @code{blend} specifies one of the
following foreground--background blending operations:
@verbatim
"Compatible","Normal","Multiply","Screen","Overlay","SoftLight",
"HardLight","ColorDodge","ColorBurn","Darken","Lighten","Difference",
"Exclusion","Hue","Saturation","Color","Luminosity",
@end verbatim
as described in

@url{http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/pdf/PDFReference16.pdf}.
Since @code{PostScript} does not support transparency, this feature is
only effective with the @code{-f pdf} output format option; other
formats can be produced from the resulting @acronym{PDF} file with the
@code{ImageMagick} @code{convert} program.
Labels are always drawn with an @code{opacity} of 1.
A simple example of transparent filling is provided in the example file
@code{transparency.asy}. 

@cindex patterns
@cindex tilings
@item @code{PostScript} commands within a @code{picture} may be used
to create a tiling pattern, identified by the string @code{name}, for
@code{fill} and @code{draw} operations by adding it to the
global @code{PostScript} frame @code{currentpatterns},
with optional left-bottom margin @code{lb} and right-top margin @code{rt}.
@verbatim
import patterns;
void add(string name, picture pic, pair lb=0, pair rt=0);
@end verbatim

To @code{fill} or @code{draw} using pattern @code{name}, use
the pen @code{pattern("name")}. For example, rectangular tilings
can be constructed using the routines 
@code{picture tile(real Hx=5mm, real Hy=0, pen p=currentpen,
filltype filltype=NoFill)},
@code{picture checker(real Hx=5mm, real Hy=0, pen p=currentpen)}, and
@code{picture brick(real Hx=5mm, real Hy=0, pen p=currentpen)} defined in
@code{patterns.asy}:
@cindex grid
@cindex tile
@cindex checker
@cindex brick
@verbatiminclude tile.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{tile}

@cindex hatch
@cindex crosshatch
Hatch patterns can be generated with the routines
@code{picture hatch(real H=5mm, pair dir=NE, pen p=currentpen)},
@code{picture crosshatch(real H=5mm, pen p=currentpen)}:
@verbatiminclude hatch.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{hatch}

You may need to turn off aliasing in your @code{PostScript} viewer for
patterns to appear correctly. Custom patterns can easily be constructed,
following the examples in @code{patterns.asy}. The tiled pattern can
even incorporate shading (@pxref{gradient shading}), as illustrated
in this example (not included in the manual because not all printers support
@code{PostScript} 3):
@verbatiminclude shadedtiling.asy

@anchor{makepen}
@cindex @code{makepen}
@item One can specify a custom pen nib as an arbitrary polygonal path
with @code{pen makepen(path)}; this path represents the mark to be
drawn for paths containing a single point. This pen nib path can be
recovered from a pen with @code{path nib(pen)}. Unlike in
@code{MetaPost}, the path need not be convex:

@verbatiminclude makepen.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{makepen}

The value @code{nullpath} represents a circular pen nib (the default);
an elliptical pen can be achieved simply by multiplying the pen by a
transform: @code{yscale(2)*currentpen}.

@anchor{overwrite}
@cindex @code{overwrite}
@item One can prevent labels from overwriting one another by using
the pen attribute @code{overwrite}, which takes a single argument:

@table @code
@cindex @code{Allow}
@cindex @code{defaultpen}
@item Allow
Allow labels to overwrite one another. This is the default behaviour (unless
overridden with @code{defaultpen(pen)}.

@cindex @code{Suppress}
@item Suppress
Suppress, with a warning, each label that would overwrite another label.

@cindex @code{SuppressQuiet}
@item SuppressQuiet
Suppress, without warning, each label that would overwrite another label.

@cindex @code{Move}
@item Move
Move a label that would overwrite another out of the way and issue a warning.
As this adjustment is during the final output phase (in @code{PostScript}
coordinates) it could result in a larger figure than requested.

@cindex @code{MoveQuiet}
@item MoveQuiet
Move a label that would overwrite another out of the way, without warning.
As this adjustment is during the final output phase (in @code{PostScript}
coordinates) it could result in a larger figure than requested.

@end table

@end itemize

@cindex @code{defaultpen}
@cindex @code{resetdefaultpen}
The routine @code{defaultpen()} returns the current default pen attributes.
Calling the routine @code{resetdefaultpen()} resets all pen default
attributes to their initial values.

@node Transforms
@section Transforms

@cindex @code{transform}
@code{Asymptote} makes extensive use of affine transforms. A pair
@code{(x,y)} is transformed by the transform 
@code{t=(t.x,t.y,t.xx,t.xy,t.yx,t.yy)} to @code{(x',y')}, where
@verbatim
x' = t.x + t.xx * x + t.xy * y
y' = t.y + t.yx * x + t.yy * y
@end verbatim
@noindent
This is equivalent to the @code{PostScript} transformation
@code{[t.xx t.yx t.xy t.yy t.x t.y]}.

Transforms can be applied to pairs, guides, paths, pens, strings,
transforms, frames, and pictures by multiplication (via the binary operator
@code{*}) on the left (@pxref{circle} for an example).
@cindex @code{inverse}
Transforms can be composed with one another and inverted with the
function @code{transform inverse(transform t)}; they can also be raised to any
integer power with the @code{^} operator.

The built-in transforms are:

@table @code
@item transform identity();
@cindex @code{identity}
the identity transform;
@item transform shift(pair z);
@cindex @code{shift}
translates by the pair @code{z};
@item transform shift(real x, real y);
@cindex @code{shift}
translates by the pair @code{(x,y)};
@item transform xscale(real x);
@cindex @code{xscale}
scales by @code{x} in the @math{x} direction;
@item transform yscale(real y);
@cindex @code{yscale}
scales by @code{y} in the @math{y} direction;
@item transform scale(real s);
@cindex @code{scale}
scale by @code{s} in both @math{x} and @math{y} directions;
@item transform scale(real x, real y);
@cindex @code{scale}
scale by @code{x} in the @math{x} direction and by @code{y} in the
@math{y} direction;
@item transform slant(real s);
@cindex @code{slant}
maps @code{(x,y)} --> @code{(x+s*y,y)};
@item transform rotate(real angle, pair z=(0,0));
rotates by @code{angle} in degrees about @code{z};
@item transform reflect(pair a, pair b);
@cindex @code{reflect}
reflects about the line @code{a--b}.
@end table

@cindex @code{shift}
@cindex @code{shiftless}
The implicit initializer for transforms is @code{identity()}.
The routines @code{shift(transform t)} and @code{shiftless(transform t)}
return the transforms @code{(t.x,t.y,0,0,0,0)} and
@code{(0,0,t.xx,t.xy,t.yx,t.yy)} respectively.


@node Frames and pictures
@section Frames and pictures

@table @code

@item frame
@cindex @code{frame}
@cindex @code{newframe}
@cindex @code{empty}
@cindex @code{erase}
@cindex @code{min}
@cindex @code{max}
Frames are canvases for drawing in @code{PostScript} coordinates. While working
with frames directly is occasionally necessary for constructing deferred
drawing routines, pictures are usually more convenient to work with.
The implicit initializer for frames is @code{newframe}. The function
@code{bool empty(frame f)} returns @code{true} only if the frame @code{f}
is empty. A frame may be erased with the @code{erase(frame)} routine.
The functions @code{pair min(frame)} and @code{pair max(frame)}
return the (left,bottom) and (right,top) coordinates of the frame
bounding box, respectively. The contents of frame @code{src} may be
appended to frame @code{dest} with the command
@verbatim
void add(frame dest, frame src);
@end verbatim
or prepended with
@verbatim
void prepend(frame dest, frame src);
@end verbatim
A frame obtained by aligning frame @code{f} in the direction
@code{align}, in a manner analogous to the @code{align} argument of
@code{label} (@pxref{label}), is returned by
@verbatim
frame align(frame f, pair align);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{box}
@cindex @code{ellipse}
@anchor{envelope}
@cindex @code{envelope}
To draw or fill a box or ellipse around a label or frame and return the
boundary as a path, use one of the predefined @code{envelope} routines
@verbatim
path box(frame f, Label L="", real xmargin=0,
         real ymargin=xmargin, pen p=currentpen,
         filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
path roundbox(frame f, Label L="", real xmargin=0,
              real ymargin=xmargin, pen p=currentpen,
              filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
path ellipse(frame f, Label L="", real xmargin=0,
             real ymargin=xmargin, pen p=currentpen,
             filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
@end verbatim

@item picture
@cindex @code{picture}
Pictures are high-level structures (@pxref{Structures}) defined in
the module @code{plain} that provide canvases for drawing in user coordinates. 
The default picture is called @code{currentpicture}. A new picture
can be created like this:
@verbatim
picture pic;
@end verbatim
@noindent
Anonymous pictures can be made by the expression @code{new picture}.

The @code{size} routine specifies the dimensions of the desired picture:

@anchor{size}
@cindex @code{size}
@verbatim
void size(picture pic=currentpicture, real x, real y=x,
          bool keepAspect=Aspect);
@end verbatim

If the @code{x} and @code{y} sizes are both 0, user coordinates will be
interpreted as @code{PostScript} coordinates. In this case, the transform
mapping @code{pic} to the final output frame is @code{identity()}.

If exactly one of @code{x} or @code{y} is 0, no size restriction
is imposed in that direction; it will be scaled the same as the other
direction.

@cindex @code{Aspect}
If @code{keepAspect} is set to @code{Aspect} or @code{true},
the picture will be scaled with its aspect ratio preserved such that
the final width is no more than @code{x} and the final height is
no more than @code{y}.

@cindex @code{IgnoreAspect}
If @code{keepAspect} is set to @code{IgnoreAspect} or @code{false},
the picture will be scaled in both directions so that the final width
is @code{x} and the height is @code{y}. 

To make the user coordinates of picture @code{pic}
represent multiples of @code{x} units in the @math{x} direction and
@code{y} units in the @math{y} direction, use
@anchor{unitsize}
@cindex @code{unitsize}
@verbatim
void unitsize(picture pic=currentpicture, real x, real y=x);
@end verbatim
When nonzero, these @code{x} and @code{y} values override the
corresponding size parameters of picture @code{pic}.

The routine
@cindex @code{size}
@verbatim
void size(picture pic=currentpicture, real xsize, real ysize,
          pair min, pair max);
@end verbatim
forces the final picture scaling to map the user coordinates
@code{box(min,max)} to a region of width @code{xsize} and height @code{ysize}
(when these parameters are nonzero).

Alternatively, calling the routine
@cindex @code{fixedscaling}
@verbatim
transform fixedscaling(picture pic=currentpicture, pair min,
                       pair max, pen p=nullpen, bool warn=false);
@end verbatim
will cause picture @code{pic} to use a fixed scaling to map user
coordinates in @code{box(min,max)} to the (already specified) picture size,
taking account of the width of pen @code{p}. A warning will be issued if
the final picture exceeds the specified size.

A picture @code{pic} can be fit to a frame and output to a file
@code{prefix}.@code{format} using image format @code{format}
by calling the @code{shipout} function:
@anchor{shipout}
@cindex @code{shipout}
@cindex @code{outprefix}
@verbatim
void shipout(string prefix=defaultfilename, picture pic=currentpicture,
             orientation orientation=orientation,
             string format="", bool wait=false, bool view=true,
             string options="", string script="",
             projection P=currentprojection);
@end verbatim
@noindent
The default output format, @code{PostScript}, may be changed
with the @code{-f} or @code{-tex} command-line options.
The @code{options}, @code{script}, and @code{projection} parameters
are only relevant for 3D pictures. If @code{defaultfilename} is an
empty string, the prefix @code{outprefix()} will be used.

A @code{shipout()} command is added implicitly at file exit if no
previous @code{shipout} commands have been executed.
@cindex @code{orientation}
@cindex @code{Portrait}
@cindex @code{Landscape}
@cindex @code{UpsideDown}
The default page orientation is @code{Portrait}; this may be modified
by changing the variable @code{orientation}. To output in landscape
mode, simply set the variable @code{orientation=Landscape} or issue
the command 
@verbatim
shipout(Landscape);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{Seascape}
To rotate the page by @math{-90} degrees, use the orientation @code{Seascape}.
@cindex @code{UpsideDown}
The orientation @code{UpsideDown} rotates the page by 180 degrees.

@cindex subpictures
@cindex @code{fit}
A picture @code{pic} can be explicitly fit to a frame by calling
@verbatim
frame pic.fit(real xsize=pic.xsize, real ysize=pic.ysize,
              bool keepAspect=pic.keepAspect);
@end verbatim
The default size and aspect ratio settings are those given to the
@code{size} command (which default to @code{0}, @code{0}, and
@code{true}, respectively).
@cindex @code{calculateTransform}
The transformation that would currently be used to fit a picture
@code{pic} to a frame is returned by the member function
@code{pic.calculateTransform()}.

In certain cases (e.g.@ 2D graphs) where only an approximate size
estimate for @code{pic} is available, the picture fitting routine
@verbatim
frame pic.scale(real xsize=this.xsize, real ysize=this.ysize,
                bool keepAspect=this.keepAspect);
@end verbatim
(which scales the resulting frame, including labels and fixed-size
objects) will enforce perfect compliance with the requested size
specification, but should not normally be required.

@cindex @code{box}
To draw a bounding box with margins around a picture, fit the
picture to a frame using the function
@verbatim
frame bbox(picture pic=currentpicture, real xmargin=0,
           real ymargin=xmargin, pen p=currentpen,
           filltype filltype=NoFill);
@end verbatim
@anchor{filltype}
Here @code{filltype} specifies one of the following fill types:
@table @code
@cindex @code{FillDraw}
@item FillDraw
Fill the interior and draw the boundary.

@item FillDraw(real xmargin=0, real ymargin=xmargin, pen fillpen=nullpen,
               @code{pen drawpen=nullpen);}
@cindex @code{nullpen}
If @code{fillpen} is @code{nullpen}, fill with the drawing pen;
otherwise fill with pen @code{fillpen}. 
If @code{drawpen} is @code{nullpen}, draw the boundary with @code{fillpen};
otherwise with @code{drawpen}. An optional margin of
@code{xmargin} and @code{ymargin} can be specified.

@cindex @code{Fill}
@item Fill
Fill the interior.

@cindex @code{nullpen}
@item Fill(real xmargin=0, real ymargin=xmargin, pen p=nullpen)
If @code{p} is @code{nullpen}, fill with the drawing pen; 
otherwise fill with pen @code{p}. An optional margin of
@code{xmargin} and @code{ymargin} can be specified.

@cindex @code{NoFill}
@item NoFill
Do not fill.

@item Draw
Draw only the boundary.

@cindex @code{Draw}
@item Draw(real xmargin=0, real ymargin=xmargin, pen p=nullpen)
If @code{p} is @code{nullpen}, draw the boundary with the drawing pen; 
otherwise draw with pen @code{p}. An optional margin of
@code{xmargin} and @code{ymargin} can be specified.

@cindex @code{UnFill}
@item UnFill
Clip the region.

@cindex @code{UnFill}
@item UnFill(real xmargin=0, real ymargin=xmargin)
Clip the region and surrounding margins @code{xmargin} and @code{ymargin}.

@cindex @code{RadialShade}
@item RadialShade(pen penc, pen penr)
Fill varying radially from @code{penc} at the center of the bounding
box to @code{penr} at the edge.

@end table

@cindex bounding box
@cindex background color
For example, to draw a bounding box around a picture with a 0.25 cm
margin and output the resulting frame, use the command:
@verbatim
shipout(bbox(0.25cm));
@end verbatim
A @code{picture} may be fit to a frame with the background color of
pen @code{p} with the function @code{bbox(p,Fill)}. 

The functions 
@verbatim
pair min(picture pic, user=false);
pair max(picture pic, user=false);
pair size(picture pic, user=false);
@end verbatim 
calculate the @code{PostScript} bounds that picture @code{pic} would
have if it were currently fit to a frame using its default size specification.
If @code{user} is @code{false} the returned value is in
@code{PostScript} coordinates, otherwise it is in user coordinates.

The function
@verbatim
pair point(picture pic=currentpicture, pair dir, bool user=true);
@end verbatim
is a convenient way of determining the point on the bounding box of
@code{pic} in the direction @code{dir} relative to its center, ignoring
the contributions from fixed-size objects (such as labels and arrowheads).
If @code{user} is @code{true} the returned value is in user coordinates,
otherwise it is in @code{PostScript} coordinates.

The function
@verbatim
pair truepoint(picture pic=currentpicture, pair dir, bool user=true);
@end verbatim
is identical to @code{point}, except that it also accounts for
fixed-size objects, using the scaling transform that picture @code{pic}
would have if currently fit to a frame using its default size
specification. If @code{user} is @code{true} the returned value is in
user coordinates, otherwise it is in @code{PostScript} coordinates.

@anchor{add}
Sometimes it is useful to draw objects on separate pictures and add one
picture to another using the @code{add} function:
@cindex @code{add}
@verbatim
void add(picture src, bool group=true,
         filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
void add(picture dest, picture src, bool group=true,
         filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
@end verbatim
@noindent
The first example adds @code{src} to @code{currentpicture}; the second
one adds @code{src} to @code{dest}. 
The @code{group} option specifies whether or not the graphical user
interface @code{xasy} should treat all of the elements of @code{src}
as a single entity (@pxref{GUI}), @code{filltype} requests optional
background filling or clipping, and @code{above} specifies
whether to add @code{src} above or below existing objects.

There are also routines to add a picture or frame @code{src} specified
in postscript coordinates to another picture @code{dest} (or
@code{currentpicture}) about the user coordinate
@code{position}:
@anchor{add about}
@cindex @code{add}
@cindex picture alignment
@verbatim
void add(picture src, pair position, bool group=true,
         filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
void add(picture dest, picture src, pair position,
         bool group=true, filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
void add(picture dest=currentpicture, frame src, pair position=0,
         bool group=true, filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
void add(picture dest=currentpicture, frame src, pair position,
         pair align, bool group=true, filltype filltype=NoFill,
         bool above=true);
@end verbatim

The optional @code{align} argument in the last three forms specifies a
direction to use for aligning the frame, in a manner analogous to the
@code{align} argument of @code{label} (@pxref{label}). However, one key
difference is that when @code{align} is not specified, labels are
centered, whereas frames and pictures are aligned so that their origin is
at @code{position}. Illustrations of frame alignment can be found in
the examples @ref{errorbars} and @ref{image}. If you want to align three
or more subpictures, group them two at a time:

@verbatiminclude subpictures.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{subpictures}

Alternatively, one can use @code{attach} to automatically increase the
size of picture @code{dest} to accommodate adding a frame @code{src}
about the user coordinate @code{position}:
@verbatim
void attach(picture dest=currentpicture, frame src,
                 pair position=0, bool group=true,
                 filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
void attach(picture dest=currentpicture, frame src,
                 pair position, pair align, bool group=true,
                 filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=true);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{erase}
To erase the contents of a picture (but not the size specification), use
the function
@verbatim
void erase(picture pic=currentpicture);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{save}
To save a snapshot of @code{currentpicture}, @code{currentpen}, and
@code{currentprojection}, use the function @code{save()}.

@cindex @code{restore}
To restore a snapshot of @code{currentpicture}, @code{currentpen}, and
@code{currentprojection}, use the function @code{restore()}.

Many further examples of picture and frame operations are provided in
the base module @code{plain}.

@cindex verbatim
@cindex @code{postscript}
It is possible to insert verbatim @code{PostScript} commands in a picture with
one of the routines
@verbatim
void postscript(picture pic=currentpicture, string s);
void postscript(picture pic=currentpicture, string s, pair min,
                pair max)
@end verbatim
Here @code{min} and @code{max} can be used to specify explicit bounds
associated with the resulting @code{PostScript} code.

@anchor{tex}
@cindex @code{tex}
Verbatim @TeX{} commands can be inserted in the intermediate
@code{LaTeX} output file with one of the functions
@verbatim
void tex(picture pic=currentpicture, string s);
void tex(picture pic=currentpicture, string s, pair min, pair max)
@end verbatim
Here @code{min} and @code{max} can be used to specify explicit bounds
associated with the resulting @TeX{} code.

To issue a global @TeX{} command (such as a @TeX{} macro definition) in the
@TeX{} preamble (valid for the remainder of the top-level module) use:
@cindex @code{texpreamble}
@verbatim
void texpreamble(string s);
@end verbatim

The @TeX{} environment can be reset to its initial state, clearing all
macro definitions, with the function
@cindex @code{texreset}
@verbatim
void texreset();
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{usepackage}
The routine
@verbatim
void usepackage(string s, string options="");
@end verbatim
provides a convenient abbreviation for 
@verbatim
texpreamble("\usepackage["+options+"]{"+s+"}"); 
@end verbatim
@noindent
that can be used for importing @code{LaTeX} packages.

@end table

@node Files
@section Files

@cindex @code{file}
@code{Asymptote} can read and write text files (including comma-separated
value) files and portable @acronym{XDR} (External Data Representation)
binary files.

An input file must first be opened with 
@code{input(string name, bool check=true, string comment="#")};
reading is then done by assignment:
@cindex open
@cindex @code{input}
@cindex reading
@verbatim
file fin=input("test.txt");
real a=fin;
@end verbatim

@cindex comment character
@cindex @code{error}
If the optional boolean argument @code{check} is @code{false}, no check will
be made that the file exists. If the file does not exist or is not
readable, the function @code{bool error(file)} will return @code{true}.
The first character of the string @code{comment} specifies a
comment character. If this character is encountered in a data file,
the remainder of the line is ignored. When reading strings, a comment
character followed immediately by another comment character is treated
as a single literal comment character.

@anchor{cd}
@cindex @code{cd}
@cindex directory
If the @code{-globalwrite} (or @code{-nosafe}) option is enabled, one can
change the current working directory to the contents of the string
@code{s} with the function @code{string cd(string s)}, which returns the
new working directory. If @code{string s} is empty, the path is reset to
the value it had at program startup.

@cindex @code{getc}
When reading pairs, the enclosing parenthesis are optional.
Strings are also read by assignment, by reading characters up to but not
including a newline. In addition, @code{Asymptote} provides the function
@code{string getc(file)} to read the next character (treating the
comment character as an ordinary character) and return it as a string.

@cindex @code{output}
@cindex @code{update}
@cindex append
A file named @code{name} can be open for output with
@verbatim
file output(string name, bool update=false);
@end verbatim
@noindent
If @code{update=false}, any existing data in the file will be erased
and only write operations can be used on the file.
If @code{update=true}, any existing data will be preserved, the position
will be set to the end-of-file, and both reading and writing operations
will be enabled. For security reasons, writing to files in directories
other than the current directory is allowed only if the @code{-globalwrite}
(or @code{-nosafe}) command-line option is specified.

@cindex @code{stdin}
@cindex @code{stdout}
There are two special files: @code{stdin}, which reads from the keyboard,
and @code{stdout}, which writes to the terminal. The implicit
initializer for files is @code{null}.

Data of a built-in type @code{T} can be written to an output file by
calling one of the functions
@cindex @code{write}
@verbatim
write(string s="", T x, suffix suffix=endl ... T[]);
write(file file, string s="", T x, suffix suffix=none ... T[]);
write(file file=stdout, string s="", explicit T[] x ... T[][]);
write(file file=stdout, T[][]);
write(file file=stdout, T[][][]);
write(suffix suffix=endl);
write(file file, suffix suffix=none);
@end verbatim
@cindex @code{none}
@cindex @code{flush}
@cindex @code{endl}
@cindex @code{newl}
@cindex @code{tab}
@cindex @code{comma}
If @code{file} is not specified, @code{stdout} is used and
terminated by default with a newline. If specified, the optional
identifying string @code{s} is written before the data @code{x}.
An arbitrary number of data values may be listed when writing scalars
or one-dimensional arrays. The @code{suffix} may be one of the following:
@code{none} (do nothing), @code{flush} (output buffered data),
@code{endl} (terminate with a newline and flush),
@code{newl} (terminate with a newline),
@code{tab} (terminate with a tab), or @code{comma} (terminate with a
comma). Here are some simple examples of data output:
@verbatim
file fout=output("test.txt");
write(fout,1);                  // Writes "1"
write(fout);                    // Writes a new line
write(fout,"List: ",1,2,3);     // Writes "List: 1     2     3"
@end verbatim
@noindent
        
@cindex binary format
@cindex @code{xinput}
@cindex @code{xoutput}
@cindex @code{binput}
@cindex @code{boutput}
@cindex @code{single}
@cindex double precision
@cindex @code{signed}
A file may also be opened with @code{xinput} or @code{xoutput}, instead of
@code{input} or @code{output}, to read or write
double precision (64-bit) reals and single precision (32-bit)
integers in Sun Microsystem's @acronym{XDR} (External
Data Representation) portable binary format (available on all
@code{UNIX} platforms).
Alternatively, a file may also be opened with @code{binput} or
@code{boutput} to read or write double precision reals and single
precision integers in the native (nonportable) machine binary format.
The function
@code{file single(file f, bool real=true, bool int=true)} may
be used to change the precision of real and integer I/O
operations, respectively, for an @acronym{XDR} or binary file @code{f}.  
Similarly, the function @code{file signed(file f, bool b=true)}
can be used to modify the signedness of integer reads and writes for
an @acronym{XDR} or binary file @code{f}.
Note that @code{single}, and @code{signed} modify and return their
file arguments (to facilitate nested function calls).

@cindex @code{name}
@cindex @code{mode}
@cindex @code{singlereal}
@cindex @code{singleint}
@cindex @code{signed}
The virtual members @code{name}, @code{mode}, @code{singlereal},
@code{singleint}, and @code{signed} may be used to query the
respective parameters for a given file.

@cindex @code{eof}
@cindex @code{eol}
@cindex @code{error}
@cindex @code{flush}
@cindex @code{clear}
@cindex @code{precision}
@cindex @code{seek}
@cindex @code{tell}
@cindex rewind
@cindex @code{seekeof}
One can test a file for end-of-file with the boolean function @code{eof(file)},
end-of-line with @code{eol(file)}, and for I/O errors with @code{error(file)}.
One can flush the output buffers with @code{flush(file)}, clear a
previous I/O error with @code{clear(file)}, and close the file with
@code{close(file)}. The function 
@code{int precision(file file=stdout, int digits=0)}
sets the number of digits of output precision for @code{file} to @code{digits},
provided @code{digits} is nonzero, and returns the previous
precision setting. The function @code{int tell(file)} returns
the current position in a file relative to the beginning.
The routine @code{seek(file file, int pos)} can be used to
change this position, where a negative value for the position @code{pos}
is interpreted as relative to the end-of-file. For example, one can
rewind a file @code{file} with the command @code{seek(file,0)}
and position to the final character in the file with @code{seek(file,-1)}.
The command @code{seekeof(file)} sets the position to the end of the file.

