Ellipse problem

Hey,
I need help with my program. I'm really lost and don't know where to start.
Hopefully someone can help me.

1. Use #define to set the value for PI=3.14159265359
2. Consider an ellipse in the x, y-plane. Let a be the semi-major axis
and b be semi-minor axis of the ellipse. The center of the ellipse
is located at (x0, y0). If the major axis coincides with the x-axis,
the polar representation of the ellipse is
x - x0=a cos(theta) and y-y0=b sin(theta) (1)
However, if the major axis of the ellipse is rotated by theta0 from
the x- axis in the counterclockwise direction, the x, y-coordinates
become
x = x0 + a cos(theta)cos(theta0)-b sin(theta)sin(theta0) (2)
y = y0 + a cos(theta)sin(theta0)+b sin(theta)cos(theta0) (3)

Create the void function:

void ellipse(double a, double b, double x0, double y0,
double theta0);

The input arguments are the semi-major axis a, the minor axis b,
the origin of the ellipse (x0, y0), and the tilt angle theta0
(in degrees) of the major axis from the x-axis.
In ellipse() compute and print (x, y) from theta=0 to 360 degrees
with the increment of 10 degrees. To print use %4d, %12.3e, and
%12.3e for theta, x, and y, respectively. Your output in ellipse()
should look like as follows:

-------------------------------
theta x-coord y-coord
-------------------------------
0 3.732e+00 2.000e+00
10 3.619e+00 2.135e+00
... ......... .........
360 3.732e+00 2.000e+00

3. In prob1(), call ellipse() for a=2.0, b=1.0, x0=2.0, y0=1.0,
theta0=30.0.
4. Copy "in_ellipse.dat" from the public directory to your directory
5. In prob2() define the file stream *infile to read "in_ellipse.dat"
6. In prob2() read "in_ellipse.dat" using fgets(). Print each line as
it is read.
7. Finally, print the total number of lines in the file.

This is what i have so far

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <strings.h>
#include <math.h>
//use #define for PI

//Function prototypes
void prob1(void);
void prob2(void);
void ellipse(double a, double b, double x0, double y0, double theta0);
int main(void)
{
        int menu;
        printf("\nThere are two parts.\n");
        printf("Enter the part number to execute (1, or 2): ");
        scanf("%d", &menu);
        // form a switch to execute one part
        switch(menu){
            case 1:
prob1();
                break;
            case 2:
                prob2();
                break;
            default:
                printf("part %d does not exist.\n", menu);
        }
        exit(0);
}
void prob1(void)
{
//Declare a, b, x0, y0, and theta0 here
int a, b, x0, y0, theta0;

//Call ellipse here
ellipse()

        return;
}
void ellipse(double a, double b, double x0, double y0, double theta0)
{

//Add your statements

        return;
}
void prob2(void)
{
//Add your statements

        return;
}

> from theta=0 to 360 degrees with the increment of 10 degrees.
Your tutor just told you what for loop to write

> To print use %4d, %12.3e, and %12.3e for theta, x, and y, respectively.
Those are the formats you pass to printf()

The formulae for x and y are in the text - read it again.

does the for loop goes inside
void ellipse(double a, double b, double x0, double y0, double theta0)??

What do you think?

Or more to the point, what does your assignment say you should do. It plainly says where it should go from what I'm reading.

This is my program so far i don't get the right values =/

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <strings.h>
#include <math.h>
//use #define for PI
#define PI 3.14159265359

//Function prototypes
void prob1(void);
void prob2(void);
void ellipse(double a, double b, double x0, double y0, double theta0);
int main(void)
{
        int menu;
        printf("\nThere are two parts.\n");
        printf("Enter the part number to execute (1, or 2): ");
        scanf("%d", &menu);
        // form a switch to execute one part
        switch(menu){
            case 1:
                prob1();
                break;
            case 2:
                prob2();
                break;
            default:
                printf("part %d does not exist.\n", menu);
        }
        exit(0);
}
void prob1(void)
{
//Declare a, b, x0, y0, and theta0 here
        double a=2.0, b=1.0, x0=2.0, y0=1.0, theta0=30.0;
//Call ellipse here
        ellipse( a, b, x0, y0, theta0);

        return;
}
void ellipse(double a, double b, double x0, double y0, double theta0)
{
//Add your statement

        int n, degree;
        double x, y, theta;

        printf("#-------------------------------\n");
        printf("#theta   x-coord      y-coord\n");
        printf("#-------------------------------\n");

        for (n=0; n<=36; n++){
        degree = n/.1;
        theta = degree*(180/PI);

        if(theta==0){
                x=x0+a*cos(theta);
                y=y0+b*sin(theta);
                printf("%4d %12.3e %12.3\n",degree, x, y);
        }else{
        x = x0 + a*cos(theta)*cos(theta0)-b*sin(theta)*sin(theta0);
        y = y0 + a*cos(theta)*sin(theta0)+b*sin(theta)*cos(theta0);
        printf(" %4d %12.3e %12.3e\n", degree, x, y);
        }}
        return;
}
void prob2(void)
{
//Add your statements
        FILE *infile;
        char text [75];
        int count =0;
        printf("\n");
        infile = fopen("in_ellipse.dat", "r");
        if (infile==NULL){
        printf("The input file does not exist.\n");
        exit(0);
        }else
        while(fgets(text,75,infile)!=NULL)
        {
        count++;
        printf("%s",text);
        }
        printf("\n There are %d lines.\n",count);
        fclose(infile);
         return;
}

my problem is that theta is being read as radians instead of degrees.. can anyone help me

Did you figure it out? Im curious about that degree change too.

I am getting super big numbers too. Did you get it?

I tried it, I got big numbers also and it almost looks as if the loop isnt running properly.

damn, i still cant get it

So, what exactly do you have problems with?

it should be
theta = degree* (PI/180.0)

you also have to do
theta0 = 30.0*(PI/180.0)

The question was how to convert radians to degrees in order to run it in the for loop so that the intervals would be increasing at 10 degrees each time.