Hippity hoppin', Easter's on its way: HereComesPeterCottontail.gif (ODS Graphics)

[tc]

Q. What do you get when you combine Easter Bunny plot point data (189 line segments) lifted from http://math-aids.com and code lifted from Sanjay Matange's Animation using SGPLOT blog post?

A. HereComesPeterCottontail.gif!

EASTERBUNNY.SAS

/* File contains points to plot from http://math-aids.com */
filename Bunny "/folders/myfolders/EasterBunny.txt";

data EasterBunny(keep=shapeID x y);
length shapeID $ 20. x 8 y 8;
retain shapeID;
infile Bunny lrecl=1000;
input;
if _infile_=:'Shape' then
  shapeID=_infile_;
else
  do;
    i=1;
    do while(scan(_infile_, i, '(), ')^='');
      x=scan(_infile_, i, '(), ');
      y=scan(_infile_, i+1, '(), ');
      i+2;
      output;
    end;
  end;

data line(keep=function drawspace x1 y1 x2 y2);
set EasterBunny;
by shapeID notsorted;
function='line';
drawspace='datavalue';
x1=lag(x);
y1=lag(y);
x2=x;
y2=y;
if ^first.shapeID;

proc template;
define statgraph ebtemplate;
  begingraph;
    dynamic linenum;
    layout overlayequated / xaxisopts=(griddisplay=on) yaxisopts=(griddisplay=on);
      scatterplot x=x y=y / markerattrs=(size=0);
      entry halign=right linenum / valign=bottom textattrs=(size=36 weight=bold color=lightgray);
      annotate;
    endlayout;
  endgraph;
end;
run;

* Create animated GIF with one incremental plot for each line;

ods _all_ close;
options papersize=('4 in', '4 in') printerpath=gif animation=start 
        nodate nonumber animduration=.06 animloop=YES NOANIMOVERLAY;
ods printer file='/folders/myfolders/Bunny/HereComesPeterCottontail.gif';
ods graphics / width=4in height=4in imagefmt=GIF;

%macro drawlines; 
proc sql noprint;
select count(*) into :numlines from line;
quit;
%do l=1 %to 20;         * Display final image before drawing lines;  
  proc sgrender data=easterbunny template=ebtemplate sganno=line;
  dynamic linenum=" "; 
%end;
%do l=1 %to &numlines;  * Draw incremental image with lines thus far;  
  proc sgrender data=easterbunny template=ebtemplate sganno=line(obs=&l);
  dynamic linenum="&l";
%end;
run; 
%mend;

%drawlines;
options printerpath=gif animation=stop;
ods printer close;

EASTERBUNNY.TXT 

Shape 1
(10,25) , (9,27.5) , (8.5,29) , (8,30.5) , (8,31) , (8,31.5) , (8.5,32) , (9.5,31.5) , (10,30.5)
(11,29.5) , (12,29) , (13,27.5) , (13,26) , (11,26) , (10,25)
Shape 2
(11,26) , (10,28) , (9,29.5) , (8.5,30.5) , (8,31)
Shape 3
(13,26) , (13.5,26) , (14.5,26) , (15.5,25.5) , (17,26.5) , (18.5,27) , (19.5,28)
(20,29) , (17,27.5) , (15.5,27) , (14.5,26)
Shape 4
(13.5,26) , (14,27.5) , (15,28.5) , (16,29) , (18,29.5) , (20,30) , (20.5,29.5)
(20.5,27.5) , (19.5,26.5) , (18,25.5) , (16.5,25.5) , (16,25) , (15.5,25.5)
Shape 5
(9.5,22) , (10,22) , (11,22) , (11,23) , (10.5,23.5) , (10,22) , (10,23.5)
(10.5,24) , (11.5,24) , (11,22) , (11.5,22)
Shape 6
(11.5,22) , (12,22.5) , (13,22.5) , (14,22) , (14.5,22) , (16,22) , (15.5,23) , (15.5,23.5)
(15,23) , (14.5,22) , (14.5,22.5) , (15,24) , (16,23.5) , (16,22) , (16.5,21.5)
Shape 7
(11.5,22) , (10.5,21.5) , (11,20.5) , (11.5,20) , (12,20) , (12.5,19.5) , (13,19.5)
(13.5,20) , (12.5,20.5) , (12,20)
Shape 8
(12.5,20.5) , (12.5,21) , (12,21.5) , (12.5,22) , (13.5,21.5) , (12.5,21)
Shape 9
(11.5,20) , (12,19) , (13,18.5) , (13.5,19) , (14,20) , (13.5,20)
Shape 10
(14,20) , (14.5,20.5) , (15,21) , (14,22)
Shape 11
(12,18) , (13,17.5) , (13.5,18)
Shape 12
(10,25) , (9.5,24) , (9,23) , (8.5,22) , (7.5,21.5) , (7.5,20.5) , (8,19) , (9.5,17.5)
(11,17) , (12.5,16.5) , (13.5,16.5) , (15,17) , (16.5,17.5) , (17.5,18) , (18,19)
(18.5,20) , (18.5,20.5) , (18,21.5) , (17.5,22.5) , (17,23.5) , (16.5,24.5) , (16,25)
Shape 13
(9.5,17.5) , (8.5,16) , (8,14.5) , (7.5,15) , (7,14) , (7.5,14) , (8,13) , (8,14.5)
Shape 14
(10.5,16.5) , (12,16) , (14,16) , (15,16) , (15.5,15.5) , (16,15) , (16,14) , (14.5,14.5)
Shape 15
(16,14) , (15.5,13) , (15,12.5) , (14.5,12.5) , (13,14)
Shape 16
(14.5,12.5) , (13.5,12) , (13,12.5) , (12,13.5)
Shape 17
(13,12.5) , (12,13) , (10,12) , (9.5,14) , (8,13)
Shape 18
(15,16) , (15.5,17) , (16.5,17.5) , (18,17) , (18.5,16.5) , (19,15.5) , (19.5,14) , (18.5,14.5) , (19,15.5)
Shape 19
(18.5,14.5) , (18,14.5) , (18.5,16)
Shape 20
(18,14.5) , (17,14.5) , (17,16.5)
Shape 21
(17,14.5) , (16.5,15) , (15.5,15.5) , (16.5,17)
Shape 22
(7,14) , (6.5,11.5) , (6.5,10.5) , (12,10) , (14,10) , (17,10.5) , (19,11.5)
(20.5,12.5) , (19.5,15) , (19,15.5)
Shape 23
(6.5,10.5) , (7,9) , (9,8.5) , (12,8) , (16,8.5) , (19,9.5) , (20.5,10.5) , (20.5,12.5)
Shape 24
(7,9) , (7.5,7) , (9,4.5) , (10,4.5) , (11,5) , (12.5,4.5) , (13.5,4)
(15,5) , (16.5,4) , (19,6) , (20,7.5) , (20.5,9.5) , (20.5,10.5)
Shape 25
(9,4.5) , (10,3.5) , (11,4) , (13.5,3) , (15,4) , (16,3.5) , (17,3.5) , (18.5,5) , (19,6)
Shape 26
(10,3.5) , (13,2.5) , (14,2.5) , (16,3) , (17,3.5)

[MichelleHomes]

Talk about pulling a rabbit out of a hat  

Love your creativity! Well done.

Kind Regards,

Michelle