@cindex @code{scroll}
@anchor{scroll}
Assigning @code{settings.scroll=n} for a positive integer @code{n}
requests a pause after every @code{n} output lines to @code{stdout}.
One may then press @code{Enter} to continue to the next @code{n} output lines,
@code{s} followed by @code{Enter} to scroll without further interruption,
or @code{q} followed by @code{Enter} to quit the current output
operation. If @code{n} is negative, the output scrolls a page at a time
(i.e. by one less than the current number of display lines). The default
value, @code{settings.scroll=0}, specifies continuous scrolling.

The routines
@cindex @code{getstring}
@cindex @code{getreal}
@cindex @code{getpair}
@cindex @code{gettriple}
@verbatim
string getstring(string name="", string default="", string prompt="",
                 bool store=true);
int getint(string name="", int default=0, string prompt="",
           bool store=true);
real getreal(string name="", real default=0, string prompt="",
             bool store=true);
pair getpair(string name="", pair default=0, string prompt="",
             bool store=true);
triple gettriple(string name="", triple default=(0,0,0), string prompt="",
                 bool store=true);
@end verbatim
@noindent
defined in the module @code{plain} may be used to prompt for a value from
@code{stdin} using the @acronym{GNU} @code{readline} library.
If @code{store=true}, the history of values for @code{name} is
stored in the file @code{".asy_history_"+name} (@pxref{history}). The most
recent value in the history will be used to provide a default value
for subsequent runs.  The default value (initially @code{default}) is
displayed after @code{prompt}. These functions are based on the internal
routines
@cindex @code{readline}
@cindex @code{saveline}
@verbatim
string readline(string prompt="", string name="", bool tabcompletion=false);
void saveline(string name, string value, bool store=true);
@end verbatim
Here, @code{readline} prompts the user with the default value
formatted according to @code{prompt}, while @code{saveline} 
is used to save the string @code{value} in a local history named
@code{name}, optionally storing the local history in a file
@code{".asy_history_"+name}. 

@cindex @code{history}
The routine @code{history(string name, int n=1)} can be used to look up
the @code{n} most recent values (or all values up to @code{historylines}
if @code{n=0}) entered for string @code{name}.
The routine @code{history(int n=0)} returns the interactive history.
For example,
@verbatim
write(output("transcript.asy"),history());
@end verbatim
@noindent
outputs the interactive history to the file @code{transcript.asy}.

@cindex @code{delete}
The function @code{int delete(string s)} deletes the file named by the
string @code{s}. Unless the @code{-globalwrite} (or @code{-nosafe})
option is enabled, the file must reside in the current directory.
@cindex @code{rename}
The function @code{int rename(string from, string to)} may be used to
rename file @code{from} to file @code{to}.
Unless the @code{-globalwrite} (or @code{-nosafe}) option is enabled,
this operation is restricted to the current directory.
@cindex @code{convert}
@cindex @code{animate}
The functions
@verbatim
int convert(string args="", string file="", string format="");
int animate(string args="", string file="", string format="");
@end verbatim
@noindent
call the @code{ImageMagick} commands @code{convert} and @code{animate},
respectively, with the arguments @code{args} and the file name constructed
from the strings @code{file} and @code{format}. 
@cindex @code{system}
If the setting @code{safe} is false, then the function 
@code{int system(string s)} can be used to call the arbitrary system
command @code{s}.

@node Variable initializers
@section Variable initializers
@cindex variable initializers
@cindex @code{operator init}
@cindex initializers

A variable can be assigned a value when it is declared, as in
@code{int x=3;} where the variable @code{x} is assigned the value @code{3}.
As well as literal constants such as @code{3}, arbitary expressions can be used
as initializers, as in @code{real x=2*sin(pi/2);}.

A variable is not added to the namespace until after the initializer is
evaluated, so for example, in

@verbatim
int x=2;
int x=5*x;
@end verbatim
@noindent
the @code{x} in the initializer on the second line refers to the variable
@code{x} declared on the first line.  The second line, then, declares a variable
@code{x} shadowing the original @code{x} and initializes it to the value
@code{10}.

Variables of most types can be declared without an explicit initializer and they
will be initialized by the default initializer of that type:

@itemize
@item Variables of the numeric types @code{int}, @code{real}, and @code{pair}
are all initialized to zero; variables of type @code{triple} are
initialized to @code{O=(0,0,0)}.
@item @code{boolean} variables are initialized to @code{false}.
@item @code{string} variables are initialized to the empty string.
@item @code{transform} variables are initialized to the identity transformation.
@item @code{path} and @code{guide} variables are initialized to
@code{nullpath}.
@item @code{pen} variables are initialized to the default pen.
@item @code{frame} and @code{picture} variables are initialized to empty
frames and pictures, respectively.
@item @code{file} variables are initialized to @code{null}.
@end itemize

The default initializers for user-defined array, structure, and function types
are explained in their respective sections.  Some types, such as
@code{code}, do not have default initializers.  When a variable of such
a type is introduced, the user must initialize it by explicitly giving
it a value.

The default initializer for any type @code{T} can be redeclared by defining the
function @code{T operator init()}.  For instance, @code{int} variables are
usually initialized to zero, but in

@verbatim
int operator init() {
  return 3;
}
int y;
@end verbatim

@noindent
the variable @code{y} is initialized to @code{3}.  This example was given for
illustrative purposes; redeclaring the initializers of built-in types is not
recommended. Typically, @code{operator init} is used to define sensible
defaults for user-defined types.

@node Structures
@section Structures
@cindex @code{struct}
@cindex structures
@cindex @code{public}
@cindex @code{restricted}
@cindex @code{private}
@cindex @code{this}
@cindex @code{new}
@cindex @code{null}

Users may also define their own data types as structures, along with
user-defined operators, much as in C++. By default, structure members
are @code{public} (may be read and modified anywhere in the code), but may be
optionally declared @code{restricted} (readable anywhere but writeable
only inside the structure where they are defined) or @code{private}
(readable and writable only inside the structure). In a structure definition,
the keyword @code{this} can be used as an expression to refer to the enclosing
structure. Any code at the
top-level scope within the structure is executed on initialization. 

Variables hold references to structures.  That is, in the example:

@verbatim
struct T {
  int x;
}

T foo=new T;
T bar=foo;
bar.x=5;
@end verbatim

The variable @code{foo} holds a reference to an instance of the structure
@code{T}.  When @code{bar} is assigned the value of @code{foo}, it too
now holds a reference to the same instance as @code{foo} does.  The assignment
@code{bar.x=5} changes the value of the field @code{x} in that instance, so
that @code{foo.x} will also be equal to @code{5}.

The expression @code{new T} creates a new instance of the structure @code{T} and
returns a reference to that instance.  In creating the new instance, any code in
the body of the record definition is executed.  For example:

@verbatim
int Tcount=0;
struct T {
  int x;
  ++Tcount;
}

T foo=new T;
@end verbatim

Here, the expression @code{new T} will produce a new instance of the class, but
will also cause @code{Tcount} to be incremented, so that it keeps track of the
number of instances produced.

The expression @code{null} can be cast to any structure type to yield a null
reference, a reference that does not actually refer to any instance of the
structure.  Trying to use a field of a null reference will cause an error.

@cindex alias
@cindex @code{==}
@cindex @code{!=}
The function @code{bool alias(T,T)} checks to see if two structure references
refer to the same instance of the structure (or both to @code{null}).  For
example, in the example code at the start of the section, @code{alias(foo,bar)}
would return true, but @code{alias(foo,new T)} would return false, as @code{new
T} creates a new instance of the structure @code{T}.  The boolean operators
@code{==} and @code{!=} are by default equivalent to @code{alias} and
@code{!alias} respectively, but may be overwritten for a particular type
(for example, to do a deep comparison).

After the definition of a structure @code{T}, a variable of type @code{T} is
initialized to a new instance (@code{new T}) by default.  During the definition
of the structure, however, variables of type @code{T} are initialized to
@code{null} by default. This special behaviour is to avoid infinite
recursion of creating new instances in code such as

@verbatim
struct tree {
  int value;
  tree left;
  tree right;
}
@end verbatim

Here is a simple example that illustrates the use of structures:

@verbatim
struct S {
  real a=1;
  real f(real a) {return a+this.a;}
}

S s;                            // Initializes s with new S;

write(s.f(2));                  // Outputs 3

S operator + (S s1, S s2)
{
  S result;
  result.a=s1.a+s2.a;
  return result;
}

write((s+s).f(0));              // Outputs 2

@end verbatim

@cindex constructors
It is often convenient to have functions that construct new instances of a
structure.  Say we have a @code{Person} structure:

@verbatim
struct Person {
  string firstname;
  string lastname;
}

Person joe=new Person;
joe.firstname="Joe";
joe.lastname="Jones";
@end verbatim
@noindent
Creating a new Person is a chore; it takes three lines to create a new instance
and to initialize its fields (that's still considerably less effort than
creating a new person in real life, though).

We can reduce the work by defining a constructor function 
@code{Person(string,string)}:

@verbatim
struct Person {
  string firstname;
  string lastname;

  static Person Person(string firstname, string lastname) {
    Person p=new Person;
    p.firstname=firstname;
    p.lastname=lastname;
    return p;
  }
}

Person joe=Person.Person("Joe", "Jones");
@end verbatim

While it is now easier than before to create a new instance, we still
have to refer to the constructor by the qualified name
@code{Person.Person}.  If we add the line

@verbatim
from Person unravel Person;
@end verbatim
@noindent
immediately after the structure definition, then the constructor can be used
without qualification: @code{Person joe=Person("Joe", "Jones");}.

The constructor is now easy to use, but it is quite a hassle to define.  If you
write a lot of constructors, you will find that you are repeating a lot of code
in each of them.  Fortunately, your friendly neighbourhood Asymptote
developers have devised a way to automate much of the process.

@cindex @code{operator init}
If, in the body of a structure, Asymptote encounters the definition of
a function of the form @code{void operator init(@var{args})},  it implicitly
defines a constructor function of the arguments @code{@var{args}} that
uses the @code{void operator init} function to initialize a
new instance of the structure.
That is, it essentially defines the following constructor (assuming the
structure is called @code{Foo}):

@example
static Foo Foo(@var{args}) @{
  Foo instance=new Foo;
  instance.operator init(@var{args});
  return instance;
@}
@end example

This constructor is also implicitly copied to the enclosing scope after the end
of the structure definition, so that it can used subsequently without qualifying
it by the structure name.  Our @code{Person} example can thus be implemented as:

@verbatim
struct Person {
  string firstname;
  string lastname;

  void operator init(string firstname, string lastname) {
    this.firstname=firstname;
    this.lastname=lastname;
  }
}

Person joe=Person("Joe", "Jones");
@end verbatim

The use of @code{operator init} to implicitly define constructors should not be
confused with its use to define default values for variables
(@pxref{Variable initializers}).  Indeed, in the
first case, the return type of the @code{operator init} must be @code{void}
while in the second, it must be the (non-@code{void}) type of the variable.

@cindex @code{cputime}
The function @code{cputime()}
returns a structure @code{cputime} with cumulative @acronym{CPU} times
broken down into the fields @code{parent.user}, @code{parent.system},
@code{child.user}, and @code{child.system}. For convenience, the
incremental fields @code{change.user} and @code{change.system} indicate
the change in the corresponding total parent and child @acronym{CPU}
times since the last call to @code{cputime()}. The function
@verbatim
void write(file file=stdout, string s="", cputime c,
           string format=cputimeformat, suffix suffix=none); 
@end verbatim
@noindent
displays the incremental user cputime followed by ``u'', 
the incremental system cputime followed by ``s'', 
the total user cputime followed by ``U'', and
the total system cputime followed by ``S''. 

@cindex inheritance
@cindex virtual functions
Much like in C++, casting (@pxref{Casts}) provides for an elegant
implementation of structure inheritance, including virtual functions:
@verbatim
struct parent {
  real x;
  void operator init(int x) {this.x=x;}
  void virtual(int) {write(0);}
  void f() {virtual(1);}
}

void write(parent p) {write(p.x);}
  
struct child {
  parent parent;
  real y=3;
  void operator init(int x) {parent.operator init(x);}
  void virtual(int x) {write(x);}
  parent.virtual=virtual;
  void f()=parent.f;
}

parent operator cast(child child) {return child.parent;}
  
parent p=parent(1);
child c=child(2);

write(c);                       // Outputs 2;

p.f();                          // Outputs 0;
c.f();                          // Outputs 1;

write(c.parent.x);              // Outputs 2;
write(c.y);                     // Outputs 3;
@end verbatim

For further examples of structures, see @code{Legend} and @code{picture} in
the @code{Asymptote} base module @code{plain}.

@node Operators
@section Operators
@cindex operators

@menu
* Arithmetic & logical::        Basic mathematical operators
* Self & prefix operators::     Increment and decrement
* User-defined operators::      Overloading operators
@end menu

@node Arithmetic & logical
@subsection Arithmetic & logical operators
@cindex arithmetic operators
@cindex binary operators
@cindex boolean operators
@cindex logical operators
@cindex integer division
@cindex @code{quotient}

@code{Asymptote} uses the standard binary arithmetic operators.
However, when one integer is divided by another, both arguments are
converted to real values before dividing and a real quotient is
returned (since this is usually what is intended). The function
@code{int quotient(int x, int y)} returns the greatest integer less
than or equal to @code{x/y}. In all other cases both operands are
promoted to the same type, which will also be the type of the result:
@table @code
@cindex @code{+}
@item +
addition
@cindex @code{-}
@item -
subtraction
@cindex @code{*}
@item *
multiplication
@cindex @code{/}
@item /
division
@cindex @code{%}
@item %
modulo; the result always has the same sign as the divisor. 
In particular, this makes @code{q*quotient(p,q)+p%q == p} for all
integers @code{p} and nonzero integers @code{q}.
@cindex @code{^}
@item ^
@cindex @code{**}
power; if the exponent (second argument) is an int, recursive
multiplication is used; otherwise, logarithms and exponentials are used
(@code{**} is a synonym for @code{^}).

@end table

The usual boolean operators are also defined:
@table @code
@cindex @code{==}
@item ==
equals
@cindex @code{!=}
@item !=
not equals
@cindex @code{<}
@item <
less than
@cindex @code{<=}
@item <=
less than or equals
@cindex @code{>=}
@item >=
greater than or equals
@cindex @code{>}
@item >
greater than
@cindex @code{&&}
@item &&
and (with conditional evaluation of right-hand argument)
@cindex @code{&}
@item &
and
@cindex @code{||}
@item ||
or (with conditional evaluation of right-hand argument)
@cindex @code{|}
@item |
or
@cindex @code{^}
@item ^
xor
@cindex @code{!}
@item !
not
@end table

@code{Asymptote} also supports the C-like conditional syntax:
@cindex @code{:}
@cindex @code{?}
@cindex conditional
@verbatim
bool positive=(pi >= 0) ? true : false;
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{interp}
The function @code{T interp(T a, T b, real t)} returns @code{(1-t)*a+t*b}
for nonintegral built-in arithmetic types @code{T}. If @code{a} and
@code{b} are pens, they are first promoted to the same color space.

@cindex @code{AND}
@cindex @code{OR}
@cindex @code{XOR}
@cindex @code{NOT}
@code{Asymptote} also defines bitwise functions @code{int AND(int,int)},
@code{int OR(int,int)}, @code{int XOR(int,int)}, and @code{int NOT(int)}.

@node Self & prefix operators
@subsection Self & prefix operators
@cindex self operators
@cindex prefix operators
@cindex @code{+=}
@cindex @code{-=}
@cindex @code{*=}
@cindex @code{/=}
@cindex @code{%=}
@cindex @code{^=}
@cindex @code{++}
@cindex @code{--}

As in C, each of the arithmetic operators @code{+}, @code{-}, @code{*},
@code{/}, @code{%}, and @code{^} can be used as a self operator. 
The prefix operators @code{++} (increment by one) and @code{--} (decrement
by one) are also defined.
For example,
@verbatim
int i=1;
i += 2;
int j=++i;
@end verbatim

@noindent
is equivalent to the code
@verbatim
int i=1;
i=i+2;
int j=i=i+1;
@end verbatim

@cindex postfix operators
However, postfix operators like @code{i++} and @code{i--} are not defined
(because of the inherent ambiguities that would arise with the @code{--}
path-joining operator). In the rare instances where @code{i++} 
and @code{i--} are really needed, one can substitute the expressions
@code{(++i-1)} and @code{(--i+1)}, respectively.

@node User-defined operators
@subsection User-defined operators
@cindex user-defined operators
@cindex @code{operator}
The following symbols may be used with @code{operator} to define or redefine
operators on structures and built-in types:
@verbatim
- + * / % ^ ! < > == != <= >= & | ^^ .. :: -- --- ++
<< >> $ $$ @ @@
@end verbatim
@noindent
The operators on the second line have precedence one higher than the
boolean operators @code{<}, @code{>}, @code{<=}, and @code{>=}.

Guide operators like @code{..} may be overloaded, say, to write
a user function that produces a new guide from a given guide:
@verbatim
guide dots(... guide[] g)=operator ..;

guide operator ..(... guide[] g) {
  guide G;
  if(g.length > 0) {
    write(g[0]);
    G=g[0];
  }
  for(int i=1; i < g.length; ++i) {
    write(g[i]);
    write();
    G=dots(G,g[i]);
  }
  return G;
}

guide g=(0,0){up}..{SW}(100,100){NE}..{curl 3}(50,50)..(10,10);
write("g=",g);
@end verbatim

@node Implicit scaling
@section Implicit scaling
@cindex implicit scaling

If a numeric literal is in front of certain types of expressions, then the two 
are multiplied:
@verbatim
int x=2;
real y=2.0;
real cm=72/2.540005;

write(3x);
write(2.5x);
write(3y);
write(-1.602e-19 y);
write(0.5(x,y));
write(2x^2);
write(3x+2y);
write(3(x+2y));
write(3sin(x));
write(3(sin(x))^2);
write(10cm);
@end verbatim

This produces the output
@verbatim
6
5
6
-3.204e-19
(1,1)
8
10
18
2.72789228047704
2.48046543129542
283.464008929116
@end verbatim

@node Functions
@section Functions
@cindex functions

@code{Asymptote} functions are treated as variables with a signature 
(non-function variables have null signatures). Variables with the 
same name are allowed, so long as they have distinct signatures. 

Functions arguments are passed by value. To pass an argument by
reference, simply enclose it in a structure (@pxref{Structures}).

Here are some significant features of @code{Asymptote} functions:

@enumerate
@item Variables with signatures (functions) and without signatures
(nonfunction variables) are distinct:
@verbatim
int x, x();           
x=5;
x=new int() {return 17;};
x=x();              // calls x() and puts the result, 17, in the scalar x
@end verbatim

@item Traditional function definitions are allowed:
@verbatim
int sqr(int x)  
{
  return x*x;
}
sqr=null;           // but the function is still just a variable.
@end verbatim

@item Casting can be used to resolve ambiguities:
@verbatim
int a, a(), b, b(); // Valid: creates four variables.
a=b;                // Invalid: assignment is ambiguous.
a=(int) b;          // Valid: resolves ambiguity.
(int) (a=b);        // Valid: resolves ambiguity.
(int) a=b;          // Invalid: cast expressions cannot be L-values.

int c();
c=a;                // Valid: only one possible assignment.
@end verbatim

@item Anonymous (so-called "high-order") functions are also allowed:
@cindex @code{typedef}
@verbatim
typedef int intop(int);
intop adder(int m)
{
  return new int(int n) {return m+n;};
}
intop addby7=adder(7);
write(addby7(1));   // Writes 8.
@end verbatim

@item 
@cindex overloading functions
One may redefine a function @code{f}, even for calls to @code{f} in previously
declared functions, by assigning another (anonymous or named)
function to it. However, if @code{f} is overloaded by a
new function definition, previous calls will still access the original
version of @code{f}, as illustrated in this example:
@verbatim
void f() {
  write("hi");
}  
 
void g() {
  f();
} 
 
g(); // writes "hi" 
 
f=new void() {write("bye");}; 

g(); // writes "bye" 
 
void f() {write("overloaded");}; 

f(); // writes "overloaded"
g(); // writes "bye" 
@end verbatim

@cindex function declarations
@item Anonymous functions can be used to redefine a function variable 
that has been declared (and implicitly initialized to the null function)
but not yet explicitly defined:
@verbatim
void f(bool b);

void g(bool b) {
  if(b) f(b);
  else write(b);
}

f=new void(bool b) {
  write(b);
  g(false);
};

g(true); // Writes true, then writes false.
@end verbatim

@end enumerate

@code{Asymptote} is the only language we know of that treats functions
as variables, but allows overloading by distinguishing variables
based on their signatures.  

@cindex @code{libsigsegv}
@anchor{stack overflow}
@cindex recursion
@cindex stack overflow
Functions are allowed to call themselves recursively. As in C++, infinite
nested recursion will generate a stack overflow (reported as a
segmentation fault, unless a fully working version of the @acronym{GNU}
library @code{libsigsegv} (e.g.@ 2.4 or later) is installed at
configuration time).

@menu
* Default arguments::           Default values can appear anywhere
* Named arguments::             Assigning function arguments by keyword
* Rest arguments::              Functions with a variable number of arguments
* Mathematical functions::      Standard libm functions

@end menu

@node Default arguments
@subsection Default arguments
@cindex default arguments
@cindex arguments

@code{Asymptote} supports a more flexible mechanism for default function
arguments than C++: they may appear anywhere in the function prototype.
Because certain data types are implicitly cast to more sophisticated
types (@pxref{Casts}) one can often avoid ambiguities by ordering
function arguments from the simplest to the most complicated.
For example, given
@verbatim
real f(int a=1, real b=0) {return a+b;}
@end verbatim
@noindent
then @code{f(1)} returns 1.0, but @code{f(1.0)} returns 2.0.

The value of a default argument is determined by evaluating the
given @code{Asymptote} expression in the scope where the called
function is defined.

@node Named arguments
@subsection Named arguments
@cindex keywords
@cindex named arguments

It is sometimes difficult to remember the order in which arguments
appear in a function declaration. Named (keyword) arguments make calling
functions with multiple arguments easier. Unlike in the C and C++
languages, an assignment in a function argument is interpreted as an
assignment to a parameter of the same name in the function signature,
@emph{not within the local scope}. The command-line option @code{-d}
may be used to check @code{Asymptote} code for cases where a 
named argument may be mistaken for a local assignment.

When matching arguments to signatures, first all of the keywords are
matched, then the arguments without names are matched against the
unmatched formals as usual. For example,
@verbatim
int f(int x, int y) {
  return 10x+y;
}
write(f(4,x=3));
@end verbatim
@noindent 
outputs 34, as @code{x} is already matched when we try to match the
unnamed argument @code{4}, so it gets matched to the next item, @code{y}. 

For the rare occasions where it is desirable to assign a value to
local variable within a function argument (generally @emph{not} a good
programming practice), simply enclose the assignment in
parentheses. For example, given the definition of @code{f} in the
previous example,
@verbatim
int x;
write(f(4,(x=3)));
@end verbatim
@noindent
is equivalent to the statements
@verbatim
int x;
x=3;
write(f(4,3));
@end verbatim
@noindent
and outputs 43.

As a technical detail, we point out that, since variables of the same
name but different signatures are allowed in the same scope, the code
@verbatim
int f(int x, int x()) {
  return x+x();
}
int seven() {return 7;}
@end verbatim
@noindent
is legal in @code{Asymptote}, with @code{f(2,seven)} returning 9.
A named argument matches the first unmatched formal of the same name, so
@code{f(x=2,x=seven)} is an equivalent call, but @code{f(x=seven,2)}
is not, as the first argument is matched to the first formal, and
@code{int ()} cannot be implicitly cast to @code{int}.  Default
arguments do not affect which formal a named argument is matched to,
so if @code{f} were defined as
@verbatim
int f(int x=3, int x()) {
  return x+x();
}
@end verbatim
@noindent
then @code{f(x=seven)} would be illegal, even though @code{f(seven)}
obviously would be allowed.

@node Rest arguments
@subsection Rest arguments
@cindex rest arguments

Rest arguments allow one to write functions that take a variable
number of arguments:
@verbatim
// This function sums its arguments.
int sum(... int[] nums) {
  int total=0; 
  for(int i=0; i < nums.length; ++i)
    total += nums[i];
  return total;
}

sum(1,2,3,4);                       // returns 10
sum();                              // returns 0

// This function subtracts subsequent arguments from the first.
int subtract(int start ... int[] subs) {
  for(int i=0; i < subs.length; ++i)
    start -= subs[i];
  return start;
}

subtract(10,1,2);                   // returns 7
subtract(10);                       // returns 10
subtract();                         // illegal
@end verbatim
  
@cindex packing 
Putting an argument into a rest array is called @emph{packing}.
One can give an explicit list of arguments for the rest
argument, so @code{subtract} could alternatively be implemented as
@verbatim
int subtract(int start ... int[] subs) {
  return start - sum(... subs);
}
@end verbatim
  
One can even combine normal arguments with rest arguments:
@verbatim
sum(1,2,3 ... new int[] {4,5,6});   // returns 21
@end verbatim
@noindent
@cindex unpacking
This builds a new six-element array that is passed to @code{sum} as
@code{nums}. The opposite operation, @emph{unpacking}, is not allowed:
@verbatim
subtract(... new int[] {10, 1, 2});
@end verbatim
@noindent
is illegal, as the start formal is not matched.

If no arguments are packed, then a zero-length array (as opposed to
@code{null}) is bound to the rest parameter. Note that default
arguments are ignored for rest formals and the rest argument is not
bound to a keyword.

