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%%  A DANTE-Edition example
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%%  Example 36-00-63 on page 793.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2011 Herbert Voss
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{201.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\usepackage{pst-coil}

\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(4,4)
\pscoil[coilarm=.5cm,linewidth=1.5pt,coilwidth=.5cm,linecolor=blue]{|->}(4,3)
\pscoil[linecolor=red,coilheight=0.25](3,4)(3,1)
\pscoil[doubleline=true,linecolor=cyan,coilheight=0.75](0,4)(3,0)
\end{pspicture}
\hspace{1em}
\begin{pspicture}(4,4)
\pszigzag[coilarm=.5cm,linewidth=1.5pt,coilwidth=.5cm,linecolor=blue!70]{|->}(4,3)
\pszigzag[linecolor=red!40!blue!40,coilheight=0.2](3,4)(3,1)
\pszigzag[doubleline=true,linecolor=cyan!80!yellow!30,coilheight=0.75](0,4)(3,0)
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}