Javier Jimenez Shaw jjimenezshaw

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jjimenezshaw / mandelbrot.cpp

Created August 12, 2021 13:44

Mandelbrot Set in asciiart in 15 lines

	#include <complex>
	#include <iostream>
	int main() {
	const size_t limit = 1000, size = 400; // change 'size' to make it more detailed
	const char letters[] = " 123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz*";
	for (size_t iy = 0; iy <= size; iy++) {
	for (size_t ix = 0, count = 0; ix <= size; ix++, count = 0) {
	std::complex<double> c(-2.0+ix2.5/size, 1.15-iy2.3/size), z(0.0, 0.0);
	while (std::norm(z) < 4.0 && count++ < limit) z = z*z+c;
	std::cout << ((count >= limit) ? letters[0] : letters[std::min(count, sizeof(letters)-2)]);