The overloading resolution in @code{Asymptote} is similar to the
function matching rules used in C++. Every argument match is given a
score.  Exact matches score better than matches with casting, and
matches with formals (regardless of casting) score better than packing
an argument into the rest array.  A candidate is maximal if all of the
arguments score as well in it as with any other candidate.  If there
is one unique maximal candidate, it is chosen; otherwise, there is an
ambiguity error.

@verbatim
int f(path g);
int f(guide g);
f((0,0)--(100,100)); // matches the second; the argument is a guide

int g(int x, real y);
int g(real x, int x);

g(3,4); // ambiguous; the first candidate is better for the first argument,
        // but the second candidate is better for the second argument

int h(... int[] rest);
int h(real x ... int[] rest);

h(1,2); // the second definition matches, even though there is a cast,
        // because casting is preferred over packing

int i(int x ... int[] rest);
int i(real x, real y ... int[] rest);

i(3,4); // ambiguous; the first candidate is better for the first argument,
        // but the second candidate is better for the second one
@end verbatim

@node Mathematical functions
@subsection Mathematical functions
@cindex mathematical functions
@cindex functions
@cindex @code{libm} routines

@cindex @code{sin}
@cindex @code{cos}
@cindex @code{tan}
@cindex @code{asin}
@cindex @code{acos}
@cindex @code{atan}
@cindex @code{exp}
@cindex @code{log}
@cindex @code{pow10}
@cindex @code{log10}
@cindex @code{sinh}
@cindex @code{cosh}
@cindex @code{tanh}
@cindex @code{asinh}
@cindex @code{acosh}
@cindex @code{atanh}
@cindex @code{sqrt}
@cindex @code{cbrt}
@cindex @code{fabs}
@cindex @code{expm1}
@cindex @code{log1p}
@cindex @code{identity}
@cindex @code{J}
@cindex @code{Y}
@cindex @code{gamma}
@cindex @code{erf}
@cindex @code{erfc}
@cindex @code{atan2}
@cindex @code{hypot}
@cindex @code{fmod}
@cindex @code{remainder}
@code{Asymptote} has built-in versions of the standard @code{libm} mathematical
real(real) functions @code{sin}, @code{cos}, @code{tan}, @code{asin},
@code{acos}, @code{atan}, @code{exp}, @code{log}, @code{pow10},
@code{log10}, @code{sinh}, @code{cosh}, @code{tanh}, @code{asinh},
@code{acosh}, @code{atanh}, @code{sqrt}, @code{cbrt}, @code{fabs}, @code{expm1},
@code{log1p}, as well as the identity function @code{identity}. 
@code{Asymptote} also defines the order @code{n} Bessel functions of
the first kind @code{J(int n, real)} and second kind
@code{Y(int n, real)}, as well as the gamma function @code{gamma},
the error function @code{erf}, and the complementary error function
@code{erfc}. The standard real(real, real) functions @code{atan2},
@code{hypot}, @code{fmod}, @code{remainder} are also included.

@cindex @code{degrees}
@cindex @code{radians}
@cindex @code{Degrees}
The functions @code{degrees(real radians)} and @code{radians(real degrees)}
can be used to convert between radians and degrees. The function
@code{Degrees(real radians)} returns the angle in degrees in the
interval [0,360).
@cindex @code{Sin}
@cindex @code{Cos}
@cindex @code{Tan}
@cindex @code{aSin}
@cindex @code{aCos}
@cindex @code{aTan}
For convenience, @code{Asymptote} defines variants @code{Sin},
@code{Cos}, @code{Tan}, @code{aSin}, @code{aCos}, and @code{aTan} of
the standard trigonometric functions that use degrees rather than radians.
We also define complex versions of the @code{sqrt}, @code{sin}, @code{cos},
@code{exp}, @code{log}, and @code{gamma} functions.

@cindex @code{floor}
@cindex @code{ceil}
@cindex @code{round}
@cindex @code{sgn}
The functions @code{floor}, @code{ceil}, and @code{round} differ from
their usual definitions in that they all return an int value rather than
a real (since that is normally what one wants).
The functions @code{Floor}, @code{Ceil}, and @code{Round} are
respectively similar, except that if the result cannot be converted
to a valid int, they return @code{intMax} 
for positive arguments and @code{intMin} for negative arguments,
rather than generating an integer overflow.
We also define a function @code{sgn}, which returns the sign of its
real argument as an integer (-1, 0, or 1).

@cindex @code{abs}
There is an @code{abs(int)} function, as well as an @code{abs(real)}
function (equivalent to @code{fabs(real)}), an @code{abs(pair)} function
(equivalent to @code{length(pair)}).

@cindex @code{srand}
@cindex @code{rand}
@cindex @code{randMax}
@cindex @code{unitrand}
@cindex @code{Gaussrand}
@cindex @code{histogram}
@cindex @code{factorial}
@cindex @code{choose}
Random numbers can be seeded with @code{srand(int)} and generated with
the @code{int rand()} function, which returns a random integer between 0
and the integer @code{randMax}. The @code{unitrand()} function returns
a random number uniformly distributed in the interval [0,1].
A Gaussian random number generator
@code{Gaussrand} and a collection of statistics routines, including
@code{histogram}, are provided in the base file @code{stats.asy}.
The functions @code{factorial(int n)}, which returns @math{n!}, and
@code{choose(int n, int k)}, which returns @math{n!/(k!(n-k)!)}, are
also defined.

@cindex @acronym{GNU} Scientific Library
@cindex @code{gsl}
@cindex Airy
@cindex Bessel
@cindex Legendre
@cindex elliptic functions
@cindex exponential integral
@cindex trigonometric integrals
@cindex Riemann zeta function
@cindex @code{Ai}
@cindex @code{Bi}
@cindex @code{Ai_deriv}
@cindex @code{Bi_deriv}
@cindex @code{zero_Ai}
@cindex @code{zero_Bi}
@cindex @code{zero_Ai_deriv}
@cindex @code{zero_Bi_deriv}
@cindex @code{J}
@cindex @code{Y}
@cindex @code{I}
@cindex @code{K}
@cindex @code{i_scaled}
@cindex @code{k_scaled}
@cindex @code{zero_J}
@cindex @code{F}
@cindex @code{E}
@cindex @code{P}
@cindex @code{Ei}
@cindex @code{Si}
@cindex @code{Ci}
@cindex @code{Pl}
@cindex @code{zeta}
When configured with the @acronym{GNU} Scientific Library (GSL), available from
@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/},
@code{Asymptote} contains an internal module @code{gsl} that
defines the airy functions @code{Ai(real)}, 
@code{Bi(real)}, @code{Ai_deriv(real)}, @code{Bi_deriv(real)},
@code{zero_Ai(int)}, @code{zero_Bi(int)},
@code{zero_Ai_deriv(int)}, @code{zero_Bi_deriv(int)}, the Bessel functions
@code{I(int, real)}, @code{K(int, real)}, @code{j(int, real)},
@code{y(int, real)}, @code{i_scaled(int, real)}, @code{k_scaled(int, real)},
@code{J(real, real)}, @code{Y(real, real)}, @code{I(real, real)},
@code{K(real, real)}, @code{zero_J(real, int)}, the elliptic functions 
@code{F(real, real)}, @code{E(real, real)}, and @code{P(real, real)}, 
the exponential/trigonometric integrals @code{Ei}, @code{Si}, and @code{Ci},
the Legendre polynomials @code{Pl(int, real)}, and the Riemann zeta
function @code{zeta(real)}. For example, to compute the sine integral
@code{Si} of 1.0:
@verbatim
import gsl;
write(Si(1.0));
@end verbatim

@code{Asymptote} also provides a few general purpose numerical routines:

@table @code

@cindex @code{newton}
@item @code{real newton(int iterations=100, real f(real), real fprime(real), real x, bool verbose=false);}
Use Newton-Raphson iteration to solve for a root of a real-valued
differentiable function @code{f}, given its derivative @code{fprime} and
an initial guess @code{x}. Diagnostics for
each iteration are printed if @code{verbose=true}. 
If the iteration fails after the maximum allowed number of loops
(@code{iterations}), @code{realMax} is returned.

@cindex @code{newton}
@item @code{real newton(int iterations=100, real f(real), real fprime(real), real x1, real x2, bool verbose=false);}
Use bracketed Newton-Raphson bisection to solve for a root of a real-valued
differentiable function @code{f} within an interval
[@code{x1},@code{x2}] (on which the endpoint values of @code{f} have
opposite signs), given its derivative @code{fprime}. Diagnostics for
each iteration are printed if @code{verbose=true}.
If the iteration fails after the maximum allowed number of loops
(@code{iterations}), @code{realMax} is returned.

@cindex @code{simpson}
@item @code{real simpson(real f(real), real a, real b, real acc=realEpsilon, real dxmax=b-a)}
returns the integral of @code{f} from @code{a} to @code{b} using adaptive Simpson integration.

@end table

@node Arrays
@section Arrays
@cindex arrays

@menu
* Slices::                      Python-style array slices
@end menu

Appending @code{[]} to a built-in or user-defined type yields an array.
The array element @code{i} of an array @code{A} can be accessed as @code{A[i]}.
By default, attempts to access or assign to an array element using a negative
index generates an error. Reading an array element with an index
beyond the length of the array also generates an error; however,
assignment to an element beyond the length of the array causes the
array to be resized to accommodate the new element. 
One can also index an array @code{A} with an integer array @code{B}:
the array @code{A[B]} is formed by indexing array @code{A} with
successive elements of array @code{B}.
A convenient Java-style shorthand exists for iterating over all elements of an
array; see @ref{array iteration}. 

The declaration
@verbatim
real[] A;
@end verbatim

@noindent
initializes @code{A} to be an empty (zero-length) array. Empty arrays should be
distinguished from null arrays. If we say
@verbatim
real[] A=null;
@end verbatim

@noindent
then @code{A} cannot be dereferenced at all (null arrays have no length
and cannot be read from or assigned to).

Arrays can be explicitly initialized like this:
@verbatim
real[] A={0,1,2};
@end verbatim

Array assignment in @code{Asymptote} does a shallow copy: only
the pointer is copied (if one copy if modified, the other will be too). 
The @code{copy} function listed below provides a deep copy of an array.

@cindex @code{length}
@cindex @code{cyclic}
@cindex @code{cyclicflag}
@cindex @code{keys}
@cindex @code{push}
@cindex @code{append}
@cindex @code{pop}
@cindex @code{insert}
@cindex @code{delete}
@cindex @code{initialized}
Every array @code{A} of type @code{T[]} has the virtual members
@itemize
@item   @code{int length},
@item   @code{void cyclic(bool b)},
@item   @code{bool cyclicflag},
@item   @code{int[] keys},
@item   @code{T push(T x)},
@item   @code{void append(T[] a)},
@item   @code{T pop()},
@item   @code{void insert(int i ... T[] x)},
@item   @code{void delete(int i, int j=i)}, 
@item   @code{void delete()}, and
@item   @code{bool initialized(int n)}.
@end itemize

The member @code{A.length} evaluates to the length of the array.
Setting @code{A.cyclic(true)} signifies that array indices should be reduced
modulo the current array length. Reading from or writing to a nonempty
cyclic array never leads to out-of-bounds errors or array resizing. The member
@code{A.cyclicflag} returns the current setting of the @code{cyclic} flag.

The member @code{A.keys} evaluates to an array of integers containing the
indices of initialized entries in the array in ascending order.  Hence, for an
array of length @code{n} with all entries initialized, @code{A.keys} evaluates
to the array of integers from @code{0} to @code{n-1} inclusive.  A new keys
array is produced each time @code{A.keys} is evaluated.

The functions @code{A.push} and @code{A.append} append their
arguments onto the end of the array, while @code{A.insert(int i ... T[] x)}
inserts @code{x} into the array at index @code{i}.
For convenience @code{A.push} returns the pushed item.
The function @code{A.pop()} pops and returns the last element,
while @code{A.delete(int i, int j=i)} deletes elements with indices in
the range [@code{i},@code{j}], shifting the position of all higher-indexed
elements down. If no arguments are given, @code{A.delete()} provides a
convenient way of deleting all elements of @code{A}. The routine
@code{A.initialized(int n)} can be used to examine whether the element
at index @code{n} is initialized. Like all @code{Asymptote} functions,
@code{cyclic}, @code{push}, @code{append}, @code{pop}, @code{insert},
@code{delete}, and @code{initialized} can be "pulled off" of the array
and used on their own. For example,
@verbatim
int[] A={1};
A.push(2);         // A now contains {1,2}.
A.append(A);       // A now contains {1,2,1,2}.
int f(int)=A.push;
f(3);              // A now contains {1,2,1,2,3}.
int g()=A.pop;
write(g());        // Outputs 3.
A.delete(0);       // A now contains {2,1,2}.
A.delete(0,1);       // A now contains {2}.
A.insert(1,3);     // A now contains {2,3}.
A.insert(1 ... A); // A now contains {2,2,3,3}
A.insert(2,4,5);   // A now contains {2,2,4,5,3,3}.
@end verbatim

The @code{[]} suffix can also appear after the variable name; this
is sometimes convenient for declaring a list of variables and arrays
of the same type:
@verbatim
real a,A[];
@end verbatim
@noindent
This declares @code{a} to be @code{real} and implicitly declares @code{A} to
be of type @code{real[]}. 

In the following list of built-in array functions, @code{T} represents a
generic type. Note that the internal functions @code{alias}, @code{array},
@code{copy}, @code{concat}, @code{sequence}, @code{map}, and
@code{transpose}, which depend on type @code{T[]}, are defined only after the
first declaration of a variable of type @code{T[]}.

@table @code

@cindex @code{new}
@item new T[]
returns a new empty array of type @code{T[]};

@cindex @code{new}
@item new T[] @{list@}
returns a new array of type @code{T[]} initialized with @code{list} (a comma
delimited list of elements).

@item new T[n]
returns a new array of @code{n} elements of type @code{T[]}. 
These @code{n} array elements are not initialized unless they are arrays
themselves (in which case they are each initialized to empty arrays).

@cindex @code{array}
@item T[] array(int n, T value, int depth=intMax)
returns an array consisting of @code{n} copies of value.  By default, if
@code{value} is itself an array, a deep copy of that array is made for
each entry in the new array.  If @code{depth} is specified, this deep copying
only recurses to the number of levels specified.

@cindex @code{sequence}
@item int[] sequence(int n)
if @code{n >= 1} returns the array @code{@{0,1,...,n-1@}} (otherwise returns
a null array);

@item int[] sequence(int n, int m)
if @code{m >= n} returns an array @code{@{n,n+1,...,m@}} (otherwise
returns a null array);

@item T[] sequence(T f(int), int n)
if @code{n >= 1} returns the sequence @code{@{f_i :i=0,1,...n-1@}} given a
function @code{T f(int)} and integer @code{int n} (otherwise returns a
null array);

@cindex @code{map}
@item T[] map(T f(T), T[] a)
returns the array obtained by applying the function @code{f} to each
element of the array @code{a}. This is equivalent to
@code{sequence(new T(int i) @{return f(a[i]);@},a.length)}.

@cindex @code{reverse}
@item int[] reverse(int n)
if @code{n >= 1} returns the array @code{@{n-1,n-2,...,0@}} (otherwise
returns a null array);

@cindex @code{complement}
@item int[] complement(int[] a, int n)
returns the complement of the integer array @code{a} in
@code{@{0,1,2,...,n-1@}}, so that @code{b[complement(a,b.length)]} yields the
complement of @code{b[a]}.

@cindex @code{uniform}
@item real[] uniform(real a, real b, int n)
if @code{n >= 1} returns a uniform partition of @code{[a,b]} into
@code{n} subintervals (otherwise returns a null array);

@cindex @code{find}
@item int find(bool[], int n=1)
returns the index of the @code{n}th @code{true} value or -1 if not found.
If @code{n} is negative, search backwards from the end of the array for the
@code{-n}th value; 

@cindex @code{search}
@item int search(T[] a, T key)
For built-in ordered types @code{T}, searches a sorted ordered array
@code{a} of @code{n} elements to find an interval containing
@code{key}, returning @code{-1} if @code{key} is less than the first
element, @code{n-1} if @code{key} is greater than or equal to the last
element, and otherwise the index corresponding to the left-hand
(smaller) endpoint.

@cindex @code{copy}
@item T[] copy(T[] a)
returns a deep copy of the array @code{a};

@cindex @code{copy}
@item T[][] copy(T[][] a)
returns a deep copy of the array @code{a};

@cindex @code{copy}
@item T[][][] copy(T[][][] a)
returns a deep copy of the array @code{a};

@cindex @code{concat}
@item T[] concat(... T[][] a)
returns a new array formed by concatenating the arrays given as arguments;

@cindex @code{alias}
@item bool alias(T[] a, T[] b)
returns @code{true} if the arrays @code{a} and @code{b} are identical;

@cindex @code{sort}
@item T[] sort(T[] a)
For built-in ordered types @code{T}, returns a copy of @code{a} sorted in
ascending order;

@anchor{sort}
@item T[][] sort(T[][] a)
For built-in ordered types @code{T}, returns a copy of @code{a} with the rows
sorted by the first column, breaking ties with successively higher
columns. For example:
@verbatim
string[][] a={{"bob","9"},{"alice","5"},{"pete","7"},
              {"alice","4"}};
// Row sort (by column 0, using column 1 to break ties):
write(sort(a));
@end verbatim

produces
@verbatim
alice   4
alice   5
bob     9
pete    7
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{sort}
@item T[] sort(T[] a, bool compare(T i, T j))
returns a copy of @code{a} stably sorted in ascending order such that
element @code{i} precedes element @code{j} if @code{compare(i,j)} is true.

@cindex @code{transpose}
@item T[][] transpose(T[][] a)
returns the transpose of @code{a}.

@cindex @code{transpose}
@item T[][][] transpose(T[][][] a, int[] perm)
returns the 3D transpose of @code{a} obtained by applying the permutation
@code{perm} of @code{new int[]@{0,1,2@}} to the indices of each entry.

@cindex @code{sum}
@item T sum(T[] a)
For arithmetic types @code{T}, returns the sum of @code{a}.
In the case where @code{T} is @code{bool}, the number of true elements in
@code{a} is returned.

@cindex @code{min}
@item T min(T[] a)
@item T min(T[][] a)
@item T min(T[][][] a)
For built-in ordered types @code{T}, returns the minimum element of @code{a}.

@cindex @code{max}
@item T max(T[] a)
@item T max(T[][] a)
@item T max(T[][][] a)
For built-in ordered types @code{T}, returns the maximum element of @code{a}.

@cindex @code{min}
@item T[] min(T[] a, T[] b)
For built-in ordered types @code{T}, and arrays @code{a} and @code{b}
of the same length, returns an array composed of the minimum of the
corresponding elements of @code{a} and @code{b}.

@cindex @code{max}
@item T[] max(T[] a, T[] b)
For built-in ordered types @code{T}, and arrays @code{a} and @code{b}
of the same length, returns an array composed of the maximum of the
corresponding elements of @code{a} and @code{b}.

@cindex @code{pairs}
@item pair[] pairs(real[] x, real[] y);
For arrays @code{x} and @code{y} of the same length, returns the pair array
@code{sequence(new pair(int i) @{return (x[i],y[i]);@},x.length)}.

@cindex @code{fft}
@item pair[] fft(pair[] a, int sign=1)
returns the Fast Fourier Transform of @code{a} (if the optional
@code{FFTW} package is installed), using the given @code{sign}. Here
is a simple example:
@verbatim
int n=4;
pair[] f=sequence(n);
write(f);
pair[] g=fft(f,-1);
write();
write(g);
f=fft(g,1);
write();
write(f/n);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{solve}
@item real dot(real[] a, real[] b)
returns the dot product of the vectors @code{a} and @code{b}.

@anchor{tridiagonal}
@cindex @code{tridiagonal}
@item real[] tridiagonal(real[] a, real[] b, real[] c, real[] f);
Solve the periodic tridiagonal problem @math{L@code{x}=@code{f}} and return the
solution @code{x}, where @code{f}
is an @math{n} vector and @math{L} is the @math{n \times n} matrix
@verbatim
[ b[0] c[0]           a[0]   ]
[ a[1] b[1] c[1]             ]
[      a[2] b[2] c[2]        ]
[                ...         ]
[ c[n-1]       a[n-1] b[n-1] ]
@end verbatim
For Dirichlet boundary conditions (denoted here by @code{u[-1]} and
@code{u[n]}), replace @code{f[0]} by @code{f[0]-a[0]u[-1]} and
@code{f[n-1]-c[n-1]u[n]}; then set @code{a[0]=c[n-1]=0}. 

@cindex @code{solve}
@item real[] solve(real[][] a, real[] b, bool warn=true)
Solve the linear equation @math{@code{a}x=@code{b}} by LU decomposition
and return the solution @math{x}, where @code{a} is an
@math{n \times n} matrix and @code{b} is an array of length @math{n}. 
For example:
@verbatim
import math;
real[][] a={{1,-2,3,0},{4,-5,6,2},{-7,-8,10,5},{1,50,1,-2}};
real[] b={7,19,33,3};
real[] x=solve(a,b);
write(a); write();
write(b); write();
write(x); write();
write(a*x);
@end verbatim
If @code{a} is a singular matrix and @code{warn} is @code{false}, return an
empty array.
If the matrix @code{a} is tridiagonal, the routine @code{tridiagonal} provides
a more efficient algorithm (@pxref{tridiagonal}). 

@anchor{solve}

@cindex @code{solve}
@item real[][] solve(real[][] a, real[][] b, bool warn=true)
Solve the linear equation @math{@code{a}x=@code{b}} and return the
solution @math{x}, where @code{a} is an @math{n \times n} matrix and
@code{b} is an @math{n \times m} matrix. If @code{a} is a singular
matrix and @code{warn} is @code{false}, return an empty matrix.

@cindex @code{identity}
@item real[][] identity(int n);
returns the @math{n \times n} identity matrix.

@cindex @code{diagonal}
@item real[][] diagonal(... real[] a)
returns the diagonal matrix with diagonal entries given by a.

@cindex @code{inverse}
@item real[][] inverse(real[][] a)
returns the inverse of a square matrix @code{a}.

@cindex @code{quadraticroots}
@item @code{real[] quadraticroots(real a, real b, real c);}
This numerically robust solver returns the real roots of the
quadratic equation @math{ax^2+bx+c=0}, in ascending order. Multiple
roots are listed separately.

@cindex @code{quadraticroots}
@item @code{pair[] quadraticroots(explicit pair a, explicit pair b, explicit pair c);}
This numerically robust solver returns the two complex roots of the
quadratic equation @math{ax^2+bx+c=0}.

@cindex @code{cubicroots}
@item @code{real[] cubicroots(real a, real b, real c, real d);}
This numerically robust solver returns the real roots of the
cubic equation @math{ax^3+bx^2+cx+d=0}. Multiple roots are listed separately.

@end table

@cindex vectorization
@code{Asymptote} includes a full set of vectorized array instructions for
arithmetic (including self) and logical operations. These
element-by-element instructions are implemented in C++ code for speed. Given
@verbatim
real[] a={1,2};
real[] b={3,2};
@end verbatim
@noindent
then @code{a == b} and @code{a >= 2} both evaluate to the vector
@code{@{false, true@}}. 
@cindex @code{all}
To test whether all components of @code{a} and @code{b} agree,
use the boolean function @code{all(a == b)}. One can also use conditionals like
@code{(a >= 2) ? a : b}, which returns the array @code{@{3,2@}}, or
@code{write((a >= 2) ? a : null}, which returns the array @code{@{2@}}.

All of the standard built-in @code{libm} functions of signature
@code{real(real)} also take a real array as an argument, effectively like an
implicit call to @code{map}.

As with other built-in types, arrays of the basic data types can be read
in by assignment. In this example, the code
@verbatim
file fin=input("test.txt");
real[] A=fin;
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{eof}
@cindex @code{eol}
@cindex @code{line}
@cindex line mode
@noindent
reads real values into @code{A} until the end-of-file is reached (or an
I/O error occurs). If line mode is set with @code{line(file)}, then
reading will stop once the end of the line is reached instead
(line mode may be cleared with @code{line(file,false)}):
@verbatim
file fin=input("test.txt");
real[] A=line(fin);
@end verbatim

@cindex reading string arrays
@cindex @code{word}
@cindex white-space string delimiter mode
Since string reads by default read up to the end of line anyway, line mode
normally has no effect on string array reads.
However, there is a white-space delimiter mode for reading strings, set with
@code{word(file)} and cleared with @code{word(file,false)}, which causes
string reads to respect white-space delimiters, instead of the default
end-of-line delimiter:
@verbatim
file fin=word(line(input("test.txt")));
real[] A=fin;
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{csv}
@cindex comma-separated-value mode
Another useful mode is comma-separated-value mode, set with @code{csv(file)}
and cleared with @code{csv(file,false)}, which causes reads to respect
comma delimiters:
@verbatim
file fin=csv(input("test.txt"));
real[] A=fin;
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{dimension}
To restrict the number of values read, use the @code{dimension(file,int)}
function: 
@verbatim
file fin=input("test.txt");
real[] A=dimension(fin,10);
@end verbatim

This reads 10 values into A, unless end-of-file (or end-of-line in line mode)
occurs first. Attempting to read beyond the end of the file will produce a
runtime error message. Specifying a value of 0 for the integer limit is
equivalent to the previous example of reading until end-of-file (or
end-of-line in line mode) is encountered.

Two- and three-dimensional arrays of the basic data types can be read
in like this:
@verbatim
file fin=input("test.txt");
real[][] A=dimension(fin,2,3);
real[][][] B=dimension(fin,2,3,4);
@end verbatim
@noindent
Again, an integer limit of zero means no restriction.

@cindex @code{read1}
@cindex @code{read2}
@cindex @code{read3}
Sometimes the array dimensions are stored with the data as integer
fields at the beginning of an array. Such arrays can be read in with the
functions @code{read1}, @code{read2}, and @code{read3}, respectively:
@verbatim
file fin=input("test.txt");
real[] A=read1(fin);
real[][] B=read2(fin);
real[][][] C=read3(fin);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{write}
One, two, and three-dimensional arrays of the basic data types can be
output with the functions @code{write(file,T[])},
@code{write(file,T[][])}, @code{write(file,T[][][])}, respectively.

