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Bresenham's Line

version 1.0.0.0 (1015 Bytes) by Narupon Chattrapiban
Generate a line profile of a 2d image
3.9
10 Ratings

4 Downloads

Updated 08 Nov 2006

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Generate a line profile of a 2d image
using Bresenham's algorithm.

For a demo purpose, try

bresenham();

Cite As

Narupon Chattrapiban (2021). Bresenham's Line (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/12939-bresenham-s-line), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Comments and Ratings (11)

Adrian Szatmari

Works!

JK Hwang

Hi, I think that your code is very helpful. However, I found a minor bug in the code.
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if bitshift(error,1) >= delx, % same as -> if 2*error >= delx,
y_n = y_n + ystep;
error = error - delx;
end

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In case of a coordinate of first point is (2,3) and second point is (3,11), it does not work and print out error message. I think this error caused by 'bitshift' function. I changed the function to '2*error', then the problem is solved.

Raz Shimoni

I have been using this function for some time now, and saw that other Bresenham's Line functions were more recently uploaded to MFE. I haven't compared performances yet, still this works great.

Fernando Gonzalez

Christian

Hi! Nice Code!

However, i think there is a little bug:

the code that i downloaded says:

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if steep,
myline(n) = mymat(x_n,y_n);
outmat(x_n,y_n) = 0;
X(n) = x_n;
Y(n) = y_n;
else
myline(n) = mymat(y_n,x_n);
outmat(y_n,x_n) = 0;
X(n) = y_n;
Y(n) = x_n;
end
-------

...this does not work for me, i think the code within the if and else statements should be swapped:

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if steep,
myline(n) = mymat(y_n,x_n);
outmat(y_n,x_n) = 0;
X(n) = y_n;
Y(n) = x_n;
else
myline(n) = mymat(x_n,y_n);
outmat(x_n,y_n) = 0;
X(n) = x_n;
Y(n) = y_n;
end
-------

Best,
Christian

Christian

Tina Hegarty

Brilliant. You probably just saved me a few hours! Many thanks.

Canuck Hanks

Very nice with demo! Thanks!

Ryan Crow

Well done! Demo and visualization included.

julio choque

excellent

scardanzan ivan

an image with an example , please

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R13
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
Acknowledgements

Inspired: 2D Local Grid Map, TACTICS Toolbox

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