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Recipe 576374: Pycol


Pycol can be used by students to compute trigonometric functions,(Sine,Cosine,Tangent,Cosecant,Secant, and Cotangent) of an angle(X) expressed in degrees rather than radians, since this is not available in Python math or cmath modules. Yet it is a standard method of measuring such ratios at colleges,universities and all mathematics books including Calculus. Pycol can also be used to express angles from degrees into radians and vice versa, and into degrees, minutes, and seconds

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#On the name of ALLAH
#Author : Fouad Teniou 
#Date : 24/07/08
#versionl :2.4

import math as m 
import re

#################################################################################################### 
# Degree measure: There are 360 degrees in an angle of one revolution.
# Degrees are divided into 60 minutes and minutes are divided into 60 seconds.
# Radian measure: 360 degrees is equal to 2(Pi) radians and 180 degrees is equal to Pi(3.14159rad) 
# Sine, Cosine ,Tangent , Cosecant, Secant, and Cotangent are trigonometric functions which could be
# calculated for a given angle	.
####################################################################################################
 

class Pycol:
    def __init__(self,other,name='',value=0)      #Initialize                  
       self.other = other
       self.name  = name
       self.value = value
    def switch(self):
       cable = {30:(chr(244)+'/6'), 45:(chr(244 )+'/4'),60:( chr(244 )+ '/3'),
              90:(chr(244)+'/2'), 120 :('2'+chr(244)+'/3'),135 :('3'+ chr(244) +'/4'),
              150:('5'+chr(244)+'/6'), 180:(chr(244)),270:('3'+chr(244)+'/2'),360:('2'+chr(244))}		 #Make a dictionary
       if cable.has_key(self.other):			 #Step through rest and fetch dictionary values by their keys
	  return cable [self.other]			 #Return Keys values
    def __mul__(self}:
	return self.value * self.other
    def __repr__(self):			 #test and Print
       if self.__class__.__name__ == "Degrees" or self.__class__.__name__  == "Radians":
	  return ("\n <Pycol : Express %s %s into (Degrees + minutes + seconds) and %s " %
	(self.other,self.__class__.__name__,self.name))
       else:
           if Pycol.switch(self):			#Test if self.other in dictionary keys
	        return ("\n <Pycol : Compute %s function \t %s (%s) <--> %s(%s) = %s" %
	(self.__class__.__name__,self.__class__.__name__,self.other,self.__class__.__name__,str(Pycol.switch(self)[:]),self.compute))
           else:
	         return ("\n <Pycol : Compute %s function \t %s (%s) = %s" %
	                   (self.__class__.__name__,self.__class__.__name__,self.other,self.compute))

class Degrees(Pycol):
    def __init__(self,other):	#Inherit .
	Pycol.__init__(self,other,'Radians',m.pi/180)	#Run Pycol init
    def adapt(self):
         a = re.match(r"(?P<int>\d+)\.(\d*)", str("%2.2f" % self.other))
         b = re.match(r"(?P<int>\d+)\.(\d*)", "%2.2f" % float(str(float(a.group(2))*0.6)))
         c = re.match(r"(?P<int>\d+)\.(\d*)", "%2.2f" % float(str(float(b.group(2))*0.6)))
         if Pycol.switch(self):
            print ('\n\t\t\t' + str(self.other)+ " deg" +" = " + a.group(1)+chr(248)+' '+b.group(1)+"'"+ ' '+ c.group(1)+'"'+"=" +("%2.5f" % float(Pyeol.__mul__(self)))+"rad"+" <--> "+ str(Pycol.switch(self)[:]))
         else:
            print ('\n\t\t\t' + str(self.other)+ " deg"+" = " + a.group(1)+chr(248)+' '+b.group(1)+"'"+' ' + c.group(1)+'"'+" = " +("%2.5f" % float(Pycol.__mul__(self)))+"rad")

class Radians(Pycol):                           #Inherit     
    def __init__(self,other):
       Pycol.__init__(self,other,'Degrees', 180/m.pi)     #Run Pycol init
    def adapt(self):
        a = re.match(r"(?P<int>\d+)\.(\d*)" , str( "%2.2f" % float(Pycol.__mul__(self))))
        b = re.match(r"(?P<int>\d+)\.(\d*)" ,"%2.2f" % float(str(float(a.group(2))*0.6)))
        c = re.match(r"(?P<int>\d+)\.(\d*)" , "%2.2f" % float(str(float(b.group(2))*0.6)))
        print ('\n\t\t\t' + "%2.5f" % float(str(self.other)) + " rad" + " = "+"%2.2f" % float(Pycol.__mul__(self))+ " deg"+" = " + a.group(1)+chr(248)+' '+b.group(1)+"'"+'' +c.group(1)+ '"')