@cindex @code{dimension}
@cindex @code{line}
@cindex @code{csv}
@cindex @code{word}
@cindex @code{single}
@cindex @code{signed}
Note that @code{dimension}, @code{line}, @code{csv},
@code{word}, @code{single}, and @code{signed} modify and return their
file arguments (to facilitate nested function calls).
The virtual members @code{dimension}, @code{line}, @code{csv}, and
@code{word} may be used to query the respective parameters for a given file.

@node Slices
@subsection Slices
@cindex slices

Asymptote allows a section of an array to be addressed as a slice
using a Python-like syntax.  If @code{A} is an array, the expression
@code{A[m:n]} returns a new array consisting of the elements of @code{A} with
indices from @code{m} up to but not including @code{n}. For example,

@verbatim
int[] x={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};
int[] y=x[2:6];  // y={2,3,4,5};
int[] z=x[5:10]; // z={5,6,7,8,9};
@end verbatim

If the left index is omitted, it is taken be @code{0}.  If the right index is
omitted it is taken to be the length of the array.  If both are omitted, the
slice then goes from the start of the array to the end, producing a non-cyclic
deep copy of the array.  For example:

@verbatim
int[] x={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};
int[] y=x[:4];  // y={0,1,2,3}
int[] z=x[5:];  // z={5,6,7,8,9}
int[] w=x[:];   // w={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}, distinct from array x.
@end verbatim

If A is a non-cyclic array, it is illegal to use negative values for either of
the indices.  If the indices exceed the length of the array, however, they are
politely truncated to that length.

For cyclic arrays, the slice @code{A[m:n]} still consists of the cells with
indices in the set [@code{m},@code{n}), but now negative
values and values beyond the length of the array are allowed.  The indices
simply wrap around.  For example:

@verbatim
int[] x={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};
x.cyclic(true);
int[] y=x[8:15];  // y={8,9,0,1,2,3,4}.
int[] z=x[-5:5];  // z={5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4}
int[] w=x[-3:17]; // w={7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6}
@end verbatim

Notice that with cyclic arrays, it is possible to include the same element of
the original array multiple times within a slice.  Regardless of the original
array, arrays produced by slices are always non-cyclic.

If the left and right indices of a slice are the same, the result is an empty
array.  If the array being sliced is empty, the result is an empty array.  Any
slice with a left index greater than its right index will yield an error.

Slices can also be assigned to, changing the value of the original array.  If
the array being assigned to the slice has a different length than the
slice itself, elements will be inserted or removed from the array to
accommodate it. For instance:

@verbatim
string[] toppings={"mayo", "salt", "ham", "lettuce"};
toppings[0:2]=new string[] {"mustard", "pepper"};
    // Now toppings={"mustard", "pepper", "ham", "lettuce"}
toppings[2:3]=new string[] {"turkey", "bacon" };
    // Now toppings={"mustard", "pepper", "turkey", "bacon", "lettuce"}
toppings[0:3]=new string[] {"tomato"};
    // Now toppings={"tomato", "bacon", "lettuce"}
@end verbatim

If an array is assigned to a slice of itself, a copy of the original array
is assigned to the slice.  That is, code such as @code{x[m:n]=x} is equivalent
to @code{x[m:n]=copy(x)}.  One can use the shorthand @code{x[m:m]=y} to insert
the contents of the array @code{y} into the array @code{x} starting at the
location just before @code{x[m]}.

For a cyclic array, a slice is bridging if it addresses cells up to the end of
the array and then continues on to address cells at the start of the array.
For instance, if @code{A} is a cyclic array of length 10, @code{A[8:12]},
@code{A[-3:1]}, and @code{A[5:25]} are bridging slices whereas @code{A[3:7]},
@code{A[7:10]}, @code{A[-3:0]} and @code{A[103:107]} are not.  Bridging slices
can only be assigned to if the number of elements in the slice is exactly equal
to the number of elements we are assigning to it.  Otherwise, there is no clear
way to decide which of the new entries should be @code{A[0]} and an error is
reported.  Non-bridging slices may be assigned an array of any length.

For a cyclic array @code{A} an expression of the form
@code{A[A.length:A.length]} is equivalent to the expression @code{A[0:0]} and
so assigning to this slice will insert values at the start of the array.
@code{A.append()} can be used to insert values at the end of the array.

It is illegal to assign to a slice of a cyclic array that repeats any of the
cells.

@node Casts
@section Casts
@cindex casts
@cindex implicit casts
@cindex @code{explicit}
 
@code{Asymptote} implicitly casts @code{int} to @code{real}, @code{int} to
@code{pair}, @code{real} to @code{pair}, @code{pair} to @code{path},
@code{pair} to @code{guide}, @code{path} to @code{guide}, @code{guide}
to @code{path}, @code{real} to @code{pen},
@code{pair[]} to @code{guide[]}, @code{pair[]} to @code{path[]}, 
@code{path} to @code{path[]}, and @code{guide} to @code{path[]}, 
along with various three-dimensional casts defined in @code{three.asy}.
Implicit casts are automatically attempted on assignment and when
trying to match function calls with possible function
signatures. Implicit casting can be inhibited by declaring individual
arguments @code{explicit} in the function signature, say to avoid an
ambiguous function call in the following example, which outputs 0:

@verbatim
int f(pair a) {return 0;}
int f(explicit real x) {return 1;}

write(f(0));
@end verbatim

@cindex explicit casts
Other conversions, say @code{real} to @code{int} or 
@code{real} to @code{string}, require an explicit cast:
@verbatim
int i=(int) 2.5;
string s=(string) 2.5;

real[] a={2.5,-3.5};
int[] b=(int []) a;
write(stdout,b);     // Outputs 2,-3
@end verbatim

@cindex operator cast
Casting to user-defined types is also possible using @code{operator cast}:
@verbatim
struct rpair {
  real radius;
  real angle;
}

pair operator cast(rpair x) {
  return (x.radius*cos(x.angle),x.radius*sin(x.angle));
}

rpair x;
x.radius=1;
x.angle=pi/6;

write(x);            // Outputs (0.866025403784439,0.5)
@end verbatim

One must use care when defining new cast operators. Suppose that in some
code one wants all integers to represent multiples of 100. To convert them
to reals, one would first want to multiply them by 100. However, the
straightforward implementation
@verbatim
real operator cast(int x) {return x*100;}
@end verbatim
is equivalent to an infinite recursion, since the result @code{x*100}
needs itself to be cast from an integer to a real. Instead, we want to
use the standard conversion of int to real:
@verbatim
real convert(int x) {return x*100;}
real operator cast(int x)=convert;
@end verbatim

@cindex operator ecast
Explicit casts are implemented similarly, with @code{operator ecast}.

@node Import
@section Import
@cindex @code{access}
While @code{Asymptote} provides many features by default,
some applications require specialized features contained in
external @code{Asymptote} modules. For instance, the lines
@verbatim
access graph;
graph.axes();
@end verbatim
@noindent
draw @math{x} and @math{y} axes on a two-dimensional graph.  Here, the
command looks up the module under the name @code{graph} in a global dictionary
of modules and puts it in a new variable named @code{graph}.
The module is a structure, and we can refer to its fields as we usually
would with a structure.

@cindex @code{from}
Often, one wants to use module functions without having to specify
the module name.  The code 
@verbatim
from graph access axes;
@end verbatim
@noindent
adds the @code{axes} field of @code{graph} into the local name space,
so that subsequently, one can just write @code{axes()}.  If the given name
is overloaded, all types and variables of that name are added.  To add
more than one name, just use a comma-separated list:

@verbatim
from graph access axes, xaxis, yaxis;
@end verbatim
@noindent
Wild card notation can be used to add all non-private fields and types of a
module to the local name space:

@verbatim
from graph access *;
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{unravel}
Similarly, one can add the non-private fields and types of a structure
to the local environment with the @code{unravel} keyword:

@verbatim
struct matrix { 
  real a,b,c,d; 
} 
 
real det(matrix m) { 
  unravel m; 
  return a*d-b*c; 
} 
@end verbatim
Alternatively, one can unravel selective fields:
@verbatim
real det(matrix m) { 
  from m unravel a,b,c as C,d;
  return a*d-b*C; 
} 
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{import}
The command
@verbatim
import graph;
@end verbatim
is a convenient abbreviation for the commands
@verbatim
access graph;
unravel graph;
@end verbatim
That is, @code{import graph} first loads a module into a structure called
@code{graph} and then adds its non-private fields and types to the
local environment. This way, if a member variable (or function) is
overwritten with a local variable (or function of the same signature),
the original one can still be accessed by qualifying it with the
module name.

Wild card importing will work fine in most cases, but one does not usually know
all of the internal types and variables of a module, which can also
change as the module writer adds or changes features of the module.
As such, it is prudent to add @code{import} commands at the start of an
@code{Asymptote} file, so that imported names won't shadow locally
defined functions.  Still, imported names may shadow other imported
names, depending on the order in which they were imported, and
imported functions may cause overloading resolution problems if they
have the same name as local functions defined later.

@cindex @code{as}
To rename modules or fields when adding them to the local environment, use
@code{as}:

@verbatim
access graph as graph2d;
from graph access xaxis as xline, yaxis as yline;
@end verbatim

The command
@verbatim
import graph as graph2d;
@end verbatim
is a convenient abbreviation for the commands
@verbatim
access graph as graph2d;
unravel graph2d;
@end verbatim

Except for a few built-in modules, such as @code{settings}, all modules
are implemented as @code{Asymptote} files.  When looking up a module
that has not yet been loaded, @code{Asymptote} searches the standard
search paths (@pxref{Search paths}) for the matching file.  The file
corresponding to that name is read and the code within it is interpreted
as the body of a structure defining the module.

If the file name contains
nonalphanumeric characters, enclose it with quotation marks:

@noindent
@code{access "@value{Datadir}/asymptote/graph.asy" as graph;}

@noindent
@code{from "@value{Datadir}/asymptote/graph.asy" access axes;}

@noindent
@code{import "@value{Datadir}/asymptote/graph.asy" as graph;}

It is an error if modules import themselves (or each other in a cycle).
The module name to be imported must be known at compile time.

@cindex runtime imports
@cindex @code{eval}
However, you can import an @code{Asymptote} module determined by the
string @code{s} at runtime like this:
@verbatim
eval("import "+s,true);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{asy}
To conditionally execute an array of asy files, use
@verbatim
void asy(string format, bool overwrite ... string[] s);
@end verbatim
The file will only be processed, using output format @code{format}, if
overwrite is @code{true} or the output file is missing.

One can evaluate an @code{Asymptote} expression (without any return
value, however) contained in the string @code{s} with:
@cindex @code{eval}
@verbatim
void eval(string s, bool embedded=false);
@end verbatim
It is not necessary to terminate the string @code{s} with a semicolon.
If @code{embedded} is @code{true}, the string will be evaluated 
at the top level of the current environment.
If @code{embedded} is @code{false} (the default), the string
will be evaluated in an independent environment, sharing the same
@code{settings} module (@pxref{settings}). 

@cindex @code{quote}
One can evaluate arbitrary @code{Asymptote} code (which may
contain unescaped quotation marks) with the command
@verbatim
void eval(code s, bool embedded=false);
@end verbatim
Here @code{code} is a special type used with @code{quote @{@}}
to enclose @code{Asymptote code} like this:
@verbatim
real a=1;
code s=quote {
  write(a);
};
eval(s,true);        // Outputs 1
@end verbatim

To include the contents of a file @code{graph} verbatim (as if the
contents of the file were inserted at that point), use one of the forms:
@verbatim
include graph;
@end verbatim

@noindent
@code{include "@value{Datadir}/asymptote/graph.asy";}

To list all global functions and variables defined in a module named
by the contents of the string @code{s}, use the function
@verbatim
void list(string s, bool imports=false);
@end verbatim
@noindent
Imported global functions and variables are also listed if
@code{imports} is @code{true}.

@node Static
@section Static
@cindex @code{static}

Static qualifiers allocate the memory address of a variable in a higher 
enclosing level.

For a function body, the variable is allocated in the block where the
function is defined; so in the code
@verbatim
struct s {
  int count() {
    static int c=0;
    ++c;
    return c;
  }
}
@end verbatim

@noindent
there is one instance of the variable @code{c} for each
object @code{s} (as opposed to each call of @code{count}). 

Similarly, in
@verbatim
int factorial(int n) {
  int helper(int k) {
    static int x=1;
    x *= k;
    return k == 1 ? x : helper(k-1);
  }
  return helper(n);
}
@end verbatim

@noindent
there is one instance of @code{x} for every call to
@code{factorial} (and not for every call to @code{helper}), so this is
a correct, but ugly, implementation of factorial.

Similarly, a static variable declared within a structure is allocated in
the block where the structure is defined. Thus,
@verbatim
struct A {
  struct B {
    static pair z;
  }
}
@end verbatim

@noindent 
creates one object @code{z} for each object of type @code{A} created.

In this example,
@verbatim
int pow(int n, int k) {
  struct A {
    static int x=1;
    void helper() {
      x *= n;
    }
  }
  for(int i=0; i < k; ++i) {
    A a;
    a.helper();
  }
  return A.x;
}
@end verbatim

@noindent
there is one instance of @code{x} for each call to @code{pow}, so this
is an ugly implementation of exponentiation.

Loop constructs allocate a new frame in every iteration.  This is so that
higher-order functions can refer to variables of a specific iteration of a
loop:

@verbatim
void f();
for(int i=0; i < 10; ++i) {
  int x=i;
  if(x==5) {
    f=new void () { write(x); }
  }
}
f();
@end verbatim

Here, every iteration of the loop has its own variable @code{x}, so @code{f()}
will write @code{5}.  If a variable in a loop is declared static, it will be
allocated where the enclosing function or structure was defined (just as if it
were declared static outside of the loop).  For instance, in:

@verbatim
void f() {
  static int x;
  for(int i=0; i < 10; ++i) {
    static int y;
  }
}
@end verbatim
@noindent
both @code{x} and @code{y} will be allocated in the same place, which is
also where @code{f} is also allocated.

Statements may also be declared static, in which case they are run at the place
where the enclosing function or structure is defined.
Declarations or statements not enclosed in a function or structure definition
are already at the top level, so static modifiers are meaningless.  A warning is
given in such a case.

Since structures can have static fields, it is not always clear for a qualified
name whether the qualifier is a variable or a type.  For instance, in:

@verbatim
struct A {
  static int x;
}
pair A;

int y=A.x;
@end verbatim
@noindent
does the @code{A} in @code{A.x} refer to the structure or to the pair variable.
It is the convention in Asymptote that, if there is a non-function variable with
the same name as the qualifier, the qualifier refers to that variable, and not
to the type.  This is regardless of what fields the variable actually possesses.

@node LaTeX usage
@chapter @code{LaTeX} usage
@cindex @code{LaTeX} usage
@cindex @code{asymptote.sty}

@code{Asymptote} comes with a convenient @code{LaTeX} style file
@code{asymptote.sty} that makes @code{LaTeX}
@code{Asymptote}-aware. Entering @code{Asymptote} code
directly into the @code{LaTeX} source file, at the point where it is
needed, keeps figures organized and avoids the need to invent new file
names for each figure. Simply add the line
@code{\usepackage@{asymptote@}} at the beginning of your file
and enclose your @code{Asymptote} code within a
@code{\begin@{asy@}...\end@{asy@}} environment. As with the
@code{LaTeX} @code{comment} environment, the @code{\end@{asy@}} command
must appear on a line by itself, with no leading spaces or trailing
commands/comments.

The sample @code{LaTeX} file below, named @code{latexusage.tex}, can
be run as follows:
@verbatim
latex latexusage
asy latexusage
latex latexusage
@end verbatim

@noindent
or

@verbatim
pdflatex latexusage
asy latexusage
pdflatex latexusage
@end verbatim

To switch between using @code{latex} and @code{pdflatex} you may first
need to remove the files @code{latexusage-*}, @code{latexusage_.pre}, and
@code{latexusage.aux}.

@cindex @code{width}
@cindex @code{height}
@cindex @code{viewportwidth}
@cindex @code{viewportheight}
@cindex @code{attach}
One can specify @code{width}, @code{height},
@code{viewportwidth}, @code{viewportheight}, and @code{attach}
@code{keyval}-style options to the @code{asy} environment.
The current version (1.07) of @code{asymptote.sty} supports the
embedding of 3D @acronym{PRC} files, either inline or, using the
@code{attach} option with the @code{attachfile2} (or older
@code{attachfile}) @code{LaTeX} package,
as annotated (but printable) attachments. For many applications, the
annotated attachment method tends to be more convenient. 
The default value of @code{viewportwidth} is @code{\the\linewidth} for
inline 3D figures and @code{0} for attachments.

If the @code{inline} option is given to the
@code{asymptote.sty} package, inline @code{LaTeX} code is generated instead of
@acronym{EPS} or @acronym{PDF} files. This makes 2D LaTeX symbols visible to the
@code{\begin@{asy@}...\end@{asy@}} environment.  In this mode,
Asymptote correctly aligns 2D LaTeX symbols defined outside of
@code{\begin@{asy@}...\end@{asy@}}, but treats their size as zero; an
optional second string can be given to @code{Label} to provide an
estimate of the unknown label size. 

Note that if @code{latex} is used with the @code{inline} option,
the labels might not show up in @acronym{DVI} viewers that cannot
handle raw @code{PostScript} code. One can use @code{dvips}/@code{dvipdf} to
produce @code{PostScript}/@acronym{PDF} output (we recommend using the
modified version of @code{dvipdf} in the @code{Asymptote} patches
directory, which accepts the @code{dvips -z} hyperdvi option). 

An excellent tutorial by Dario Teixeira on integrating @code{Asymptote} and
@code{LaTeX} is available at @url{http://dario.dse.nl/projects/asylatex/}.

Here now is @code{latexusage.tex}:
@verbatiminclude latexusage.tex
@page
@image{latexusage,,25cm}

@node Base modules
@chapter Base modules
@cindex base modules

@code{Asymptote} currently ships with the following base modules:

@menu
* plain::                       Default @code{Asymptote} base file
* simplex::                     Linear programming: simplex method
* math::                        Extend @code{Asymptote}'s math capabilities
* interpolate::                 Interpolation routines
* geometry::                    Geometry routines
* trembling::                   Wavy lines
* stats::                       Statistics routines and histograms
* patterns::                    Custom fill and draw patterns
* markers::                     Custom path marker routines
* tree::                        Dynamic binary search tree
* binarytree::                  Binary tree drawing module
* drawtree::                    Tree drawing module
* syzygy::                      Syzygy and braid drawing module
* feynman::                     Feynman diagrams
* roundedpath::                 Round the sharp corners of paths
* animation::                   Embedded @acronym{PDF} and @acronym{MPEG} movies
* embed::                       Embedding movies, sounds, and 3D objects
* slide::                       Making presentations with @code{Asymptote}
* MetaPost::                    @code{MetaPost} compatibility routines
* unicode::                     Accept @code{unicode} (UTF-8) characters
* latin1::                      Accept @code{ISO 8859-1} characters
* babel::                       Interface to @code{LaTeX} @code{babel} package
* labelpath::                   Drawing curved labels
* labelpath3::                  Drawing curved labels in 3D
* annotate::                    Annotate your @acronym{PDF} files
* CAD::                         2D CAD pen and measurement functions (DIN 15)
* graph::                       2D linear & logarithmic graphs
* palette::                     Color density images and palettes
* three::                       3D vector graphics
* obj::                         3D obj files
* graph3::                      3D linear & logarithmic graphs
* grid3::                       3D grids
* solids::                      3D solid geometry
* tube::                        3D rotation minimizing tubes
* flowchart::                   Flowchart drawing routines
* contour::                     Contour lines
* contour3::                    Contour surfaces
* slopefield::                  Slope fields
* ode::                         Ordinary differential equations
@end menu

@node plain
@section @code{plain}
@cindex @code{plain}

This is the default @code{Asymptote} base file, which defines key parts of the
drawing language (such as the @code{picture} structure).

By default, an implicit @code{private import plain;} occurs before
translating a file and before the first command given in interactive
mode.  This also applies when translating files for module definitions
(except when translating @code{plain}, of course).  This means that
the types and functions defined in @code{plain} are accessible in
almost all @code{Asymptote} code. Use the @code{-noautoplain} command-line
option to disable this feature.

@node simplex
@section @code{simplex}
@cindex @code{simplex}
@cindex @code{deferred drawing}
This package solves the two-variable linear programming problem using the
simplex method. It is used by the module @code{plain} for automatic
sizing of pictures.

@node math
@section @code{math}
@cindex @code{math}
This package extends @code{Asymptote}'s mathematical capabilities with
intersection algorithms and matrix arithmetic:

@table @code

@cindex @code{drawline}
@item void drawline(picture pic=currentpicture, pair P, pair Q, pen p=currentpen);
draw the visible portion of the (infinite) line going through
@code{P} and @code{Q}, without altering the size of picture @code{pic},
using pen @code{p}.

@cindex @code{intersect}
@item real intersect(triple P, triple Q, triple n, triple Z);
returns the intersection time of the extension of the line segment @code{PQ}
with the plane perpendicular to @code{n} and passing through @code{Z}.

@cindex @code{intersectionpoint}
@item triple intersectionpoint(triple n0, triple P0, triple n1, triple P1);
Return any point on the intersection of the two planes with normals
@code{n0} and @code{n1} passing through points @code{P0} and @code{P1},
respectively. If the planes are parallel, return
@code{(infinity,infinity,infinity)}.

@cindex @code{quarticroots}
@item @code{pair[] quarticroots(real a, real b, real c, real d, real e);}
returns the four complex roots of the quartic equation
@math{ax^4+bx^3+cx^2+dx+e=0}.

@end table

@node interpolate
@section @code{interpolate}
@cindex @code{interpolate}
This module implements Lagrange, Hermite, and standard cubic spline
interpolation in @code{Asymptote}, as illustrated in the example
@code{interpolate1.asy}.

@node geometry
@section @code{geometry}
@cindex @code{geometry}
@cindex @code{triangle}
@cindex @code{perpendicular}
This module, written by Philippe Ivaldi, provides an extensive set of
geometry routines, including @code{perpendicular} symbols and a @code{triangle}
structure. Link to the documentation for the @code{geometry} module
are posted here:
@url{http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/links.html},
including an extensive set of examples,
@url{http://piprim.tuxfamily.org/asymptote/geometry/index.html}, and an index:
@quotation
@url{http://piprim.tuxfamily.org/asymptote/geometry/modules/geometry.asy.index.type.html}
@end quotation

@node trembling
@section @code{trembling}
@cindex @code{trembling}
This module, written by Philippe Ivaldi and illustrated in the example
@code{floatingdisk.asy}, allows one to draw wavy lines, as if drawn by
hand. Further examples are posted at 
@url{http://piprim.tuxfamily.org/asymptote/trembling/index.html}

@node stats
@section @code{stats}
@cindex @code{stats}
@cindex @code{leastsquares}
This package implements a Gaussian random number generator
and a collection of statistics routines, including @code{histogram}
and @code{leastsquares}.

@node patterns
@section @code{patterns}
@cindex @code{patterns}
This package implements @code{Postscript} tiling patterns and includes
several convenient pattern generation routines.

@node markers
@section @code{markers}
@cindex @code{markers}
This package implements specialized routines for marking paths and angles.
The principal mark routine provided by this package is
@verbatim
markroutine markinterval(int n=1, frame f, bool rotated=false);
@end verbatim
@noindent
which centers @code{n} copies of frame @code{f} within uniformly space
intervals in arclength along the path, optionally rotated by the angle of the
local tangent.

The @code{marker} (@pxref{marker}) routine can be used to construct new
markers from these predefined frames:

@cindex @code{stickframe}
@verbatim
frame stickframe(int n=1, real size=0, pair space=0, real angle=0,
                 pair offset=0, pen p=currentpen);
@end verbatim
@cindex @code{circlebarframe}
@verbatim
frame circlebarframe(int n=1, real barsize=0,
                     real radius=0,real angle=0,
                     pair offset=0, pen p=currentpen,
                     filltype filltype=NoFill, bool above=false);
@end verbatim
@cindex @code{crossframe}
@verbatim
frame crossframe(int n=3, real size=0, pair space=0,
                 real angle=0, pair offset=0, pen p=currentpen);
@end verbatim
@cindex @code{tildeframe}
@verbatim
frame tildeframe(int n=1, real size=0, pair space=0,
                 real angle=0, pair offset=0, pen p=currentpen);
@end verbatim

For convenience, this module also constructs the markers
@code{StickIntervalMarker},  @code{CrossIntervalMarker},
@code{CircleBarIntervalMarker}, and @code{TildeIntervalMarker}
from the above frames. The example @code{markers1.asy} illustrates the
use of these markers:

@sp 1
@center @image{markers1}

This package also provides a routine for marking an angle @math{AOB}:
@cindex @code{markangle}
@verbatim
void markangle(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="",
               int n=1, real radius=0, real space=0,
               pair A, pair O, pair B, arrowbar arrow=None,
               pen p=currentpen, margin margin=NoMargin,
               marker marker=nomarker);
@end verbatim
@noindent
as illustrated in the example @code{markers2.asy}.

@sp 1
@center @image{markers2}

@node tree
@section @code{tree}
@cindex @code{tree}
This package implements an example of a dynamic binary search tree.

@node binarytree
@section @code{binarytree}
@cindex @code{binarytree}
This module can be used to draw an arbitrary binary tree and includes an
input routine for the special case of a binary search tree, as
illustrated in the example @code{binarytreetest.asy}:
@verbatiminclude binarytreetest.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{binarytreetest}

@node drawtree
@section @code{drawtree}
@cindex @code{drawtree}
This is a simple tree drawing module used by the example @code{treetest.asy}.

@node syzygy
@section @code{syzygy}
@cindex @code{syzygy}
This module automates the drawing of braids, relations, and syzygies,
along with the corresponding equations, as illustrated in the example
@code{knots.asy}.

@node feynman
@section @code{feynman}
@cindex @code{feynman}
This package, contributed by Martin Wiebusch, is useful for drawing
Feynman diagrams, as illustrated by the examples @code{eetomumu.asy}
and @code{fermi.asy}.

@node roundedpath
@section @code{roundedpath}
@cindex @code{roundedpath}
This package, contributed by Stefan Knorr, is useful for rounding the
sharp corners of paths, as illustrated in the example file @code{roundpath.asy}.

