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wes
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« on: March 13, 2017, 10:56:11 AM »
Hello, everybody! cheesy I'm new to this forum. I only started playing with fractals recently but I've been absolutely obsessed. I want to share some code that I think is hilarious:

Code:
#include <complex>
#include <iostream>
constexpr auto max_row = 22, max_column = 78, max_iteration = 20;
int main(){
	for(auto row = 0; row < max_row; ++row){
		for(auto column = 0; column < max_column; ++column){
			std::complex<float> z, c = {
				(float)column * 2 / max_column - 1.5f,
				(float)row * 2 / max_row - 1				
			};
			int iteration = 0;
			while(abs(z) < 2 && ++iteration < max_iteration)
				z = pow(z, 2) + c;
			std::cout << (iteration == max_iteration ? '#' : '.');
		}
		std::cout << '\n';
	}
}

Thanks to the standard library, working with complex numbers is very simple. std::complex has every operator overload and math function you could ever need and it's templated! Read more here: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/numeric/complex
If you compile and run this code you get this:
Code:
..............................................................................
......................................................#.......................
..................................................########....................
.................................................##########...................
....................................##.#....##################.###............
....................................####################################......
................................########################################......
...............................############################################...
.............###.#####.#.......###########################################....
.........#.#################..############################################....
.....#.#..################################################################....
######################################################################........
.....#.#..################################################################....
.........#.#################..############################################....
.............###.#####.#.......###########################################....
...............................############################################...
................................########################################......
....................................####################################......
....................................##.#....##################.###............
.................................................##########...................
..................................................########....................
......................................................#.......................
I've attached a file named "mandelbrot.cpp" which you can download, compile, and run for yourself. If you are using Ubuntu like me, all you need is
Code:
g++ mandelbrot.cpp


PS Don't be shy. I want to get to know you all. If you're working on something that isn't top secret tell me what it is smiley
* mandelbrot.cpp.zip (0.42 KB - downloaded 536 times.)
* mandelbrot.cpp.zip (0.44 KB - downloaded 568 times.)
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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2017, 02:05:51 PM »
 cheesy cheesy cheesy This is fun! and cool!
Thanks for sharing:)
And welcome to FF!
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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2017, 04:39:56 PM »
Benoit Mandelbrot "rendered" the first Mb set using a very similar textual approach
So ... nice try A Beer Cup
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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2017, 09:55:25 PM »
Quote from: DarkBeam on March 13, 2017, 04:39:56 PM
Benoit Mandelbrot "rendered" the first Mb set using a very similar textual approach
So ... nice try A Beer Cup
I was aware of his printout. I forgot how nice his looks. Way better than mine lol:
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2017, 05:38:04 AM »
Quote from: Sabine on March 13, 2017, 02:05:51 PM
cheesy cheesy cheesy This is fun! and cool!
Thanks for sharing:)
And welcome to FF!
Thanks. I checked out some of your most recent images and they are beautiful!
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wes
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2017, 12:02:30 PM »
Sorry, guys, but I've wasted more time on this. I tripled the size of the code for no good reason so I won't to share that, but here's some high resolution text files (255 by 127) of the Mandelbrot set, the Burning Ship set, the Perpendicular Burning Ship set, and the Celtic set. They are 255 columns by 127 rows so I've attached them as files. I changed the pound-signs to asterisks and added periods for anything escape time greater than 1 so you can see the bounding circle of the set.
* mandelbrot.txt (31.75 KB - downloaded 582 times.)
* burning_ship.txt (31.75 KB - downloaded 489 times.)
* perpendicular_burning_ship.txt (31.75 KB - downloaded 415 times.)
* celtic.txt (31.75 KB - downloaded 417 times.)
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2017, 01:22:53 AM »
you're not the only one to spend time on this, these (when line feeds are added) are 5 or 6 lines. http://www.iwriteiam.nl/SigProgM.html

but my favorite is http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=15596 where the code itself looks like the mandelbrot set wink

edit: and it's not at all a waste of time if...
        A) you enjoy it.
        B) you learn from it.
        C) you share it.
        D) others enjoy and learn too.

    Welcome to FF cheesy
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wes
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« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2017, 09:07:18 PM »
Quote from: 3dickulus on March 15, 2017, 01:22:53 AM
you're not the only one to spend time on this, these (when line feeds are added) are 5 or 6 lines. http://www.iwriteiam.nl/SigProgM.html
Wow, I had no Idea that was a thing. Those are completely unreadable lol.
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« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2017, 02:30:46 AM »
Quote from: wes on March 13, 2017, 10:56:11 AM
Thanks to the standard library, working with complex numbers is very simple. std::complex has every operator overload and math function you could ever need and it's templated! Read more here: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/numeric/complex

And what about the speed? Isn't this much slower than using "normal" numbers?

P.S.: Mandelbrot in 14 Lines of HTML/JavaScript: grin

<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><script type="text/javascript">
function Start() {
   canvas = document.getElementById('canvas'); context = canvas.getContext('2d');
   img = context.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
   for (var yPos = 0, iData = 0; yPos < canvas.height; yPos++) {
      var y = 1.2 - yPos * 2.4 / canvas.height;
      for (var xPos = 0; xPos < canvas.width; xPos++) {
         var x = -2.2 + xPos * 3.2 / canvas.width;
         var a = 0, b = 0, a2 = 0, b2 = 0, it = 0;
         while (it < 256 && a2 + b2 < 25) b = 2 * a * b + y, a = a2 - b2 + x, a2 = a * a, b2 = b * b, it++;
         var color = (it == 256) ? 0 : Math.pow((it + 2 - Math.log(Math.log(a2 + b2)) / Math.log(2))/255, 1/5) * 255;
         img.data[iData++] = color, img.data[iData++] = color, img.data[iData++] = 0, img.data[iData++] = 255; } }
   context.putImageData(img, 0, 0); }
</script></head><body onload="Start();"><canvas id="canvas" width="600" height="450"></canvas></body></html>


Result:


Source:
http://www.stefanbion.de/tmp/minimandel.htm
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