Add midpoint Line Drawing Algorithm

Author: devdandekar24

graphics/midpoint_line.py

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+"""
+Midpoint Line Drawing Algorithm
+-------------------------------
+
+Handles all lines with arbitrary slopes using the midpoint method.
+
+Referece:
+https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/mid-point-line-generation-algorithm/
+
+>>> midpoint_line((0, 0), (5, 3))
+[(0, 0), (1, 1), (2, 1), (3, 2), (4, 2), (5, 3)]
+>>> midpoint_line((5, 5), (2, 3))
+[(5, 5), (4, 4), (3, 4), (2, 3)]
+"""
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+
+def midpoint_line(p1: tuple[int, int], p2: tuple[int, int]) -> list[tuple[int, int]]:
+    x1, y1 = p1
+    x2, y2 = p2
+
+    points = []
+
+    dx = x2 - x1
+    dy = y2 - y1
+
+    # Determine the direction of the step
+    sx = 1 if dx >= 0 else -1
+    sy = 1 if dy >= 0 else -1
+
+    dx = abs(dx)
+    dy = abs(dy)
+
+    if dx > dy:
+        # Shallow slope: iterate over x
+        d = dy - dx / 2
+        x, y = x1, y1
+        while x != x2 + sx:
+            points.append((x, y))
+            if d >= 0:
+                y += sy
+                d -= dx
+            x += sx
+            d += dy
+    else:
+        # Steep slope: iterate over y
+        d = dx - dy / 2
+        x, y = x1, y1
+        while y != y2 + sy:
+            points.append((x, y))
+            if d >= 0:
+                x += sx
+                d -= dy
+            y += sy
+            d += dx
+
+    return points
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod()
+
+    x1 = int(input("Enter x1: "))
+    y1 = int(input("Enter y1: "))
+    x2 = int(input("Enter x2: "))
+    y2 = int(input("Enter y2: "))
+
+    points = midpoint_line((x1, y1), (x2, y2))
+    print("Generated points:", points)
+
+    xs, ys = zip(*points)
+    plt.plot(xs, ys, marker="o")
+    plt.title("Midpoint Line Drawing Algorithm")
+    plt.grid()
+    plt.show()