@node animation
@section @code{animation}
@cindex @code{animation}
@cindex @code{merge}
@cindex @code{convert}
@cindex animation
@cindex @code{ImageMagick}
This module allows one to generate animations, as illustrated by the
files @code{wheel.asy}, @code{wavelet.asy}, and @code{cube.asy} in
the @code{animations} subdirectory of the examples directory. These
animations use the @code{ImageMagick} @code{convert} program to
@code{merge} multiple images into a @acronym{GIF} or @acronym{MPEG}
movie.

@cindex @code{animate}
@anchor{animate}
The related @code{animate} module, derived from the @code{animation}
module, generates higher-quality portable clickable @acronym{PDF} movies, with
optional controls. This requires installing the package
@quotation
@url{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/animate/animate.sty}
@noindent
@end quotation
@noindent
(version 2007/11/30 or later) in a new directory @code{animate} in the
local @code{LaTeX} directory (for example, in
@code{/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/animate}). On @code{UNIX} systems,
one must then execute the command @code{texhash}.

The example @code{pdfmovie.asy} in the @code{animations}
directory, along with the slide presentations @code{slidemovies.asy}
and @code{intro.asy}, illustrate the use of embedded @acronym{PDF} movies.
The examples @code{inlinemovie.tex} and @code{inlinemovie3.tex} 
show how to generate and embed @acronym{PDF} movies directly within a
@code{LaTeX} file (@pxref{LaTeX usage}).
The member function
@verbatim
string pdf(fit fit=NoBox, real delay=animationdelay, string options="",
           bool keep=settings.keep, bool multipage=true);
@end verbatim
@noindent
of the @code{animate} structure accepts any of the @code{animate.sty} options,
as described here:
@quotation
@url{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/animate/doc/animate.pdf}
@end quotation

@node embed
@section @code{embed}
@cindex @code{embed}
This module provides an interface to the @code{LaTeX} package
(included with @code{MikTeX}) 
@quotation
@url{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/movie15}
@end quotation
@noindent
for embedding movies, sounds, and 3D objects into a @acronym{PDF} document.
@noindent
@cindex @code{xelatex}
However, @code{XeLaTeX} users need to rename the modified version
@code{movie15_dvipdfmx.sty} from
@quotation
@url{http://asymptote.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/asymptote/trunk/asymptote/patches/}
@end quotation
to @code{movie15.sty} and place it in their @code{LaTeX} path.

The latest version of the @code{movie15} package requires both
@code{pdflatex} version 1.20 or later and the file
@quotation
@url{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ifdraft.dtx}
@end quotation
@noindent
which can be installed by placing it in a directory @code{ifdraft} in
the local @code{LaTeX} directory
(e.g.@ @code{/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/ifdraft}) and executing in that
directory the commands:
@verbatim
tex ifdraft.dtx
texhash
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{external}
An example of embedding @code{U3D} code is provided in the file
@code{embeddedu3d.asy}.
As of version 7.0.8, @code{Adobe Reader} supports the @code{U3D} format
under Linux.

Unfortunately, Adobe has not yet made available an embedded movie plugin
for the Linux version of @code{Adobe Reader}.  A portable method for
embedding movie files, which should work on any platform and does not require
the @code{movie15} or @code{ifdraft} packages, is provided by using the
@code{external} module instead of @code{embed}. An example of these
interfaces is provided in the file @code{embeddedmovie.asy} and
@code{externalmovie.asy} in the @code{animations} subdirectory of the
examples directory. For a higher quality movie generated directly by
@code{Asymptote}, use the @code{animate} module along with the
@code{animate.sty} package to embed a portable @acronym{PDF} animation
(@pxref{animate}).

@node slide
@section @code{slide}
@cindex @code{slide}
This package provides a simple yet high-quality facility for making
presentation slides, including portable embedded @acronym{PDF} animations (see
the file @code{slidemovies.asy}). A simple example is provided in the file
@code{slidedemo.asy}.

@node MetaPost
@section @code{MetaPost}
@cindex @code{MetaPost}
This package provides some useful routines to help @code{MetaPost} users
migrate old @code{MetaPost} code to @code{Asymptote}. Further
contributions here are welcome.

@cindex @code{implicit linear solver}
@cindex @code{MetaPost whatever}
@cindex @code{extension}
Unlike @code{MetaPost}, @code{Asymptote} does not implicitly solve
linear equations and therefore does not have the notion of a
@code{whatever} unknown. The routine @code{extension} (@pxref{extension})
provides a useful replacement for a common use of @code{whatever}: finding the
intersection point of the lines through @code{P}, @code{Q} and
@code{p}, @code{q}. For less common occurrences of @code{whatever}, one
can use the built-in explicit linear equation solver @code{solve} instead. 

@node unicode
@section @code{unicode}
@cindex @code{unicode}
@cindex international characters
Import this package at the beginning of the file to instruct
@code{LaTeX} to accept @code{unicode} (UTF-8) standardized international
characters.
@noindent
@cindex Cyrillic
@cindex Russian
To use Cyrillic fonts, you will need to change the font encoding:
@verbatim
import unicode;
texpreamble("\usepackage{mathtext}\usepackage[russian]{babel}");
defaultpen(font("T2A","cmr","m","n"));
@end verbatim
@noindent
@cindex Chinese
@cindex Japanese
@cindex Korean
@cindex CJK
Support for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fonts is provided by the
CJK package: 
@quotation
@url{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/languages/chinese/CJK/}
@end quotation
@noindent
The following commands enable the CJK song family (within a label, you
can also temporarily switch to another family, say kai, by prepending
@code{"\CJKfamily@{kai@}"} to the label string):
@verbatim
texpreamble("\usepackage{CJK}
\AtBeginDocument{\begin{CJK*}{GBK}{song}}
\AtEndDocument{\clearpage\end{CJK*}}");
@end verbatim

@node latin1
@section @code{latin1}
@cindex @code{latin1}
If you don't have @code{LaTeX} support for @code{unicode} installed,
you can enable support for Western European languages (ISO 8859-1) by
importing the module @code{latin1}. This module can be used as a
template for providing support for other ISO 8859 alphabets.

@node babel
@section @code{babel}
@cindex @code{babel}
This module implements the @code{LaTeX} @code{babel} package in
@code{Asymptote}. For example:
@verbatim
import babel;
babel("german");
@end verbatim

@node labelpath
@section @code{labelpath}
@cindex @code{labelpath}
This module uses the @code{PSTricks} @code{pstextpath} macro to fit labels 
along a path (properly kerned, as illustrated in the example file
@code{curvedlabel.asy}), using the command
@verbatim
void labelpath(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L, path g,
               string justify=Centered, pen p=currentpen);
@end verbatim
@noindent
Here @code{justify} is one of @code{LeftJustified}, @code{Centered}, or
@code{RightJustified}. The @math{x} component of a shift transform
applied to the Label is interpreted as a shift along the curve, whereas
the @math{y} component is interpreted as a shift away from the curve.
All other Label transforms are ignored. This package requires the
@code{latex} tex engine and inherits the limitations of the
@code{PSTricks} @code{\pstextpath} macro.

@node labelpath3
@section @code{labelpath3}
@cindex @code{labelpath3}
This module, contributed by Jens Schwaiger, implements a 3D version of
@code{labelpath} that does not require the @code{PSTricks} package.
An example is provided in @code{curvedlabel3.asy}.

@node annotate
@section @code{annotate}
@cindex @code{annotate}
This module supports @acronym{PDF} annotations for viewing with
@code{Adobe Reader}, via the function
@verbatim
void annotate(picture pic=currentpicture, string title, string text,
              pair position);
@end verbatim
@noindent
Annotations are illustrated in the example file @code{annotation.asy}.
Currently, annotations are only implemented for the @code{latex}
(default) and @code{tex} @TeX{} engines.

@node CAD
@section @code{CAD}
@cindex @code{CAD}
This package, contributed by Mark Henning, provides basic pen
definitions and measurement functions for simple 2D CAD drawings
according to DIN 15. It is documented separately, in the file 
@code{CAD.pdf}.

@node graph
@section @code{graph}
@cindex @code{graph}
@cindex 2D graphs
This package implements two-dimensional linear and logarithmic graphs,
including automatic scale and tick selection (with the ability to
override manually). A graph is a @code{guide} (that can be drawn with
the draw command, with an optional legend) constructed with one of
the following routines: 

@itemize
@item
@verbatim
guide graph(picture pic=currentpicture, real f(real), real a, real b,
            int n=ngraph, real T(real)=identity,
            interpolate join=operator --);
guide[] graph(picture pic=currentpicture, real f(real), real a, real b,
             int n=ngraph, real T(real)=identity, bool3 cond(real),
             interpolate join=operator --);
@end verbatim

Returns a graph using the scaling information for picture @code{pic}
(@pxref{automatic scaling}) of the function @code{f} on the interval
[@code{T}(@code{a}),@code{T}(@code{b})], sampling at @code{n} points
evenly spaced in [@code{a},@code{b}], optionally restricted by the
bool3 function @code{cond} on [@code{a},@code{b}]. If @code{cond} is:
@itemize @bullet 
@item @code{true}, the point is added to the existing guide;
@item @code{default}, the point is added to a new guide;
@item @code{false}, the point is omitted and a new guide is begun.
@end itemize
Th points are connected using the interpolation specified by @code{join}:
@itemize @bullet 

@cindex @code{operator --}
@cindex @code{Straight}
@item @code{operator --} (linear interpolation; the abbreviation
@code{Straight} is also accepted);

@cindex @code{operator ..}
@cindex @code{Spline} 
@item @code{operator ..} (piecewise Bezier cubic spline interpolation;
the abbreviation @code{Spline} is also accepted);

@cindex @code{Hermite}
@cindex @code{Hermite(splinetype splinetype}
@item @code{Hermite} (standard cubic spline interpolation using boundary
condition @code{notaknot}, @code{natural},  @code{periodic},
@code{clamped(real slopea, real slopeb)}), or @code{monotonic}.
The abbreviation @code{Hermite} is equivalent to
@code{Hermite(notaknot)} for nonperiodic data and
@code{Hermite(periodic)} for periodic data).

@end itemize

@item
@verbatim
guide graph(picture pic=currentpicture, real x(real), real y(real),
            real a, real b, int n=ngraph, real T(real)=identity,
            interpolate join=operator --);
guide[] graph(picture pic=currentpicture, real x(real), real y(real),
              real a, real b, int n=ngraph, real T(real)=identity,
              bool3 cond(real), interpolate join=operator --);
@end verbatim

Returns a graph using the scaling information for picture @code{pic}
of the parametrized function
(@code{x}(@math{t}),@code{y}(@math{t})) for @math{t} in the interval
[@code{T}(@code{a}),@code{T}(@code{b})], sampling at @code{n} points
evenly spaced in [@code{a},@code{b}], optionally restricted by the
bool3 function @code{cond} on [@code{a},@code{b}], using the given
interpolation type.

@item
@verbatim
guide graph(picture pic=currentpicture, pair z(real), real a, real b,
            int n=ngraph, real T(real)=identity,
            interpolate join=operator --);
guide[] graph(picture pic=currentpicture, pair z(real), real a, real b,
              int n=ngraph, real T(real)=identity, bool3 cond(real),
              interpolate join=operator --);
@end verbatim

Returns a graph using the scaling information for picture @code{pic}
of the parametrized function
@code{z}(@math{t}) for @math{t} in the interval
[@code{T}(@code{a}),@code{T}(@code{b})], sampling at @code{n} points
evenly spaced in [@code{a},@code{b}], optionally restricted by the
bool3 function @code{cond} on [@code{a},@code{b}], using the given
interpolation type.

@item
@verbatim
guide graph(picture pic=currentpicture, pair[] z,
            interpolate join=operator --);
guide[] graph(picture pic=currentpicture, pair[] z, bool3[] cond,
              interpolate join=operator --);
@end verbatim

Returns a graph using the scaling information for picture @code{pic}
of the elements of the array @code{z}, optionally restricted to
those indices for which the elements of the boolean array @code{cond} are
@code{true}, using the given interpolation type.

@item
@verbatim
guide graph(picture pic=currentpicture, real[] x, real[] y,
            interpolate join=operator --);
guide[] graph(picture pic=currentpicture, real[] x, real[] y,
              bool3[] cond, interpolate join=operator --);
@end verbatim

Returns a graph using the scaling information for picture @code{pic}
of the elements of the arrays (@code{x},@code{y}), optionally
restricted to those indices for which the elements of the boolean
array @code{cond} are @code{true}, using the given interpolation type.

@item
@cindex @code{polargraph}
@verbatim
guide polargraph(picture pic=currentpicture, real f(real), real a,
                 real b, int n=ngraph, interpolate join=operator --);
@end verbatim

Returns a polar-coordinate graph using the scaling information for
picture @code{pic} of the function @code{f} on the interval 
[@code{a},@code{b}], sampling at @code{n} evenly spaced points, with
the given interpolation type.

@end itemize

@verbatim


@end verbatim

An axis can be drawn on a picture with one of the following commands:

@itemize

@item
@verbatim
void xaxis(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", axis axis=YZero,
           real xmin=-infinity, real xmax=infinity, pen p=currentpen, 
           ticks ticks=NoTicks, arrowbar arrow=None, bool above=false);
@end verbatim

Draw an @math{x} axis on picture @code{pic} from @math{x}=@code{xmin} to
@math{x}=@code{xmax} using pen @code{p}, optionally labelling it with
Label @code{L}. The relative label location along the axis (a real number from
[0,1]) defaults to 1 (@pxref{Label}), so that the label is drawn at the
end of the axis. An infinite value of @code{xmin}
or @code{xmax} specifies that the corresponding axis limit will be
automatically determined from the picture limits. 
The optional @code{arrow} argument takes the same values as in the
@code{draw} command (@pxref{arrows}). The axis is drawn before any
existing objects in the current picture unless @code{above=true}.
The axis placement is determined by one of the following @code{axis} types:

@table @code

@cindex @code{YZero}
@item YZero(bool extend=true)
Request an @math{x} axis at @math{y}=0 (or @math{y}=1 on a logarithmic axis)
extending to the full dimensions of the picture, unless @code{extend}=false.

@cindex @code{YEquals}
@item YEquals(real Y, bool extend=true)
Request an @math{x} axis at @math{y}=@code{Y} extending to the full
dimensions of the picture, unless @code{extend}=false.

@cindex @code{Bottom}
@item Bottom(bool extend=false)
Request a bottom axis.

@cindex @code{Top}
@item Top(bool extend=false)
Request a top axis.

@cindex @code{BottomTop}
@item BottomTop(bool extend=false)
Request a bottom and top axis.

@end table

@cindex custom axis types
Custom axis types can be created by following the examples in @code{graph.asy}.
One can easily override the default values for the standard axis types:
@verbatim
import graph;

YZero=new axis(bool extend=true) {
  return new void(picture pic, axisT axis) {
    real y=pic.scale.x.scale.logarithmic ? 1 : 0;
    axis.value=I*pic.scale.y.T(y);
    axis.position=1;
    axis.side=right;
    axis.align=2.5E;
    axis.value2=Infinity;
    axis.extend=extend;
  };
};
YZero=YZero();

@end verbatim

@anchor{ticks}
@cindex @code{ticks}
@cindex @code{NoTicks}
@cindex @code{LeftTicks}
@cindex @code{RightTicks}
@cindex @code{Ticks}
The default tick option is @code{NoTicks}. 
The options @code{LeftTicks}, @code{RightTicks}, or @code{Ticks} can be
used to draw ticks on the left, right, or both sides of the path,
relative to the direction in which the path is drawn. 
These tick routines accept a number of optional arguments:
@verbatim
ticks LeftTicks(Label format="", ticklabel ticklabel=null,
                bool beginlabel=true, bool endlabel=true,
                int N=0, int n=0, real Step=0, real step=0,
                bool begin=true, bool end=true, tickmodifier modify=None,
                real Size=0, real size=0, bool extend=false,
                pen pTick=nullpen, pen ptick=nullpen);
@end verbatim

If any of these parameters are omitted, reasonable defaults will
be chosen:
@table @code
@item Label format
@cindex @code{defaultformat}
@cindex @code{trailingzero}
override the default tick label format (@code{defaultformat}, initially
"$%.4g$"), rotation, pen, and alignment (for example, @code{LeftSide},
@code{Center}, or @code{RightSide}) relative to the axis. To enable
@code{LaTeX} math mode fonts, the format string should begin and
end with @code{$} @pxref{format}. If the format string is @code{trailingzero},
trailing zeros will be added to the tick labels; if the format string is
@code{"%"}, the tick label will be suppressed;
@item ticklabel
is a function @code{string(real x)} returning the label (by default,
format(format.s,x)) for each major tick value @code{x};
@item bool beginlabel
include the first label;
@item bool endlabel
include the last label;
@item int N
when automatic scaling is enabled (the default; @pxref{automatic scaling}),
divide a linear axis evenly into this many intervals, separated by major ticks;
for a logarithmic axis, this is the number of decades between labelled ticks;
@item int n
divide each interval into this many subintervals, separated by minor ticks;
@item real Step
the tick value spacing between major ticks
(if @code{N}=@code{0});
@item real step
the tick value spacing between minor ticks (if @code{n}=@code{0});
@item bool begin
include the first major tick;
@item bool end
include the last major tick;
@item tickmodifier modify;
an optional function that takes and returns a @code{tickvalue} structure having
real[] members @code{major} and @code{minor} consisting of the tick values
(to allow modification of the automatically generated tick values);
@item real Size
the size of the major ticks (in @code{PostScript} coordinates);
@item real size
the size of the minor ticks (in @code{PostScript} coordinates);
@item bool extend;
extend the ticks between two axes (useful for drawing a grid on the graph);
@item pen pTick
an optional pen used to draw the major ticks;
@item pen ptick
an optional pen used to draw the minor ticks.

@end table

For convenience, the predefined tickmodifier @code{OmitTick(... real[] x)}
tickmodifier can be used to remove specific auto-generated ticks and
their labels. The @code{OmitFormat(string s=defaultformat ... real[] x)}
ticklabel can be used to remove specific tick labels but not the
corresponding ticks. The tickmodifier @code{NoZero} is an abbreviation for
@code{OmitTick(0)} and the ticklabel @code{NoZeroFormat} is an
abbrevation for @code{OmitFormat(0)}.

@cindex custom tick locations
@cindex @code{LeftTicks}
@cindex @code{RightTicks}
@cindex @code{Ticks}
It is also possible to specify custom tick locations with
@code{LeftTicks}, @code{RightTicks}, and @code{Ticks} by passing explicit real
arrays @code{Ticks} and (optionally) @code{ticks} containing the
locations of the major and minor ticks, respectively:
@verbatim
ticks LeftTicks(Label format="", ticklabel ticklabel=null, 
                bool beginlabel=true, bool endlabel=true, 
                real[] Ticks, real[] ticks=new real[],
                real Size=0, real size=0, bool extend=false,
                pen pTick=nullpen, pen ptick=nullpen)
@end verbatim

@item
@verbatim
void yaxis(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", axis axis=XZero,
           real ymin=-infinity, real ymax=infinity, pen p=currentpen,
           ticks ticks=NoTicks, arrowbar arrow=None, bool above=false);
@end verbatim

Draw a @math{y} axis on picture @code{pic} from @math{y}=@code{ymin} to
@math{y}=@code{ymax} using pen @code{p}, optionally labelling it with
Label @code{L}. The relative location of the label (a real number from
[0,1]) defaults to 1 (@pxref{Label}). An infinite value of @code{ymin}
or @code{ymax} specifies that the corresponding axis limit will be
automatically determined from the picture limits. 
The optional @code{arrow} argument takes the same values as in the
@code{draw} command (@pxref{arrows}). The axis is drawn before any
existing objects in the current picture unless @code{above=true}.
The tick type is specified by @code{ticks} and the axis placement is
determined by one of the following @code{axis} types:

@table @code

@cindex @code{XZero}
@item XZero(bool extend=true)
Request a @math{y} axis at @math{x}=0 (or @math{x}=1 on a logarithmic axis)
extending to the full dimensions of the picture, unless @code{extend}=false.

@cindex @code{XEquals}
@item XEquals(real X, bool extend=true)
Request a @math{y} axis at @math{x}=@code{X} extending to the full
dimensions of the picture, unless @code{extend}=false.

@cindex @code{Left}
@item Left(bool extend=false)
Request a left axis.

@cindex @code{Right}
@item Right(bool extend=false) 
Request a right axis.

@cindex @code{LeftRight}
@item LeftRight(bool extend=false) 
Request a left and right axis.

@end table

@item
@cindex @code{xequals}
@cindex @code{yequals}
For convenience, the functions 
@verbatim
void xequals(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", real x,
             bool extend=false, real ymin=-infinity, real ymax=infinity,
             pen p=currentpen, ticks ticks=NoTicks, bool above=true,
             arrowbar arrow=None);
@end verbatim
and
@verbatim
void yequals(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", real y,
             bool extend=false, real xmin=-infinity, real xmax=infinity,
             pen p=currentpen, ticks ticks=NoTicks, bool above=true,
             arrowbar arrow=None);
@end verbatim
can be respectively used to call @code{yaxis} and
@code{xaxis} with the appropriate axis types @code{XEquals(x,extend)} and
@code{YEquals(y,extend)}. This is the recommended way of drawing vertical
or horizontal lines and axes at arbitrary locations. 

@item
@verbatim 
void axes(picture pic=currentpicture, Label xlabel="", Label ylabel="",
          pair min=(-infinity,-infinity), pair max=(infinity,infinity),
          pen p=currentpen, arrowbar arrow=None, bool above=false);
@end verbatim
This convenience routine draws both @math{x} and @math{y} axes 
on picture @code{pic} from @code{min} to @code{max},
with optional labels @code{xlabel} and @code{ylabel}
and any arrows specified by @code{arrow}. The axes are drawn on top of
existing objects in the current picture only if @code{above=true}.

@item
@verbatim
void axis(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", path g,
          pen p=currentpen, ticks ticks, ticklocate locate,
          arrowbar arrow=None, int[] divisor=new int[],
          bool above=false, bool opposite=false);
@end verbatim

This routine can be used to draw on picture @code{pic} a general axis
based on an arbitrary path @code{g}, using pen @code{p}. 
One can optionally label the axis with Label @code{L} and add an arrow
@code{arrow}. The tick type is given by @code{ticks}. 
The optional integer array @code{divisor} specifies what tick divisors
to try in the attempt to produce uncrowded tick labels. A @code{true}
value for the flag @code{opposite} identifies an unlabelled secondary
axis (typically drawn opposite a primary axis). The axis is drawn before
any existing objects in the current picture unless @code{above=true}.
The tick locator @code{ticklocate} is constructed by the routine
@verbatim
ticklocate ticklocate(real a, real b, autoscaleT S=defaultS,
                      real tickmin=-infinity, real tickmax=infinity,
                      real time(real)=null, pair dir(real)=zero);
@end verbatim
@noindent
where @code{a} and @code{b} specify the respective tick values at
@code{point(g,0)} and @code{point(g,length(g))}, @code{S} specifies
the autoscaling transformation, the function @code{real time(real v)}
returns the time corresponding to the value @code{v}, and
@code{pair dir(real t)} returns the absolute tick direction as a
function of @code{t} (zero means draw the tick perpendicular to the axis).

@item These routines are useful for manually putting ticks and labels on axes
(if the variable @code{Label} is given as the @code{Label}
argument, the @code{format} argument will be used to format a string based on
the tick location):
@cindex xtick
@cindex ytick
@cindex labelx
@cindex labely
@cindex tick
@cindex Label
@verbatim
void xtick(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", explicit pair z,
           pair dir=N, string format="",
           real size=Ticksize, pen p=currentpen);
void xtick(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", real x,
           pair dir=N, string format="",
           real size=Ticksize, pen p=currentpen);
void ytick(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", explicit pair z,
           pair dir=E, string format="",
           real size=Ticksize, pen p=currentpen);
void ytick(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", real y,
           pair dir=E, string format="",
           real size=Ticksize, pen p=currentpen);
void tick(picture pic=currentpicture, pair z,
          pair dir, real size=Ticksize, pen p=currentpen);
void labelx(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", explicit pair z,
            align align=S, string format="", pen p=nullpen);
void labelx(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", real x,
            align align=S, string format="", pen p=nullpen);
void labelx(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L,
            string format="", explicit pen p=currentpen);
void labely(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", explicit pair z,
            align align=W, string format="", pen p=nullpen);
void labely(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", real y,
            align align=W, string format="", pen p=nullpen);
void labely(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L,
            string format="", explicit pen p=nullpen);
@end verbatim
@end itemize

Here are some simple examples of two-dimensional graphs:

@enumerate

@cindex textbook graph
@item This example draws a textbook-style graph of
@math{y=} exp@math{(x)}, with the @math{y} axis starting at @math{y=0}:
@verbatiminclude exp.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{exp}


@item The next example draws a scientific-style graph with a legend.
The position of the legend can be adjusted either explicitly or by using the
graphical user interface @code{xasy} (@pxref{GUI}). If an
@code{UnFill(real xmargin=0, real ymargin=xmargin)} or
@code{Fill(pen)} option is specified to @code{add}, the legend will obscure
any underlying objects. Here we illustrate how to clip the portion of
the picture covered by a label:

@cindex scientific graph
@verbatiminclude lineargraph0.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{lineargraph0}

@cindex @code{attach}
To specify a fixed size for the graph proper, use @code{attach}:
@verbatiminclude lineargraph.asy

@cindex @code{legend}
A legend can have multiple entries per line:
@verbatiminclude legend.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{legend}

@item This example draws a graph of one array versus another (both of
the same size) using custom tick locations and a smaller font size for
the tick labels on the @math{y} axis.
@verbatiminclude datagraph.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{datagraph}

@item This example shows how to graph columns of data read from a file.
@verbatiminclude filegraph.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{filegraph}

@cindex @code{polygon}
@cindex @code{cross}
@cindex @code{errorbars}
@cindex @code{marker}
@cindex @code{marknodes}
@cindex @code{markuniform}
@cindex @code{mark}
@anchor{pathmarkers}
@item The next example draws two graphs of an array of coordinate pairs,
using frame alignment and data markers. In the left-hand graph, the
markers, constructed with
@verbatim
marker marker(path g, markroutine markroutine=marknodes, 
              pen p=currentpen, filltype filltype=NoFill,
              bool above=true);
@end verbatim
using the path @code{unitcircle} (@pxref{filltype}), are drawn
below each node. Any frame can be converted to a marker, using
@anchor{marker}
@verbatim
marker marker(frame f, markroutine markroutine=marknodes,
              bool above=true);
@end verbatim
In the right-hand graph, the unit @math{n}-sided regular polygon 
@code{polygon(int n)} and the unit @math{n}-point cyclic cross 
@code{cross(int n, bool round=true, real r=0)} (where @code{r} is an
optional ``inner'' radius) are used to build a custom marker frame.
@anchor{markuniform}
Here @code{markuniform(bool centered=false, int n, bool rotated=false)} 
adds this frame at @code{n} uniformly spaced points along the arclength
of the path, optionally rotated by the angle of the local tangent to the path
(if centered is true, the frames will be centered within @code{n} evenly
spaced arclength intervals). Alternatively, one can use
markroutine @code{marknodes} to request that the marks be placed at each
Bezier node of the path, or
markroutine @code{markuniform(pair z(real t), real a, real b, int n)}
to place marks at points @code{z(t)} for n evenly spaced values of
@code{t} in @code{[a,b]}.