class sin(Degrees):                      #Inherit
    def __init__(self,other}:
	Degrees.__init__(self,other)
	if self.other % 180 == 0 :#sin(X)=sin(X + 2Pi)=sin(X-2Pi),sin(0)=sin(180)=...
	   self.compute = 0.0
	else:
	     self.compute = m.sin(Pycol.__mul__(self))	# sin(X)=Side opposite(X)/hypotenuse
			                                #X: given angle in degrees
class sec(sin):
    def __init__(self,other):
       Degrees.__init__(self,other)
       if m.sqrt((1-((m.sin(Pycol.__mul__(self))**2)))) == 0: #sin**2(X) +cos**2(X)=1
	  self.compute = 'Division by Zero indefinebale'	#Obtained from applying Theorem of Pythagoras
       else:	                                        #and using the sin(X) and cos(X) defInitions
	    self.compute = 1/m.cos(Pycol.__mul__(self))	# sec(X)=1/cos(X)

class cos(sec):
    def __init__(self,other):          #Inherit
       Degrees.__init__(self,other)     
       if self.other %90 == 0 and self.other %180 !=0:#cos(X)=cos(X +2Pi)=cos(X-2Pi),cos(90)=cos(270) =...
	  self.compute = 0.0
       else:
	    self.compute = m.cos(Pycol.__mul__(self))# cos(X)= side adjacent to (X)/hypotcnus

class csc(cos):
    def __init__(self,other):
      Degrees.__init__(self,other)
	if m.sqrt((1-((m.cos(Pycol.__mul__(self))**2)))) == 0:
	   self.compute = 'Division by zero indefineable'
	else :
             self.compute = 1/m.sin(Pycol.__mul__(self))  #csc(X)= 1/sin(X)
   
class tan(csc):
     def __init__(self,other}:
	Degrees.__init__(self,other)
	if self.other % 180 == 0 :
	   self.compute = 0.0
	elif m.sqrt((1-((m.sin(Pycol.__mul__(self))**2)))) == 0: # sin**2(X) +cos**2(X)=1
	    self.compute = 'Division by zero indefinebale'	  # Obtained from applying Theorem of Pythagoras
	else:	                                                  #and using the sin(X} and cos(X) definitions
            self.compute = m.sin(Pycol.__mul__(self))/m.cos(Pycol.__mul__(self))    #tan(X)=sin(X)/cos(X)

class cot(tan):
    def __init__(self,other):
	Degrees.__init__(self,other)
	   if m.sqrt((1-((m.cos(Pyco1.__mul__(self))**2))))==0:                   # sin**2(X) +cos**2(X)=1
	      self.compute = 'Division by zero indefinebale'
	   elif self.other %90 ==0 and self.other % 180 !=0:
	      self.compute = 0.0
	   else:
	      self.compute =1/(m.sin(Pycol.__mul__(self))/m.cos(Pycol.__mul__(self))) #cot(X)= 1/tan(X)

if  __name__ == '__main__':
   for i in (0,30,45,60,90,120,135,150,180,270,360): 
       a = Degrees (i)
       print a
       a.adapt()
       b = Radians (6.283185307)
       print b
       b.adapt()
   for i in range(0,105,15):
       print sin(i)
       print cos(i)
       print tan(i) 
       print csc(i) 
       print sec(i) 
       print cot(i)
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#alternatively students can use DOS and run the following 
# if __name__=='__main__""" instead of the above to compute their trigonometric
# functions or converting methods 
if __name__ =='__main__':
   while 1:
     y=raw_input("\nPlease enter the function's name,'sin,cos,tan,sec,csc,cot'\nor a converting method 'deg,rad'\nor any key to exit\n")
     x=raw_input("Please enter the angle's value.\n")
     if y=='deg':
        a = Degrees(float(x))
        a.adapt()
     elif y=='rad':
        a = Radians(float(x))
        a.adapt()
     elif y=='sin':
          print sin(int(x))
     elif y=='cos':
          print cos(int(x))
     elif y=='tan':
          print tan(int(x))
     elif y=='sec':
          print sec(int(x))
     elif y=='csc':
          print csc(int(x))
     elif y=='cot':
          print cot(int(x))
     else:
          break

Comments

  1. 1. At 10:47 p.m. on 24 jul 2008, Justin Shaw said:

    Wow, That is a lot of infrastructure to handle degrees! Here is what I do. My default unit is radians (you can make your default unit whatever you want). Then I define constants that convert to/from my default unit.

    define conversion constants

    RAD = 1.; DEG = pi/180

    Try them out

    print sin(90DEG); print sin(2pi*RAD)

    convert back by dividing

    theta_deg = acos(sqrt(2)/2) / DEG # convert answer into degrees

    and in radians

    theta_rad acos(sqrt(2)/2) / RAD # 'convert' answer into radians

    works every time!

  2. 2. At 6:09 a.m. on 25 jul 2008, Fouad Teniou (the author) said:

    I read in different groups discussions that people were confused using radians instead of degrees while using trigonometric ratios and I wrote Pycol just for the purpose and it is a great experience try it yourself

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