mandelbrot

mandelbrot.py

import sys

def mandelbrot(cr,ci):
	limit=95
	iterations =0
	c=complex(cr,ci)
	z=0+0j

	while iterations < limit and abs(z) < 10:
		z=z*z+c
		iterations+=1
	
	return iterations

def mandelbrot_calc(top_left_r,top_left_i,right_bottom_r,right_bottom_i, res):
	cur_i = top_left_i
	while cur_i > right_bottom_i:
		sys.stdout.write("|")
		cur_r = top_left_r

		while cur_r < right_bottom_r:
			ch = 127 - mandelbrot(cur_r, cur_i)
			sys.stdout.write(chr(ch))
			cur_r += res
		sys.stdout.write("|\n")
		cur_i -= res

if __name__=="__main__":
	# topleft = (-2,1)
	# bottomright = (1,-1)
	mandelbrot_calc(-2,1, 1, -1, 0.04)