These markers are predefined:
@verbatim
marker[] Mark={
  marker(scale(circlescale)*unitcircle),
  marker(polygon(3)),marker(polygon(4)),
  marker(polygon(5)),marker(invert*polygon(3)),
  marker(cross(4)),marker(cross(6))
};

marker[] MarkFill={
  marker(scale(circlescale)*unitcircle,Fill),marker(polygon(3),Fill),
  marker(polygon(4),Fill),marker(polygon(5),Fill),
  marker(invert*polygon(3),Fill)
};
@end verbatim

The example also illustrates the @code{errorbar} routines:

@verbatim
void errorbars(picture pic=currentpicture, pair[] z, pair[] dp,
               pair[] dm={}, bool[] cond={}, pen p=currentpen,
               real size=0);

void errorbars(picture pic=currentpicture, real[] x, real[] y,
               real[] dpx, real[] dpy, real[] dmx={}, real[] dmy={},
               bool[] cond={}, pen p=currentpen, real size=0);
@end verbatim

@noindent
Here, the positive and negative extents of the error are given by the
absolute values of the elements of the pair array @code{dp} and the
optional pair array @code{dm}. If @code{dm} is not specified, the
positive and negative extents of the error are assumed to be equal.
@anchor{errorbars}
@verbatiminclude errorbars.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{errorbars}

@cindex custom mark routine
@item A custom mark routine can be also be specified:
@verbatiminclude graphmarkers.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{graphmarkers}

@item This example shows how to label an axis with arbitrary strings.
@verbatiminclude monthaxis.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{monthaxis}

@item The next example draws a graph of a parametrized curve. 
@cindex parametrized curve
@cindex cropping graphs
@cindex @code{xlimits}
@cindex @code{ylimits}
@cindex @code{limits}
@cindex @code{crop}
The calls to 
@verbatim
xlimits(picture pic=currentpicture, real min=-infinity,
        real max=infinity, bool crop=NoCrop);
@end verbatim 
@noindent
and the analogous function @code{ylimits} can be uncommented
to set the respective axes limits for picture @code{pic} to the
specified @code{min} and @code{max} values. Alternatively, the function
@verbatim
void limits(picture pic=currentpicture, pair min, pair max, bool crop=NoCrop);
@end verbatim 
can be used to limit the axes to the box having opposite vertices at
the given pairs). Existing objects in picture @code{pic} will be cropped to lie
within the given limits if @code{crop}=@code{Crop}. The function
@code{crop(picture pic)} can be used to crop a graph to the current
graph limits.
@verbatiminclude parametricgraph.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{parametricgraph}

@cindex scaled graph
The next example illustrates how one can extract a common axis scaling
factor.
@verbatiminclude scaledgraph.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{scaledgraph}

@anchor{automatic scaling}
@cindex @code{scale}
@cindex @code{Linear}
@cindex @code{Log}
@cindex automatic scaling
Axis scaling can be requested and/or automatic selection of the
axis limits can be inhibited with one of these @code{scale} routines:
@verbatim
void scale(picture pic=currentpicture, scaleT x, scaleT y);

void scale(picture pic=currentpicture, bool xautoscale=true,
           bool yautoscale=xautoscale, bool zautoscale=yautoscale);
@end verbatim

This sets the scalings for picture @code{pic}. The @code{graph} routines
accept an optional @code{picture} argument for determining the appropriate
scalings to use; if none is given, it uses those set for
@code{currentpicture}.

Two frequently used scaling routines
@code{Linear} and @code{Log} are predefined in @code{graph}.

All picture coordinates (including those in paths and those given
to the @code{label} and @code{limits} functions) are always treated as linear
(post-scaled) coordinates. Use
@cindex @code{Scale}
@verbatim
pair Scale(picture pic=currentpicture, pair z);
@end verbatim
to convert a graph coordinate into a scaled picture coordinate.

The @math{x} and @math{y} components can be individually scaled using
the analogous routines
@verbatim
real ScaleX(picture pic=currentpicture, real x);
real ScaleY(picture pic=currentpicture, real y);
@end verbatim

The predefined scaling routines can be given two optional boolean arguments:
@code{automin=false} and @code{automax=automin}. These default to
@code{false} but can be respectively set to @code{true} to enable
automatic selection of "nice" axis minimum and maximum values. The
@code{Linear} scaling can also take as optional final arguments a
multiplicative scaling factor and intercept (e.g.@ for a depth axis,
@code{Linear(-1)} requests axis reversal).

@cindex logarithmic graph
@cindex log-log graph
For example, to draw a log/log graph of a function, use @code{scale(Log,Log)}:
@verbatiminclude loggraph.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{loggraph}

@cindex grid
By extending the ticks, one can easily produce a logarithmic grid:
@verbatiminclude loggrid.asy

@sp 1
@center @image{loggrid}

One can also specify custom tick locations and formats for logarithmic axes:
@verbatiminclude logticks.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{logticks}

@cindex @code{log2} graph
It is easy to draw logarithmic graphs with respect to other bases:
@verbatiminclude log2graph.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{log2graph}

@cindex broken axis
Here is an example of "broken" linear @math{x} and logarithmic
@math{y} axes that omit the segments [3,8] and [100,1000], respectively.
In the case of a logarithmic axis, the break endpoints are automatically
rounded to the nearest integral power of the base.
@verbatiminclude brokenaxis.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{brokenaxis}

@cindex secondary axis
@cindex @code{secondaryX}
@cindex @code{secondaryY}
@item @code{Asymptote} can draw secondary axes with the routines
@verbatim
picture secondaryX(picture primary=currentpicture, void f(picture));
picture secondaryY(picture primary=currentpicture, void f(picture));
@end verbatim

In this example, @code{secondaryY} is used to draw a secondary linear
@math{y} axis against a primary logarithmic @math{y} axis:
@verbatiminclude Bode.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{Bode}

A secondary logarithmic @math{y} axis can be drawn like this:
@verbatiminclude secondaryaxis.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{secondaryaxis}

@item Here is a histogram example, which uses the @code{stats} module.
@cindex @code{axis}
@verbatiminclude histogram.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{histogram}

@item Here is an example of reading column data in from a file and a
least-squares fit, using the @code{stats} module. 
@cindex @code{leastsquares}
@verbatiminclude leastsquares.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{leastsquares}

@item Here is an example that illustrates the general @code{axis} routine.
@cindex @code{axis}
@verbatiminclude generalaxis.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{generalaxis}

@item To draw a vector field of @code{n} arrows evenly spaced along the arclength of a path, use the routine
@cindex @code{vectorfield}
@verbatim
picture vectorfield(path vector(real), path g, int n, bool truesize=false,
                    pen p=currentpen, arrowbar arrow=Arrow);
@end verbatim
as illustrated in this simple example of a flow field:
@verbatiminclude flow.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{flow}

@item To draw a vector field of @code{nx}@math{\times}@code{ny} arrows in @code{box(a,b)}, use the routine
@cindex @code{vectorfield}
@verbatim
picture vectorfield(path vector(pair), pair a, pair b,
                    int nx=nmesh, int ny=nx, bool truesize=false,
                    real maxlength=truesize ? 0 : maxlength(a,b,nx,ny),
                    bool cond(pair z)=null, pen p=currentpen,
                    arrowbar arrow=Arrow, margin margin=PenMargin)
@end verbatim
as illustrated in this example:
@verbatiminclude vectorfield.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{vectorfield}

@item The following scientific graphs, which illustrate many features of
@code{Asymptote}'s graphics routines, were generated from the examples
@code{diatom.asy} and @code{westnile.asy}, using the comma-separated
data in @code{diatom.csv} and @code{westnile.csv}.
@page

@sp 1
@center @image{diatom}
@sp 1
@center @image{westnile,,7.5cm}
@end enumerate

@page
@node palette
@section @code{palette}
@anchor{images}
@code{Asymptote} can also generate color density images
and palettes. The following palettes are predefined in
@code{palette.asy}: 

@table @code

@cindex @code{Grayscale}
@item pen[] Grayscale(int NColors=256)
a grayscale palette;

@cindex @code{Rainbow}
@item pen[] Rainbow(int NColors=32766)
a rainbow spectrum;

@cindex @code{BWRainbow}
@item pen[] BWRainbow(int NColors=32761)
a rainbow spectrum tapering off to black/white at the ends;

@cindex @code{BWRainbow2}
@item pen[] BWRainbow2(int NColors=32761)
a double rainbow palette tapering off to black/white at the ends, with
a linearly scaled intensity.

@cindex @code{Wheel}
@item pen[] Wheel(int NColors=32766)
a full color wheel palette;

@cindex @code{Gradient}
@item pen[] Gradient(int NColors=256 ... pen[] p) 
a palette varying linearly over the specified array of pens, using
NColors in each interpolation interval;

@end table

The function @code{cmyk(pen[] Palette)} may be used to convert any
of these palettes to the @acronym{CMYK} colorspace.

A color density plot using palette @code{palette} can be generated from
a function @code{f}(@math{x},@math{y}) and added to a picture @code{pic}:
@cindex @code{image}
@verbatim
bounds image(picture pic=currentpicture, real f(real,real),
             range range=Full, pair initial, pair final,
             int nx=ngraph, int ny=nx, pen[] palette, bool antialias=false)
@end verbatim
The function @code{f} will be sampled at @code{nx} and @code{ny}
evenly spaced points over a rectangle defined by the points
@code{initial} and @code{final}, respecting the current graphical
scaling of @code{pic}. The color space is scaled according to the
@math{z} axis scaling (@pxref{automatic scaling}). A bounds structure
for the function values is returned:
@verbatim
struct bounds {
  real min;
  real max;
  // Possible tick intervals:
  int[] divisor;
}
@end verbatim
@noindent
This information can be used for generating an optional palette bar.
The palette color space corresponds to a range of values specified by
the argument @code{range}, which can be @code{Full}, @code{Automatic},
or an explicit range @code{Range(real min, real max)}.
Here @code{Full} specifies a range varying from the
minimum to maximum values of the function over the sampling interval,
while @code{Automatic} selects "nice" limits. 
The example @code{imagecontour.asy} illustrates how level sets
(contour lines) can be drawn on a color density plot (@pxref{contour}).

A color density plot can also be generated from an explicit real[][]
array @code{data}:
@cindex @code{image}
@verbatim
bounds image(picture pic=currentpicture, real[][] f, range range=Full,
             pair initial, pair final, pen[] palette,
             bool transpose=(initial.x < final.x && initial.y < final.y),
             bool copy=true, bool antialias=false);
@end verbatim
@noindent
If the initial point is to the left and below the final point,
by default the array indices are interpreted according to the
Cartesian convention (first index: @math{x}, second index: @math{y})
rather than the usual matrix convention (first index: @math{-y},
second index: @math{x}).

To construct an image from an array of irregularly spaced points
and an array of values @code{f} at these points, use one of the routines
@verbatim
bounds image(picture pic=currentpicture, pair[] z, real[] f,
             range range=Full, pen[] palette)
bounds image(picture pic=currentpicture, real[] x, real[] y, real[] f,
             range range=Full, pen[] palette)
@end verbatim

An optionally labelled palette bar may be generated with the routine
@verbatim
void palette(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", bounds bounds,
             pair initial, pair final, axis axis=Right, pen[] palette,
             pen p=currentpen, paletteticks ticks=PaletteTicks,
             bool copy=true, bool antialias=false);
@end verbatim
The color space of @code{palette} is taken to be over bounds @code{bounds} with
scaling given by the @math{z} scaling of @code{pic}.
The palette orientation is specified by @code{axis}, which may be one of
@code{Right}, @code{Left}, @code{Top}, or @code{Bottom}.
The bar is drawn over the rectangle from @code{initial} to @code{final}.
The argument @code{paletteticks} is a special tick type (@pxref{ticks})
that takes the following arguments:
@verbatim
paletteticks PaletteTicks(Label format="", ticklabel ticklabel=null,
                          bool beginlabel=true, bool endlabel=true,
                          int N=0, int n=0, real Step=0, real step=0,
                          pen pTick=nullpen, pen ptick=nullpen);
@end verbatim

The image and palette bar can be fit to a frame and added and
optionally aligned to a picture at the desired location:

@anchor{image}
@verbatiminclude image.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{image}

Here is an example that uses logarithmic scaling of the function values:

@anchor{logimage}
@verbatiminclude logimage.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{logimage}

One can also draw an image directly from a two-dimensional pen array:
@verbatim
void image(picture pic=currentpicture, pen[][] data,
           pair initial, pair final,
           bool transpose=(initial.x < final.x && initial.y < final.y),
           bool copy=true, bool antialias=false);
@end verbatim
@noindent
as illustrated in the following example:

@anchor{penimage}
@verbatiminclude penimage.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{penimage}

For convenience, the module @code{palette} also defines functions
that may be used to construct a pen array from a given function and palette:
@verbatim
pen[] palette(real[] f, pen[] palette);
pen[][] palette(real[][] f, pen[] palette);
@end verbatim

@node three
@section @code{three}
@cindex @code{three}
@cindex @code{guide3}
@cindex @code{path3}
@cindex @code{cycle}
@cindex @code{curl}
@cindex @code{tension}
@cindex @code{controls}
This module fully extends the notion of guides and paths in @code{Asymptote}
to three dimensions. It introduces the new types guide3, path3, and surface.
Guides in three dimensions are specified with the same syntax as in two
dimensions except that triples @code{(x,y,z)} are used in place of pairs
@code{(x,y)} for the nodes and direction specifiers.  This
generalization of John Hobby's spline algorithm is shape-invariant under
three-dimensional rotation, scaling, and shifting, and reduces in the
planar case to the two-dimensional algorithm used in @code{Asymptote},
@code{MetaPost}, and @code{MetaFont} [cf.@ J. C. Bowman, Proceedings in
Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 7:1, 2010021-2010022 (2007)].

For example, a unit circle in the @math{XY} plane may be filled and
drawn like this:
@verbatiminclude unitcircle3.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{unitcircle3}
@noindent
and then distorted into a saddle:
@verbatiminclude saddle.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{saddle}
@noindent

Module @code{three} provides constructors for converting two-dimensional
paths to three-dimensional ones, and vice-versa: 
@cindex @code{path3}
@cindex @code{path}
@verbatim
path3 path3(path p, triple plane(pair)=XYplane);
path path(path3 p, pair P(triple)=xypart);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{surface}
A Bezier surface, the natural two-dimensional generalization of Bezier
curves, is defined in @code{three_surface.asy} as a structure
containing an array of Bezier patches. Surfaces may drawn with one of
the routines
@verbatim
void draw(picture pic=currentpicture, surface s, int nu=1, int nv=1,
          material surfacepen=currentpen, pen meshpen=nullpen,
          light light=currentlight, light meshlight=light);
void draw(picture pic=currentpicture, surface s, int nu=1, int nv=1,
          material[] surfacepen, pen meshpen,
          light light=currentlight, light meshlight=light);
void draw(picture pic=currentpicture, surface s, int nu=1, int nv=1,
          material[] surfacepen, pen[] meshpen=nullpens,
          light light=currentlight, light meshlight=light);
@end verbatim
The parameters @code{nu} and @code{nv} specify the number of subdivisions
for drawing optional mesh lines for each Bezier patch.
Here material is a structure defined in @code{three_light.asy}:
@verbatim
struct material {
  pen[] p; // diffusepen,ambientpen,emissivepen,specularpen
  real opacity;
  real shininess;  
  real granularity;
...
}
@end verbatim
@noindent
These material properties are used to implement @code{OpenGL}-style lighting,
based on the Phong-Blinn specular model. Sample Bezier surfaces are
contained in the example files @code{BezierSurface.asy}, @code{teapot.asy},
and @code{parametricsurface.asy}. 

@cindex patch-dependent colors
@cindex vertex-dependent colors
The examples
@code{elevation.asy} and @code{sphericalharmonic.asy} 
illustrate how to draw a surface with patch-dependent colors.
The examples @code{vertexshading} and @code{smoothelevation} illustrate
vertex-dependent colors, which is supported for both
@code{Asymptote}'s native @code{OpenGL} renderer and two-dimensional
projections. Since the @acronym{PRC} output format does not currently support
vertex shading of Bezier surfaces, @acronym{PRC} patches are shaded
with the mean of the four vertex colors.

@cindex @code{surface}
@cindex @code{planar}
A surface can be constructed from a cyclic @code{path3} with the constructor
@verbatim
surface surface(path3 external, triple[] internal=new triple[],
                triple[] normals=new triple[], pen[] colors=new pen[],
                bool3 planar=default);
@end verbatim
@noindent
and then filled:
@verbatim
draw(surface(path3(polygon(5))),red,nolight);
draw(surface(unitcircle3),red,nolight);
draw(surface(unitcircle3,new pen[] {red,green,blue,black}),nolight);
@end verbatim
@noindent
The last example constructs a patch with vertex-specific colors.
A three-dimensional planar surface in the plane @code{plane} can be
constructed from a two-dimensional cyclic path @code{g} with the constructor
@cindex @code{surface}
@verbatim
surface surface(path p, triple plane(pair)=XYplane);
@end verbatim
@noindent
and then filled:
@verbatim
draw(surface((0,0)--E+2N--2E--E+N..0.2E..cycle),red);
@end verbatim
@noindent
@cindex @code{bezulate}
Planar Bezier surfaces patches are constructed using Orest Shardt's
@code{bezulate} routine, which decomposes (possibly nonsimply
connected) regions bounded by nonselfintersecting cyclic paths
(according to the @code{zerowinding} fill rule) into subregions
bounded by cyclic paths of length @code{4} or less.

@cindex @code{thin}
@cindex @code{thick}
@cindex @code{tube}
Arbitrary thick three-dimensional curves and line caps (which the
@code{OpenGL} standard does not require implementations to provide) are
constructed with the routine 
@verbatim
surface tube(path3 g, real width);
@end verbatim
@noindent
which returns a tube of diameter @code{width} centered on @code{g}.
This can make files slow to render,
especially with the @code{Adobe Reader} renderer. The setting
@code{thick=false} can be used to disable this feature and force all
lines to be drawn with @code{linewidth(0)} (one pixel wide, regardless
of the resolution). By default mesh and contour lines in three-dimensions
are always drawn thin, unless an explicit line width is given in the pen
parameter or the setting @code{thin} is set to @code{false}. The pens
@code{thin()} and @code{thick()} defined in plain_pens.asy can also be used
to override these defaults for specific draw commands. 

@noindent
There are four choices for viewing 3D @code{Asymptote} output: 
@enumerate
@cindex @code{OpenGL}
@cindex @code{render}
@cindex @code{outformat}
@cindex @code{multisample}
@item Use the native @code{Asymptote} adaptive @code{OpenGL}-based
renderer (with the command-line option @code{-V} and the default settings
@code{outformat=""} and @code{render=-1}). If you encounter warnings
from your graphics card driver, try specifying @code{-glOptions=-indirect}
on the command line. On @code{UNIX} systems with graphics support for
multisampling, we recommend installing the latest SVN (antialiased)
version of the @code{freeglut} library
(@pxref{multisampling}); the sample width can be
controlled with the setting @code{multisample}. An initial screen
position can be specified with the pair setting @code{position}, where
negative values are interpreted as relative to the corresponding
maximum screen dimension. The default settings
@cindex mouse bindings
@verbatim
import settings;
leftbutton=new string[] {"rotate","zoom","shift","pan"};
middlebutton=new string[] {"menu"};
rightbutton=new string[] {"zoom/menu","rotateX","rotateY","rotateZ"};
wheelup=new string[] {"zoomin"};
wheeldown=new string[] {"zoomout"};
@end verbatim
bind the mouse buttons as follows:
@itemize
@item Left: rotate
@item Shift Left: zoom
@item Ctrl Left: shift viewport
@item Alt Left: pan
@item Middle: menu (must be unmodified; ignores Shift, Ctrl, and Alt)
@item Wheel Up: zoom in
@item Wheel Down: zoom out
@item Right: zoom/menu (must be unmodified)
@item Right double click: menu
@item Shift Right: rotate about the X axis
@item Ctrl Right: rotate about the Y axis
@item Alt Right: rotate about the Z axis
@end itemize

The keyboard shortcuts are:
@cindex keyboard bindings:
@itemize
@item h: home
@item f: toggle fitscreen
@item x: spin about the X axis
@item y: spin about the Y axis
@item z: spin about the Z axis
@item s: stop spinning
@item m: rendering mode (solid/mesh/patch)
@item e: export
@item c: show camera parameters
@item +: expand
@item =: expand
@item >: expand
@item -: shrink
@item _: shrink
@item <: shrink
@item q: exit
@item Ctrl-q: exit
@end itemize

@cindex @code{antialias}
@cindex @code{maxviewport}
@cindex @code{maxtile}
@cindex @code{glOptions}
@cindex @code{iconic}
@item Render the scene to a specified rasterized format @code{outformat}
at the resolution of @code{n} pixels per @code{bp}, as specified by the
setting @code{render=n}. A negative value of @code{n} is interpreted
as @code{|2n|} for @acronym{EPS} and @acronym{PDF} formats and
@code{|n|} for other formats. The default value of @code{render} is -1.
By default, the scene is internally rendered at twice the specified
resolution; this can be disabled by setting @code{antialias=1}.
High resolution rendering is done by tiling the image. If your
graphics card allows it, the rendering can be made more efficient by
increasing the maximum tile size @code{maxtile} beyond the screen
dimensions (indicated by @code{maxtile=(0,0)}. The tile size is also
limited by the setting @code{maxviewport}, which restricts the maximum
width and height of the viewport. On @code{UNIX} systems some graphics
drivers support batch mode (@code{-noV}) rendering in an
iconified window; this can be enabled with the setting @code{iconify=true}.
Some (broken) @code{UNIX} graphics drivers may require the command line setting
@code{-glOptions=-indirect}, which requests (slower) indirect rendering.

@cindex @code{prc}
@cindex @code{views}
@item Embed the 3D @acronym{PRC} format in a @acronym{PDF} file
and view the resulting @acronym{PDF} file with
version @code{8.0} or later of @code{Adobe Reader}. 
In addition to the default @code{settings.prc=true}, this requires
@code{settings.outformat="pdf"}, which can be specified by the command
line option @code{-f pdf}, put in the @code{Asymptote} configuration
file (@pxref{configuration file}), or specified in the script before
@code{three.asy} (or @code{graph3.asy}) is imported. 
Version 2008/10/08 or later of the @code{movie15} package is also
required (@pxref{embed}). The example @code{pdb.asy} illustrates
how one can generate a list of predefined views (see @code{100d.views}).
A stationary preview image with a resolution of @code{n} pixels per
@code{bp} can be embedded with the setting @code{render=n}; this allows
the file to be viewed with other @code{PDF} viewers. Alternatively, the
file @code{externalprc.tex} illustrates how the resulting @acronym{PRC} and
rendered image files can be extracted and processed in a separate
@code{LaTeX} file. However, see @ref{LaTeX usage} for an easier way
to embed three-dimensional @code{Asymptote} pictures within @code{LaTeX}.
The open-source @acronym{PRC} specification is available from
@url{http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9/Acrobat9_HTMLHelp/API_References/PRCReference/PRC_Format_Specification/}.

@item Project the scene to a two-dimensional vector (@acronym{EPS} or
@acronym{PDF}) format with @code{render=0}. Only limited hidden surface
removal facilities are currently available with this approach
(@pxref{PostScript3D}).

@end enumerate

@cindex @code{double deferred drawing}
Automatic picture sizing in three dimensions is accomplished with double
deferred drawing. The maximal desired dimensions of the scene in each of
the three dimensions can optionally be specified with the routine
@cindex @code{size3}
@verbatim
void size3(picture pic=currentpicture, real x, real y=x, real z=y,
          bool keepAspect=pic.keepAspect);
@end verbatim
@noindent
@cindex margins
@cindex @code{viewportmargin}
@cindex @code{viewportsize}
The resulting simplex linear programming problem is then solved to
produce a 3D version of a frame (actually implemented as a 3D picture). 
The result is then fit with another application of deferred drawing
to the viewport dimensions corresponding to the usual two-dimensional
picture @code{size} parameters. The global pair @code{viewportmargin}
may be used to add horizontal and vertical margins to the viewport
dimensions. Alternatively, a minimum @code{viewportsize} may be specified.

