http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/experiment-example/2012-05-14T16:49:13-07:00ActiveState Code Recipes2012-05-14T16:49:13-07:00Stephen Chappellhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/2608421/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578132-how-to-mutate-a-float/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 578132 by <a href="/recipes/users/2608421/">Stephen Chappell</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/ctypes/">ctypes</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/experiment/">experiment</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/float/">float</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/structure/">structure</a>). </p> <p>This is just an experiment to test my mental understanding of Python. It should not be used in any code as is violates the design principle that floats are to be immutable. The code also abuses <code>ctypes</code> and an understanding of how <code>floats</code> are currently arranged in memory. <code>set_float</code> is not guaranteed to work properly on any system, and may fail to work in the future if the data's arrangement changes.</p>

2012-01-09T02:23:35-08:00Stephen Chappellhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/2608421/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578004-processing/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 578004 by <a href="/recipes/users/2608421/">Stephen Chappell</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/experiment/">experiment</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/framework/">framework</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/gui/">gui</a>). </p> <p>This module was inspired by <a href="http://processing.org/" rel="nofollow">http://processing.org/</a> . The code is meant to mimic an extremely small subset of this high-performance library. After seeing how easy it was to accomplish certain task in the Java framework, a desire was created to have a simple starting point to create little graphical experiments that would be easy to program without haveing to know a lot of details regarding setup, timing, et cetera. This is the result of that desire.</p>

2011-04-21T13:08:46-07:00Stephen Chappellhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/2608421/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577674-bitmap-maker/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 577674 by <a href="/recipes/users/2608421/">Stephen Chappell</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/experiment/">experiment</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/generator/">generator</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/images/">images</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/proof_of_concept/">proof_of_concept</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/test/">test</a>). </p> <p>A friend and I were discussing the possibility of creating every possible image that is 800x600x24 (800 pixels wide by 600 pixels tall and using 24-bit color). This recipe is a proof-of-concept program showing what is possible with just a 2x2 image using 15 different colors (yielding a total of 50,625 images when run). In terms of the original thought experiment, a total of <code>16777216 ** 480000</code> images should be possible given the 800x600x24 specifications (or <code>1 &lt;&lt; 11520000</code> in binary). In base 10 that is <code>10 ** 3467865.55</code> and shows that there are an enormous number of possible states that a 800x600 canvas can take.</p> <p>If you have any comments or wish to down-vote this recipe, please provide your insight as to what could be improved upon and how you would go about fixing any problems that you might find.</p>