@cindex @code{O}
@cindex @code{X}
@cindex @code{Y}
@cindex @code{Z}
@cindex @code{unitcircle}
For convenience, the @code{three} module defines @code{O=(0,0,0)},
@code{X=(1,0,0)}, @code{Y=(0,1,0)}, and @code{Z=(0,0,1)}, along with a
unitcircle in the XY plane:
@verbatim
path3 unitcircle3=X..Y..-X..-Y..cycle;
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{circle}
A general (approximate) circle can be drawn perpendicular to the direction
@code{normal} with the routine
@verbatim
path3 circle(triple c, real r, triple normal=Z);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{arc}
A circular arc centered at @code{c} with radius @code{r} from
@code{c+r*dir(theta1,phi1)} to @code{c+r*dir(theta2,phi2)},
drawing counterclockwise relative to the normal vector
@code{cross(dir(theta1,phi1),dir(theta2,phi2))} if @code{theta2 > theta1}
or if @code{theta2 == theta1} and @code{phi2 >= phi1}, can be constructed with
@verbatim
path3 arc(triple c, real r, real theta1, real phi1, real theta2, real phi2,
          triple normal=O);
@end verbatim
The normal must be explicitly specified if @code{c} and the endpoints
are colinear. If @code{r} < 0, the complementary arc of radius
@code{|r|} is constructed.
For convenience, an arc centered at @code{c} from triple @code{v1} to
@code{v2} (assuming @code{|v2-c|=|v1-c|}) in the direction CCW
(counter-clockwise) or CW (clockwise) may also be constructed with
@verbatim
path3 arc(triple c, triple v1, triple v2, triple normal=O,
          bool direction=CCW);
@end verbatim
@noindent
When high accuracy is needed, the routines @code{Circle} and
@code{Arc} defined in @code{graph3} may be used instead.
See @ref{GaussianSurface} for an example of a three-dimensional circular arc.

@cindex @code{plane}
The representation @code{O--O+u--O+u+v--O+v--cycle}
of the plane passing through point @code{O} with normal
@code{cross(u,v)} is returned by
@verbatim
path3 plane(triple u, triple v, triple O=O);
@end verbatim
A three-dimensional box with opposite vertices at triples @code{v1}
and @code{v2} may be drawn with the function
@cindex @code{box}
@verbatim
path3[] box(triple v1, triple v2);
@end verbatim
@noindent
For example, a unit box is predefined as
@cindex @code{box}
@cindex @code{unitbox}
@verbatim
path3[] unitbox=box(O,(1,1,1));
@end verbatim
@code{Asymptote} also provides optimized definitions for the
three-dimensional paths @code{unitsquare3} and @code{unitcircle3},
along with the surfaces @code{unitdisk}, @code{unitplane}, @code{unitcube},
@code{unitcylinder}, @code{unitcone}, @code{unitsolidcone},
@code{unitfrustum(real t1, real t2)}, @code{unitsphere}, and 
@code{unithemisphere}.

@noindent
These projections to two dimensions are predefined:
@table @code
@item oblique
@item oblique(real angle)
@cindex @code{oblique}
@cindex @code{obliqueZ}
The point @code{(x,y,z)} is projected to @code{(x-0.5z,y-0.5z)}.
If an optional real argument is given, the
negative @math{z} axis is drawn at this angle in degrees.
The projection @code{obliqueZ} is a synonym for @code{oblique}.

@item obliqueX
@item obliqueX(real angle)
@cindex @code{obliqueX}
The point @code{(x,y,z)} is projected to @code{(y-0.5x,z-0.5x)}.
If an optional real argument is given, the
negative @math{x} axis is drawn at this angle in degrees.

@item obliqueY
@item obliqueY(real angle)
@cindex @code{obliqueY}
The point @code{(x,y,z)} is projected to @code{(x+0.5y,z+0.5y)}.
If an optional real argument is given, the
positive @math{y} axis is drawn at this angle in degrees.

@cindex @code{orthographic}
@cindex @code{up}
@cindex @code{target}
@cindex @code{showtarget}
@cindex @code{center}
@item orthographic(triple camera, triple up=Z, triple target=O, @*@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real zoom=1, pair viewportshift=0, bool showtarget=true, @*@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bool center=false)
This projects from three to two dimensions using the view as seen at a point
infinitely far away in the direction @code{unit(camera)}, orienting the camera
so that, if possible, the vector @code{up} points upwards. Parallel
lines are projected to parallel lines. The bounding volume is expanded
to include @code{target} if @code{showtarget=true}.
If @code{center=true}, the target will be adjusted to the center of the 
bounding volume. 

@item orthographic(real x, real y, real z, triple up=Z, triple target=O, @*@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real zoom=1, pair viewportshift=0, bool showtarget=true, @*@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bool center=false)
This is equivalent to 
@verbatim 
orthographic((x,y,z),up,target,zoom,viewportshift,showtarget,center)
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{autoadjust}
@item perspective(triple camera, triple up=Z, triple target=O, @*@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real zoom=1, real angle=0, pair viewportshift=0, @*@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bool showtarget=true, bool autoadjust=true, @*@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bool center=autoadjust)
@cindex @code{perspective}
@cindex @code{NURBS}
This projects from three to two dimensions, taking account of
perspective, as seen from the location @code{camera} looking at @code{target},
orienting the camera so that, if possible, the vector @code{up} points upwards.
If @code{render=0}, projection of three-dimensional cubic Bezier splines
is implemented by approximating a two-dimensional nonuniform rational B-spline
(@acronym{NURBS}) with a two-dimensional Bezier curve containing
additional nodes and control points. If @code{autoadjust=true},
the camera will automatically be adjusted to lie outside the bounding volume
for all possible interactive rotations about @code{target}.
If @code{center=true}, the target will be adjusted to the center of the 
bounding volume. 

@item perspective(real x, real y, real z, triple up=Z, triple target=O, @*@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real zoom=1, real angle=0, pair viewportshift=0, @*@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bool showtarget=true, bool autoadjust=true, @*@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bool center=autoadjust)
This is equivalent to 
@verbatim 
perspective((x,y,z),up,target,zoom,angle,viewportshift,showtarget,
            autoadjust,center)
@end verbatim
@end table

@cindex @code{currentprojection}
@noindent
The default projection, @code{currentprojection}, is initially set to
@code{perspective(5,4,2)}.

@cindex @code{LeftView}
@cindex @code{RightView}
@cindex @code{FrontView}
@cindex @code{BackView}
@cindex @code{BottomView}
@cindex @code{TopView}
We also define standard orthographic views used in technical drawing:
@verbatim
projection LeftView=orthographic(-X,showtarget=true);
projection RightView=orthographic(X,showtarget=true);
projection FrontView=orthographic(-Y,showtarget=true);
projection BackView=orthographic(Y,showtarget=true);
projection BottomView=orthographic(-Z,showtarget=true);
projection TopView=orthographic(Z,showtarget=true);
@end verbatim
@noindent
The function
@verbatim
void addViews(picture dest=currentpicture, picture src, bool group=true,
              filltype filltype=NoFill);
@end verbatim
@noindent
adds picture @code{pic} as seen with @code{FrontView} aligned above the
projection @code{TopView} and to the right of the projection @code{RightView}. 
Alternatively, the function
@verbatim
void addAllViews(picture dest=currentpicture, picture src,
                 real xmargin=0, real ymargin=xmargin,
                 bool group=true, filltype filltype=NoFill);
@end verbatim
@noindent
may be used to exhibit all six standard views, with FrontView,
TopView, RightView in the upper row and BackView, BottomView, LeftView
in the lower row.

A triple or path3 can be projected to a pair or path,
with @code{project(triple, projection P=currentprojection)} or
@code{project(path3, projection P=currentprojection)}.

It is occasionally useful to be able to invert a projection, sending
a pair @code{z} onto the plane perpendicular to @code{normal} and passing
through @code{point}: 
@cindex @code{invert}
@verbatim
triple invert(pair z, triple normal, triple point,
              projection P=currentprojection);
@end verbatim
@noindent
A pair @code{z} on the projection plane can be inverted to a triple
with the routine 
@verbatim
triple invert(pair z, projection P=currentprojection);
@end verbatim
@noindent
A pair direction @code{dir} on the projection plane can be inverted to
a triple direction relative to a point @code{v} with the routine
@verbatim
triple invert(pair dir, triple v, projection P=currentprojection).
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{transform3}
Three-dimensional objects may be transformed with one of the following
built-in transform3 types:

@table @code
@item shift(triple v)
@cindex @code{shift}
translates by the triple @code{v};
@item xscale3(real x)
@cindex @code{xscale3}
scales by @code{x} in the @math{x} direction;
@item yscale3(real y)
@cindex @code{yscale3}
scales by @code{y} in the @math{y} direction;
@item zscale3(real z)
@cindex @code{zscale3}
scales by @code{z} in the @math{z} direction;
@item scale3(real s)
@cindex @code{scale3}
scales by @code{s} in the @math{x}, @math{y}, and @math{z} directions;
@item scale(real x, real y, real z)
@cindex @code{scale}
scales by @code{x} in the @math{x} direction, 
by @code{y} in the @math{y} direction, and by @code{z} in the @math{z}
direction;
@item rotate(real angle, triple v)
rotates by @code{angle} in degrees about an axis @code{v} through the origin;
@item rotate(real angle, triple u, triple v)
rotates by @code{angle} in degrees about the axis @code{u--v};
@item reflect(triple u, triple v, triple w)
reflects about the plane through @code{u}, @code{v}, and @code{w}.
@end table

@cindex @code{transform}
Three-dimensional @TeX{} Labels, which are by default drawn as
Bezier surfaces directly on the projection plane, can be transformed
from the @code{XY} plane by any of the above transforms or mapped to a
specified two-dimensional plane with the transform3 types @code{XY},
@code{YZ}, @code{ZX}, @code{YX}, @code{ZY}, @code{ZX}. There are also
modified versions of these transforms that take an optional argument
@code{projection P=currentprojection} that rotate and/or flip the
label so that it is more readable from the initial viewpoint.

@cindex @code{planeproject}
A transform3 that projects in the direction @code{dir} onto the plane
with normal @code{n} through point @code{O} is returned by
@verbatim
transform3 planeproject(triple n, triple O=O, triple dir=n);
@end verbatim
@noindent
One can use
@cindex @code{normal}
@verbatim
triple normal(path3 p);
@end verbatim
@noindent
to find the unit normal vector to a planar three-dimensional path @code{p}.
As illustrated in the example @code{planeproject.asy}, a transform3
that projects in the direction @code{dir} onto the plane defined by a
planar path @code{p} is returned by
@verbatim
transform3 planeproject(path3 p, triple dir=normal(p));
@end verbatim

The functions
@cindex @code{extrude}
@verbatim
surface extrude(path p, triple axis=Z);
surface extrude(Label L, triple axis=Z);
@end verbatim
@noindent
return the surface obtained by extruding path @code{p} or 
Label @code{L} along @code{axis}.

@cindex @code{length}
@cindex @code{size}
@cindex @code{point}
@cindex @code{dir}
@cindex @code{accel}
@cindex @code{radius}
@cindex @code{precontrol}
@cindex @code{postcontrol}
@cindex @code{arclength}
@cindex @code{arctime}
@cindex @code{reverse}
@cindex @code{subpath}
@cindex @code{intersect}
@cindex @code{intersections}
@cindex @code{intersectionpoint}
@cindex @code{intersectionpoints}
@cindex @code{min}
@cindex @code{max}
@cindex @code{cyclic}
@cindex @code{straight}
Three-dimensional versions of the path functions @code{length},
@code{size}, @code{point}, @code{dir}, @code{accel}, @code{radius},
@code{precontrol}, @code{postcontrol},
@code{arclength}, @code{arctime}, @code{reverse}, @code{subpath},
@code{intersect}, @code{intersections}, @code{intersectionpoint},
@code{intersectionpoints}, @code{min}, @code{max}, @code{cyclic}, and
@code{straight} are also defined. 

The routine
@cindex @code{intersections}
@verbatim
real[][] intersections(path3 p, surface s, real fuzz=-1);
@end verbatim
@noindent
returns the intersection times of a path @code{p} with a surface
@code{s} as a sorted array of real arrays of length 2, and
@cindex @code{intersectionpoints}
@verbatim
triple[] intersectionpoints(path3 p, surface s, real fuzz=-1);
@end verbatim
@noindent
returns the corresponding intersection points.
Here, the computations are performed to the absolute error specified by
@code{fuzz}, or if @code{fuzz < 0}, to machine precision.

Here is an example showing all five guide3 connectors:
@verbatiminclude join3.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{join3}

@cindex @code{BeginBar3}
@cindex @code{EndBar3}
@cindex @code{Bar3}
@cindex @code{Bars3}
@cindex @code{BeginArrow3}
@cindex @code{MidArrow3}
@cindex @code{EndArrow3}
@cindex @code{Arrow3}
@cindex @code{Arrows3}
@cindex @code{BeginArcArrow3}
@cindex @code{MidArcArrow3}
@cindex @code{EndArcArrow3}
@cindex @code{ArcArrow3}
@cindex @code{ArcArrows3}
@cindex @code{DefaultHead3}
@cindex @code{HookHead3}
@cindex @code{TeXHead3}
Three-dimensional versions of bars or arrows can be drawn with one of
the specifiers @code{None}, @code{Blank}, 
@code{BeginBar3}, @code{EndBar3} (or equivalently @code{Bar3}), @code{Bars3},
@code{BeginArrow3}, @code{MidArrow3},
@code{EndArrow3} (or equivalently @code{Arrow3}), @code{Arrows3},
@code{BeginArcArrow3}, @code{EndArcArrow3} (or equivalently
@code{ArcArrow3}), @code{MidArcArrow3}, and @code{ArcArrows3}.
Three-dimensional bars accept the optional arguments @code{(real size=0,
triple dir=O)}. If @code{size=O}, the default bar length is used; if
@code{dir=O}, the bar is drawn perpendicular to the path
and the initial viewing direction. The predefined three-dimensional
arrowhead styles are @code{DefaultHead3}, @code{HookHead3}, @code{TeXHead3}.
Versions of the two-dimensional arrowheads lifted to three-dimensional
space and aligned according to the initial viewpoint (or an optionally
specified @code{normal} vector) are also defined:
@code{DefaultHead2(triple normal=O)}, @code{HookHead2(triple normal=O)},
@code{TeXHead2(triple normal=O)}. These are illustrated in the example
@code{arrows3.asy}. 

@cindex @code{NoMargin3}
@cindex @code{BeginMargin3}
@cindex @code{EndMargin3}
@cindex @code{Margin3}
@cindex @code{Margins3}
@cindex @code{BeginPenMargin2}
@cindex @code{EndPenMargin2}
@cindex @code{PenMargin2}
@cindex @code{PenMargins2}
@cindex @code{BeginPenMargin3}
@cindex @code{EndPenMargin3}
@cindex @code{PenMargin3}
@cindex @code{PenMargins3}
@cindex @code{BeginDotMargin3}
@cindex @code{EndDotMargin3}
@cindex @code{DotMargin3}
@cindex @code{DotMargins3}
@cindex @code{Margin3}
@cindex @code{TrueMargin3}
Module @code{three} also defines the three-dimensional margins
@code{NoMargin3}, @code{BeginMargin3}, @code{EndMargin3},
@code{Margin3}, @code{Margins3},
@code{BeginPenMargin2}, @code{EndPenMargin2}, @code{PenMargin2},
@code{PenMargins2},
@code{BeginPenMargin3}, @code{EndPenMargin3}, @code{PenMargin3},
@code{PenMargins3},
@code{BeginDotMargin3}, @code{EndDotMargin3}, @code{DotMargin3},
@code{DotMargins3}, @code{Margin3}, and @code{TrueMargin3}.

Further three-dimensional examples are provided in the files
@code{near_earth.asy}, @code{conicurv.asy}, and (in the @code{animations}
subdirectory) @code{cube.asy}.

@anchor{PostScript3D}
Limited support for projected vector graphics (effectively three-dimensional
nonrendered @code{PostScript}) is available with the setting
@code{render=0}. This currently only works for piecewise planar
surfaces, such as those produced by the parametric @code{surface}
routines in the @code{graph3} module. Surfaces produced by the
@code{solids} package will also be properly rendered if the parameter
@code{nslices} is sufficiently large.

@cindex hidden surface removal
@cindex @code{face}
In the module @code{bsp}, hidden surface removal of planar pictures is
implemented using a binary space partition and picture clipping.
A planar path is first converted to a structure @code{face} derived from
@code{picture}. A @code{face} may be given to a two-dimensional drawing
routine in place of any @code{picture} argument.  An array of such faces
may then be drawn, removing hidden surfaces: 
@verbatim
void add(picture pic=currentpicture, face[] faces,
         projection P=currentprojection);
@end verbatim
Labels may be projected to two dimensions, using projection @code{P},
onto the plane passing through point @code{O} with normal
@code{cross(u,v)} by multiplying it on the left by the transform
@verbatim
transform transform(triple u, triple v, triple O=O,
                    projection P=currentprojection);
@end verbatim

Here is an example that shows how a binary space partition may be used to draw a
two-dimensional vector graphics projection of three orthogonal
intersecting planes:
@verbatiminclude planes.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{planes}

@node obj
@section @code{obj}
@cindex @code{obj}
This module allows one to construct surfaces from simple obj files,
as illustrated in the example files @code{galleon.asy} and
@code{triceratops.asy}.

@node graph3
@section @code{graph3}
@cindex @code{graph3}
@cindex 3D graphs
This module implements three-dimensional versions of the
functions in @code{graph.asy}.
@cindex @code{xaxis3}
@cindex @code{yaxis3}
@cindex @code{zaxis3}
@noindent
To draw an @math{x} axis in three dimensions, use the routine
@verbatim
void xaxis3(picture pic=currentpicture, Label L="", axis axis=YZZero,
            real xmin=-infinity, real xmax=infinity, pen p=currentpen,
            ticks3 ticks=NoTicks3, arrowbar3 arrow=None, bool above=false);
@end verbatim
@noindent
Analogous routines @code{yaxis} and @code{zaxis} can be used to draw
@math{y} and @math{z} axes in three dimensions.
There is also a routine for drawing all three axis:
@verbatim
void axes3(picture pic=currentpicture,
           Label xlabel="", Label ylabel="", Label zlabel="", 
           triple min=(-infinity,-infinity,-infinity),
           triple max=(infinity,infinity,infinity),
           pen p=currentpen, arrowbar3 arrow=None);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{YZEquals}
@cindex @code{XZEquals}
@cindex @code{XYEquals}
@cindex @code{YZZero}
@cindex @code{XZZero}
@cindex @code{XYZero}
@cindex @code{Bounds}
@noindent
The predefined three-dimensional axis types are
@verbatim
axis YZEquals(real y, real z, triple align=O, bool extend=false);
axis XZEquals(real x, real z, triple align=O, bool extend=false);
axis XYEquals(real x, real y, triple align=O, bool extend=false);
axis YZZero(triple align=O, bool extend=false);
axis XZZero(triple align=O, bool extend=false);
axis XYZero(triple align=O, bool extend=false);
axis Bounds(int type=Both, int type2=Both, triple align=O, bool extend=false);
@end verbatim
@noindent
The optional @code{align} parameter to these routines can be used to
specify the default axis and tick label alignments. The @code{Bounds}
axis accepts two type parameters, each of which must be one of
@code{Min}, @code{Max}, or @code{Both}. These parameters specify which
of the four possible three-dimensional bounding box edges should be drawn.

@cindex @code{NoTicks3}
@cindex @code{InTicks}
@cindex @code{OutTicks}
@cindex @code{InOutTicks}
The three-dimensional tick options are @code{NoTicks3}, @code{InTicks},
@code{OutTicks}, and @code{InOutTicks}. These specify the tick
directions for the @code{Bounds} axis type; other axis types inherit
the direction that would be used for the @code{Bounds(Min,Min)} axis.

Here is an example of a helix and bounding box axes with ticks
and axis labels, using orthographic projection:
@verbatiminclude helix.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{helix}

The next example illustrates three-dimensional @math{x}, @math{y}, and
@math{z} axes, without autoscaling of the axis limits:
@cindex @code{axis}
@verbatiminclude axis3.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{axis3}

One can also place ticks along a general three-dimensional axis:
@cindex @code{axis}
@verbatiminclude generalaxis3.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{generalaxis3}

@cindex @code{surface}
@cindex @code{Spline}
@cindex parametric surface
Surface plots of matrices and functions over the region
@code{box(a,b)} in the @math{XY} plane are also implemented: 
@verbatim
surface surface(real[][] f, pair a, pair b, bool[][] cond={});
surface surface(real[][] f, pair a, pair b, splinetype xsplinetype,
                splinetype ysplinetype=xsplinetype, bool[][] cond={});
surface surface(real[][] f, real[] x, real[] y,
                splinetype xsplinetype=null, splinetype ysplinetype=xsplinetype,
                bool[][] cond={})
surface surface(triple[][] f, bool[][] cond={});
surface surface(real f(pair z), pair a, pair b, int nx=nmesh, int ny=nx,
                bool cond(pair z)=null);
surface surface(real f(pair z), pair a, pair b, int nx=nmesh, int ny=nx,
                splinetype xsplinetype, splinetype ysplinetype=xsplinetype,
                bool cond(pair z)=null);
surface surface(triple f(pair z), pair a, pair b, int nu=nmesh, int nv=nu,
                bool cond(pair z)=null);
surface surface(triple f(pair z), pair a, pair b, int nu=nmesh, int nv=nu,
                splinetype[] usplinetype, splinetype[] vsplinetype=Spline,
                bool cond(pair z)=null);
@end verbatim
@noindent
The final two versions draw parametric surfaces for a function
@math{f(u,v)} over the parameter space @code{box(a,b)},
as illustrated in the example @code{parametricsurface.asy}.
An optional splinetype @code{Spline} may be specified.
The boolean array or function @code{cond} can be used to control which
surface mesh cells are actually drawn (by default all mesh cells over
@code{box(a,b)} are drawn).
Surface lighting is illustrated in the example files
@code{parametricsurface.asy} and @code{sinc.asy}.
Lighting can be disabled by setting @code{light=nolight}, as in this example
of a Gaussian surface:
@anchor{GaussianSurface}
@verbatiminclude GaussianSurface.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{GaussianSurface}
@noindent
A mesh can be drawn without surface filling by specifying @code{nullpen}
for the surfacepen.

A vector field of @code{nu}@math{\times}@code{nv} arrows on a
parametric surface @code{f} over @code{box(a,b)} can be drawn with the routine
@cindex @code{vectorfield3}
@verbatim
picture vectorfield(path3 vector(pair v), triple f(pair z), pair a, pair b,
                    int nu=nmesh, int nv=nu, bool truesize=false,
                    real maxlength=truesize ? 0 : maxlength(f,a,b,nu,nv),
                    bool cond(pair z)=null, pen p=currentpen,
                    arrowbar3 arrow=Arrow3, margin3 margin=PenMargin3)
@end verbatim
as illustrated in the examples @code{vectorfield3.asy} and
@code{vectorfieldsphere.asy}.

@node grid3
@section @code{grid3}
@cindex @code{grid3}
@cindex 3D grids

This module, contributed by Philippe Ivaldi, can be used for drawing
3D grids. Here is an example (further examples can be found in
@code{grid3.asy} and at @url{http://piprim.tuxfamily.org/asymptote/grid3/}):  
@verbatiminclude grid3xyz.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{grid3xyz}

@node solids
@section @code{solids}
@cindex @code{solids}
This solid geometry package defines a structure @code{revolution} that
can be used to fill and draw surfaces of revolution. The following example
uses it to display the outline of a circular cylinder of radius 1
with axis @code{O--1.5unit(Y+Z)} with perspective projection:
@verbatiminclude cylinderskeleton.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{cylinderskeleton}

Further illustrations are provided in the example files @code{cylinder.asy},
@code{cones.asy}, @code{hyperboloid.asy}, and @code{torus.asy}.

The structure @code{skeleton} contains the three-dimensional wireframe
used to visualize a volume of revolution:
@verbatim
struct skeleton {
  struct curve {
    path3[] front;
    path3[] back;
  }
  // transverse skeleton (perpendicular to axis of revolution)
  curve transverse;
  // longitudinal skeleton (parallel to axis of revolution)
  curve longitudinal;
}
@end verbatim

@node tube
@section @code{tube}
@cindex @code{tube}
This package extends the routine @code{tube} defined in @code{three_arrows.asy}
to arbitrary cross sections, colors, and spine transformations.
The routine
@verbatim
surface tube(path3 g, coloredpath section,
             transform T(real)=new transform(real t) {return identity();},
             real corner=1, real relstep=0);
@end verbatim
@noindent
draws a tube along @code{g} with cross section @code{section}, after
applying the transformation @code{T(t)} at @code{relpoint(g,t)}.
The parameter @code{corner} controls the number of elementary tubes at
the angular points of @code{g}. A nonzero value of @code{relstep}
specifies a fixed relative time step (in the sense of
@code{relpoint(g,t)}) to use in constructing elementary tubes along @code{g}. 
The type @code{coloredpath} is a generalization of @code{path} to
which a @code{path} can be cast:
@cindex @code{coloredpath}
@verbatim
struct coloredpath
{
  path p;
  pen[] pens(real);
  int colortype=coloredSegments;
}
@end verbatim
@noindent
@cindex @code{coloredSegments}
@cindex @code{coloredNodes}
Here @code{p} defines the cross section and
the method @code{pens(real t)} returns an array of pens (interpreted
as a cyclic array) used for shading the tube patches at
@code{relpoint(g,t)}. If @code{colortype=coloredSegments}, the tube patches
are filled as if each segment of the section was colored with the pen
returned by @code{pens(t)}, whereas if @code{colortype=coloredNodes}, the
tube components are vertex shaded as if the nodes of the section were colored.

A @code{coloredpath} can be constructed with one of the routines:
@verbatim
coloredpath coloredpath(path p, pen[] pens(real),
                        int colortype=coloredSegments);
coloredpath coloredpath(path p, pen[] pens=new pen[] {currentpen},
                        int colortype=coloredSegments);
coloredpath coloredpath(path p, pen pen(real));
@end verbatim
@noindent
In the second case, the pens are independent of the relative time.
In the third case, the array of pens contains only one pen, which
depends of the relative time.

The casting of @code{path} to @code{coloredpath} allows the
use of a @code{path} instead of a @code{coloredpath}; in this case the
shading behaviour is the default shading behavior for a surface.

An example of @code{tube} is provided in the file
@code{trefoilknot.asy}. Further examples can be found at
@url{http://piprim.tuxfamily.org/asymptote/tube/}.

@node flowchart
@section @code{flowchart}
@cindex @code{flowchart}
This package provides routines for drawing flowcharts. The primary
structure is a @code{block}, which represents a single block on the
flowchart. The following eight functions return a position on the appropriate
edge of the block, given picture transform @code{t}:

@verbatim
pair block.top(transform t=identity());
pair block.left(transform t=identity());
pair block.right(transform t=identity());
pair block.bottom(transform t=identity());
pair block.topleft(transform t=identity());
pair block.topright(transform t=identity());
pair block.bottomleft(transform t=identity());
pair block.bottomright(transform t=identity());
@end verbatim
@cindex @code{block.top}
@cindex @code{block.left}
@cindex @code{block.right}
@cindex @code{block.bottom}
@cindex @code{block.topleft}
@cindex @code{block.topright}
@cindex @code{block.bottomleft}
@cindex @code{block.bottomright}

@noindent
To obtain an arbitrary position along the boundary of the block in user
coordinates, use:
@verbatim
pair block.position(real x, transform t=identity());
@end verbatim
@cindex @code{block.position}

@noindent
@cindex @code{block.center}
The center of the block in user coordinates is stored in
@code{block.center} and the block size in @code{PostScript} coordinates
is given by @code{block.size}.

@noindent
A frame containing the block is returned by
@verbatim
frame block.draw(pen p=currentpen);
@end verbatim 
@cindex @code{block.draw}

The following block generation routines accept a Label, string, or
frame for their object argument:

@table @dfn
@item rectangular block with an optional header (and padding @code{dx} around header and body): 
@cindex @code{rectangle}
@verbatim
block rectangle(object header, object body, pair center=(0,0),
                pen headerpen=mediumgray, pen bodypen=invisible,
                pen drawpen=currentpen,
                real dx=3, real minheaderwidth=minblockwidth,
                real minheaderheight=minblockwidth,
                real minbodywidth=minblockheight,
                real minbodyheight=minblockheight);
block rectangle(object body, pair center=(0,0),
                pen fillpen=invisible, pen drawpen=currentpen,
                real dx=3, real minwidth=minblockwidth,
                real minheight=minblockheight);
@end verbatim

@item diamond-shaped flowchart block:
@cindex @code{diamond}
@verbatim
block diamond(object body, pair center=(0,0),
              pen fillpen=invisible, pen drawpen=currentpen,
              real ds=5, real dw=1,
              real height=20, real minwidth=minblockwidth,
              real minheight=minblockheight);
@end verbatim

@item circular flowchart block:
@cindex @code{circle}
@verbatim
block circle(object body, pair center=(0,0), pen fillpen=invisible,
             pen drawpen=currentpen, real dr=3,
             real mindiameter=mincirclediameter);
@end verbatim

@item rectangular flowchart block with rounded corners:
@cindex @code{roundrectangle}
@verbatim
block roundrectangle(object body, pair center=(0,0),
                     pen fillpen=invisible, pen drawpen=currentpen,
                     real ds=5, real dw=0, real minwidth=minblockwidth,
                     real minheight=minblockheight);
@end verbatim

@item rectangular flowchart block with beveled edges:
@cindex @code{bevel}
@verbatim
block bevel(object body, pair center=(0,0), pen fillpen=invisible,
            pen drawpen=currentpen, real dh=5, real dw=5,
            real minwidth=minblockwidth, real minheight=minblockheight);
@end verbatim 

@end table

To draw paths joining the pairs in @code{point} with right-angled lines,
use the routine:
@cindex @code{path}
@cindex @code{Horizontal}
@cindex @code{Vertical}
@verbatim
path path(pair point[] ... flowdir dir[]);
@end verbatim
@noindent
The entries in @code{dir} identify whether successive
segments between the pairs specified by @code{point} should be drawn
in the @code{Horizontal} or @code{Vertical} direction.

Here is a simple flowchart example:

@verbatiminclude flowchartdemo.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{flowchartdemo}

@node contour
@section @code{contour}
@cindex @code{contour}
This package draws contour lines.
To construct contours corresponding to the values in an array @code{c}
for a function @code{f} on @code{box(a,b)}, use
@verbatim
guide[][] contour(real f(real, real), pair a, pair b,
                  real[] c, int nx=ngraph, int ny=nx,
                  interpolate join=operator --);
@end verbatim
@noindent
The integers @code{nx} and @code{ny} define the resolution.
The default resolution, @code{ngraph x ngraph} (here @code{ngraph}
defaults to @code{100}), can be increased for greater accuracy. The
default interpolation operator is @code{operator --} (linear). Spline
interpolation (@code{operator ..}) may produce smoother
contours but it can also lead to overshooting.

To construct contours for an array of data values on a uniform
two-dimensional lattice on @code{box(a,b)}, use
@verbatim
guide[][] contour(real[][] f, real[][] midpoint=new real[][],
                  pair a, pair b, real[] c,
                  interpolate join=operator --);
@end verbatim

To construct contours for an array of data values on a nonoverlapping
regular mesh specified by the two-dimensional array @code{z}, optionally
specifying the values of @code{f} at the mesh midpoints, use
@verbatim
guide[][] contour(pair[][] z, real[][] f,
                  real[][] midpoint=new real[][], real[] c,
                  interpolate join=operator --);

@end verbatim
@noindent
To construct contours for an array of values @code{f} specified at
irregularly positioned points @code{z}, use the routine
@verbatim
guide[][] contour(pair[] z, real[] f, real[] c,
                  interpolate join=operator --);
@end verbatim 
@noindent
The contours themselves can be drawn with one of the routines
@verbatim
void draw(picture pic=currentpicture, Label[] L=new Label[],
          guide[][] g, pen p=currentpen)

void draw(picture pic=currentpicture, Label[] L=new Label[],
          guide[][] g, pen[] p)
@end verbatim

The following simple example draws the contour at value @code{1}
for the function @math{z=x^2+y^2}, which is a unit circle:
@verbatiminclude onecontour.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{onecontour}

The next example draws and labels multiple contours for the function
@math{z=x^2-y^2} with the resolution @code{100 x 100}, using a dashed
pen for negative contours and a solid pen for positive (and zero) contours:
@verbatiminclude multicontour.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{multicontour}

The next example illustrates how contour lines can be drawn on color
density images:
@verbatiminclude imagecontour.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{imagecontour}

Finally, here is an example that illustrates the construction of contours
from irregularly spaced data:
@verbatiminclude irregularcontour.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{irregularcontour}

In the above example, the contours of irregularly spaced data are constructed by
first creating a triangular mesh from an array @code{z} of pairs:

@cindex @code{triangulate}
@verbatim
int[][] triangulate(pair[] z);
@end verbatim

@verbatiminclude triangulate.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{triangulate}

The example @code{Gouraudcontour} illustrates how to produce color
density images over such irregular triangular meshes.
@code{Asymptote} uses a robust version of Paul Bourke's Delaunay triangulation
algorithm based on the public-domain exact arithmetic predicates written by
Jonathan Shewchuk.

@node contour3
@section @code{contour3}
@cindex @code{contour3}
This package draws surfaces described as the null space of real-valued
functions of @math{(x,y,z)} or real[][][] matrices.
Its usage is illustrated in the example file @code{magnetic.asy}.

@node slopefield
@section @code{slopefield}
@cindex @code{slopefield}
To draw a slope field for the differential equation @math{dy/dx=f(x,y)} (or
@math{dy/dx=f(x)}), use:
@verbatim
picture slopefield(real f(real,real), pair a, pair b,
                   int nx=nmesh, int ny=nx, 
                   real tickfactor=0.5, pen p=currentpen,
                   arrowbar arrow=None);
@end verbatim
@noindent
Here, the points @code{a} and @code{b} are the lower left and upper
right corners of the rectangle in which the slope field is to be drawn,
@code{nx} and @code{ny} are the respective number of ticks in the
@math{x} and @math{y} directions, @code{tickfactor} is the fraction of
the minimum cell dimension to use for drawing ticks, and @code{p} is
the pen to use for drawing the slope fields.
The return value is a picture that can be added to
@code{currentpicture} via the @code{add(picture)} command.

The function
@cindex @code{curve}
@verbatim
path curve(pair c, real f(real,real), pair a, pair b);
@end verbatim
@noindent
takes a point (@code{c}) and a slope field-defining function @code{f}
and returns, as a path, the curve passing through that point. The points
@code{a} and @code{b} represent the rectangular boundaries over which
the curve is interpolated. 

Both @code{slopefield} and @code{curve} alternatively accept a function
@code{real f(real)} that depends on @math{x} only, as seen in this example:

@verbatiminclude slopefield1.asy
@sp 1
@center @image{slopefield1}

@node ode
@section @code{ode}
@cindex @code{ode}
The @code{ode} module, illustrated in the example @code{odetest.asy},
implements a number of explicit numerical integration schemes for
ordinary differential equations.

@node Options
@chapter Options
@cindex options
@cindex command-line options
Type @code{asy -h} to see the full list of command-line options
supported by @code{Asymptote}:
@verbatiminclude options

All boolean options can be negated by prepending @code{no} to the option name.

If no arguments are given, @code{Asymptote} runs in interactive mode
(@pxref{Interactive mode}). In this case, the default output file
is @code{out.eps}.

If @code{-} is given as the file argument, @code{Asymptote} reads from
standard input.

If multiple files are specified, they are treated as separate
@code{Asymptote} runs.

@cindex @code{autoimport}
If the string @code{autoimport} is nonempty, a module with this name is
automatically imported for each run as the final step in loading module
@code{plain}.

@anchor{configuration file}
@cindex @code{ASYMPTOTE_CONFIG}
@cindex @code{config}
@cindex @code{settings}
@anchor{settings}
Default option values may be entered as @code{Asymptote} code in a
configuration file named @code{config.asy} (or the file specified by
the environment variable @code{ASYMPTOTE_CONFIG} or @code{-config} option).
@code{Asymptote} will look for this file in its usual search path.
Typically the configuration file is placed in the
@code{.asy} directory in the user's home directory
(@code{%USERPROFILE%\.asy} under @code{MSDOS}).
Configuration variables are accessed using the long form of the option names:
@verbatim
import settings;
outformat="pdf";
batchView=false;
interactiveView=true;
batchMask=false;
interactiveMask=true;
@end verbatim
Command-line options override these defaults. Most configuration
variables may also be changed at runtime. 
@cindex @code{dvipsOptions}
@cindex @code{convertOptions}
@cindex @code{gsOptions}
@cindex @code{psviewerOptions}
@cindex @code{pdfviewerOptions}
@cindex @code{glOptions}
The advanced configuration variables @code{dvipsOptions}, @code{convertOptions},
@code{gsOptions}, @code{psviewerOptions}, @code{pdfviewerOptions}, and 
@code{glOptions} allow specialized options to be passed as a string to
the respective applications or libraries.

If you insert
@verbatim
import plain;
settings.autoplain=true;
@end verbatim
@noindent
at the beginning of the configuration file, it can contain arbitrary
@code{Asymptote} code.
 
@cindex @code{convert}
@cindex @code{output}
@cindex @code{format}
@cindex @code{ImageMagick}
@cindex @code{render}
@cindex @code{antialias}
@cindex @code{size}
@cindex @code{latex}
@cindex @code{tex}
@cindex @code{pdflatex}
@cindex @code{xelatex}
@cindex @code{context}
@anchor{convert}
The default output format is @acronym{EPS} for the (default)
@code{latex} and @code{tex} tex engine and @acronym{PDF} for the
@code{pdflatex}, @code{xelatex}, and @code{context} tex engines.
Alternative output formats may be produced using the @code{-f} option 
(or @code{outformat} setting). The optional setting @code{-render n} requests
an output resolution of @code{n} pixels per @code{bp}. Antialiasing is
controlled by the parameter @code{antialias}, which by default
specifies a sampling width of 2 pixels.
@code{Asymptote} can produce any output format supported
by the @code{ImageMagick} @code{convert} program (version 6.3.5 or
later recommended; an @code{Invalid Parameter} error message indicates
that the @code{MSDOS} utility @code{convert} is being used instead of
the one that comes with @code{ImageMagick}).
To give specific options to @code{convert}, use the
@code{convertOptions} setting or call convert manually. This example
emulates how @code{Asymptote} produces antialiased @code{tiff} output at
one pixel per @code{bp}:
@verbatim
asy -o - venn | convert -alpha Off -density 144x144 -geometry 50%x eps:- venn.tiff
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{nosafe}
@cindex @code{safe}
@cindex @code{system}
If the option @code{-nosafe} is given, @code{Asymptote} runs
in unsafe mode. This enables the @code{int system(string s)} call, allowing one
to execute arbitrary shell commands. The default mode, @code{-safe},
disables this call.

@cindex offset
@cindex @code{align}
A @code{PostScript} offset may be specified as a pair (in @code{bp}
units) with the @code{-O} option:
@verbatim
asy -O 0,0 file
@end verbatim
@noindent
The default offset is zero. The default value of the page alignment
setting @code{align} is @code{Center}.

@cindex @code{-c}
The @code{-c} (@code{command}) option may be used to execute arbitrary
@code{Asymptote} code on the command line as a string. It is not
necessary to terminate the string with a semicolon. Multiple @code{-c}
options are executed in the order they are given. For example
@verbatim
asy -c 2+2 -c "sin(1)" -c "size(100); draw(unitsquare)" 
@end verbatim
@noindent
produces the output
@verbatim
4
0.841470984807897
@end verbatim
@noindent
and draws a unitsquare of size @code{100}.

@cindex @code{-u}
The @code{-u} (@code{user}) option may be used to specify arbitrary
@code{Asymptote} settings on the command line as a string. It is not
necessary to terminate the string with a semicolon. Multiple @code{-u}
options are executed in the order they are given. Command-line code like 
@code{-u x=sqrt(2)} can be executed within a module like this:
@verbatim
real x;
usersetting();
write(x);
@end verbatim

@cindex @code{-l}
When the @code{-l} (@code{listvariables}) option is used with file
arguments, only global functions and variables defined in the specified
file(s) are listed.

Additional debugging output is produced with each additional @code{-v} option:
@table @code
@item -v
Display top-level module and final output file names.
@item -vv
Also display imported and included module names and final @code{LaTeX} and
@code{dvips} processing information.
@item -vvv
Also output @code{LaTeX} bidirectional pipe diagnostics.
@item -vvvv
Also output knot guide solver diagnostics.
@item -vvvvv
Also output @code{Asymptote} traceback diagnostics.
@end table

@node Interactive mode
@chapter Interactive mode
@cindex interactive mode
Interactive mode is entered by executing the command @code{asy} with
no file arguments. When the @code{-multiline} option is disabled (the default),
each line must be a complete @code{Asymptote} statement (unless
explicitly continued by a final backslash character @code{\});
it is not necessary to terminate input lines with a semicolon.
If one assigns @code{settings.multiline=true}, interactive code can be
entered over multiple lines; in this mode, the automatic termination of
interactive input lines by a semicolon is inhibited. Multiline mode is useful
for cutting and pasting @code{Asymptote} code directly into the
interactive input buffer.

Interactive mode can be conveniently used as a calculator: expressions
entered at the interactive prompt (for which a corresponding @code{write}
function exists) are automatically evaluated and written to @code{stdout}.

The following special commands are supported only in interactive mode
and must be entered immediately after the prompt:

@table @code
@cindex @code{help}
@item help
view the manual;
@item reset
reset the @code{Asymptote} environment to its initial state, except for
changes to the settings module (@pxref{settings}), the current directory
(@pxref{cd}), and breakpoints (@pxref{Debugger});
@cindex @code{input}
@item input FILE
does an interactive reset, followed by the command 
@code{include FILE}. If the file name @code{FILE} contains
nonalphanumeric characters, enclose it with quotation marks.
A trailing semi-colon followed by optional @code{Asymptote} commands may
be entered on the same line.
@cindex @code{quit}
@cindex @code{exit}
@anchor{history}
@item quit
exit interactive mode (@code{exit} is a synonym; the abbreviation
@code{q} is also accepted unless there exists a top-level variable named
@code{q}).
@cindex @code{historylines}
A history of the most recent 1000 (this number can be changed with the
@code{historylines} configuration variable) previous commands will be retained
in the file @code{.asy/history} in the user's home directory (unless
the command-line option @code{-localhistory} was specified, in which case
the history will be stored in the file @code{.asy_history} in the
current directory).

@end table

Typing @code{ctrl-C} interrupts the execution of @code{Asymptote} code
and returns control to the interactive prompt.

Interactive mode is implemented with the @acronym{GNU} @code{readline} library,
with command history and auto-completion. To customize the key bindings, see:
@url{http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/readline.html}

@cindex @code{Python} usage
The file @code{asymptote.py} in the @code{Asymptote} system directory
provides an alternative way of entering @code{Asymptote} commands
interactively, coupled with the full power of @code{Python}. Copy this
file to your @code{Python path} and then execute from within
@code{Python} the commands 
@verbatim
from asymptote import *
g=asy()
g.size(200)
g.draw("unitcircle")
g.send("draw(unitsquare)")
g.fill("unitsquare, blue")
g.clip("unitcircle")
g.label("\"$O$\", (0,0), SW")
@end verbatim

@node GUI
@chapter Graphical User Interface
@cindex graphical user interface
@cindex @acronym{GUI}
@cindex mouse
@cindex wheel mouse
@cindex @code{Button-1}
@cindex @code{Button-2}
@cindex @code{xasy}

In the event that adjustments to the final figure are required, the
preliminary Graphical User Interface (@acronym{GUI}) @code{xasy} included with
@code{Asymptote} allows you to move graphical objects and draw new ones.
The modified figure can then be saved as a normal @code{Asymptote} file.

@menu
* GUI Installation::            Installing @code{xasy}
* GUI Usage::                   
@end menu

@node GUI Installation
@section GUI Installation
@cindex GUI installation

As @code{xasy} is written in the interactive scripting language
@code{Python/TK}, it requires @code{Python}
(@url{http://www.python.org}), the @code{Python Imaging Library}
(@url{http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/}), and the @code{tkinter}
package (included with @code{Python} under @code{Microsoft Windows}) be
installed. @code{Fedora Linux} users can either install
@code{tkinter} with the commands
@verbatim
yum install tkinter
yum install tk-devel
@end verbatim
@noindent
or manually install the @code{tkinter}, @code{tix}, @code{tk},
and @code{tk-devel} packages.

Pictures are deconstructed into the @acronym{PNG} image format, which
supports full alpha channel transparency. Under @code{Microsoft Windows},
this requires @code{Python 2.6.2} and the @code{Python Imaging Library}:
@quotation
@url{http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.2/python-2.6.2.msi}
@end quotation
@quotation
@url{http://effbot.org/downloads/PIL-1.1.7b1.win32-py2.6.exe}.
@end quotation
@noindent
On @code{UNIX} systems, place
@url{http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-1.1.7b1.tar.gz} in the
@code{Asymptote} source directory, and type (as the root user):
@verbatim
tar -zxf Imaging-1.1.7b1.tar.gz
cd Imaging-1.1.7b1
python setup.py install
@end verbatim

Alternatively, @code{xasy} can deconstruct pictures into the @acronym{GIF}
image format (not recommended as this is very slow), using white as the
transparent color. This requires the lines
@verbatim
import settings;
xformat="gif";
@end verbatim
@noindent
in the @code{Asymptote} configuration file (@pxref{configuration file}),
along with the @code{ImageMagick} (@pxref{convert}) program.

@node GUI Usage
@section GUI Usage
@cindex GUI usage
@cindex @code{deconstruct}

A wheel mouse is convenient for raising and lowering objects within
@code{xasy}, to expose the object to be moved. If a wheel mouse is not
available, mouse @code{Button-2} can be used to repeatedly lower an
object instead. When run from the command line, @code{xasy} accepts
a command line option @code{-x n}, which sets the initial magnification
to @code{n}.

Deconstruction of compound objects (such as arrows) can be prevented 
by enclosing them within the commands
@verbatim
void begingroup(picture pic=currentpicture);
void endgroup(picture pic=currentpicture);
@end verbatim
By default, the elements of a picture or frame will be grouped
together on adding them to a picture. However, the elements of a frame
added to another frame are not grouped together by default: their
elements will be individually deconstructed (@pxref{add}).

@node PostScript to Asymptote
@chapter @code{PostScript} to @code{Asymptote}
@cindex @code{pstoedit}
The excellent @code{PostScript} editor @code{pstoedit} (version 3.45 or later; 
available from @url{http://pstoedit.net}) includes an
@code{Asymptote} backend. Unlike virtually all other @code{pstoedit}
backends, this driver includes native clipping, even-odd fill rule,
@code{PostScript} subpath, and full image support.

For full functionality, the patch @code{pstoedit-3.45asy.patch}
in the @code{patches} directory should be applied. On @code{UNIX} systems, as
the root user, place
@quotation
@url{http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pstoedit/pstoedit-3.45.tar.gz}
@end quotation
@noindent
in the @code{Asymptote} source directory, and type:

@verbatim
tar -zxf pstoedit-3.45.tar.gz
cd pstoedit-3.45
patch -p1 < ../patches/pstoedit-3.45asy.patch
autoconf
./configure --prefix=/usr
make install
@end verbatim

@noindent
Then try:

@noindent
@code{asy -V @value{Datadir}/doc/asymptote/examples/venn.asy}
@noindent
@verbatim
pstoedit -f asy venn.eps test.asy
asy -V test
@end verbatim

@noindent
If the line widths aren't quite correct, try giving @code{pstoedit} the
@code{-dis} option.
If the fonts aren't typeset correctly, try giving @code{pstoedit} the
@code{-dt} option.

@node Help
@chapter Help
@cindex help
@cindex forum

A list of frequently asked questions (@acronym{FAQ}) is maintained at
@quotation
@url{http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/FAQ}
@end quotation
@noindent
Questions on installing and using @code{Asymptote} that are not
addressed in the @acronym{FAQ} should be sent to the
@code{Asymptote} forum: 
@quotation
@url{http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=409349}
@end quotation
@noindent
Including an example that illustrates what you are trying to do will help
you get useful feedback.
@code{LaTeX} problems can often be diagnosed with the @code{-vv} or
@code{-vvv} command-line options.
Contributions in the form of patches or @code{Asymptote} modules can be
posted here:
@quotation
@url{http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=685685&group_id=120000}
@end quotation
@noindent
To receive announcements of upcoming releases, please subscribe to
@code{Asymptote} at
@quotation
@url{http://freshmeat.net/projects/asy}
@end quotation
@cindex bug reports
@noindent
If you find a bug in @code{Asymptote}, please check (if possible)
whether the bug is still present in the latest @code{Subversion}
developmental code (@pxref{Subversion}) before submitting a bug
report. New bugs can be submitted using the Bug Tracking System at
@quotation
@url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/asymptote}
@end quotation
@noindent
To see if the bug has already been fixed,
check bugs with Status @code{Closed} and recent lines in
@quotation
@url{http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog}
@end quotation
@noindent

@cindex stack overflow
@cindex segmentation fault
@cindex @code{libsigsegv}
@code{Asymptote} can be configured with the optional @acronym{GNU} library
@code{libsigsegv}, available from
@url{http://libsigsegv.sourceforge.net}, which allows one to distinguish
user-generated @code{Asymptote} stack overflows (@pxref{stack overflow})
from true segmentation faults (due to internal C++ programming errors;
please submit the @code{Asymptote} code that generates such segmentation
faults along with your bug report). 

@node Debugger
@chapter Debugger
@cindex debugger
Asymptote now includes a line-based (as opposed to code-based)
debugger that can assist the user in following flow control. To set a
break point in file @code{file} at line @code{line}, use the command

@cindex @code{stop}
@verbatim
void stop(string file, int line, code s=quote{});
@end verbatim
@noindent
The optional argument @code{s} may be used to conditionally set the variable
@code{ignore} in @code{plain_debugger.asy} to @code{true}. For example, the
first 10 instances of this breakpoint will be ignored (the
variable @code{int count=0} is defined in @code{plain_debugger.asy}):
@verbatim
stop("test",2,quote{ignore=(++count <= 10);});
@end verbatim

To set a break point in file @code{file} at the first line containing
the string @code{text}, use

@verbatim
void stop(string file, string text, code s=quote{});
@end verbatim
@noindent
To list all breakpoints, use:
@cindex @code{breakpoints}
@verbatim
void breakpoints();
@end verbatim
@noindent
To clear a breakpoint, use:
@cindex @code{clear}
@verbatim
void clear(string file, int line);
@end verbatim
@noindent
To clear all breakpoints, use:
@verbatim
void clear();
@end verbatim

The following commands may be entered at the debugging prompt:

@table @code
@cindex @code{help}
@item @code{h}
help;
@cindex @code{continue}
@item @code{c}
continue execution;

@cindex @code{inst}
@item @code{i}
step to the next instruction;

@cindex @code{step}
@item @code{s}
step to the next executable line;

@cindex @code{next}
@item @code{n}
step to the next executable line in the current file;

@cindex @code{file}
@item @code{f}
step to the next file;

@cindex @code{return}
@item @code{r}
return to the file associated with the most recent breakpoint;

@cindex @code{trace}
@item @code{t}
toggle tracing (@code{-vvvvv}) mode;

@cindex @code{quit}
@item @code{q}
quit debugging and end execution;

@cindex @code{exit}
@item @code{x}
exit the debugger and run to completion.

@end table
@noindent
Arbitrary @code{Asymptote} code may also be entered at the debugging prompt;
however, since the debugger is implemented with @code{eval}, currently
only top-level (global) variables can be displayed or modified.

The debugging prompt may be entered manually with the call
@verbatim
void breakpoint(code s=quote{});
@end verbatim

@node Credits
@chapter Acknowledgments
@cindex acknowledgments

Financial support for the development of @code{Asymptote} was generously
provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada, the Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences, and the 
University of Alberta Faculty of Science.
     
We also would like to acknowledge the previous work of John D. Hobby, 
author of the program @code{MetaPost} that inspired the development of
@code{Asymptote}, and Donald E. Knuth, author of @TeX{} and
@code{MetaFont} (on which @code{MetaPost} is based).

The authors of @code{Asymptote} are Andy Hammerlindl, John Bowman, and
Tom Prince. Sean Healy designed the @code{Asymptote} logo. Other
contributors include Radoslav Marinov, Orest Shardt, Chris Savage,
Philippe Ivaldi, Olivier Guib@'e, Jacques Pienaar, Mark Henning, Steve
Melenchuk, Martin Wiebusch, and Stefan Knorr.

@node Index
@unnumbered Index
     
@printindex cp
     
@bye

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