package main import ( "image" "image/color" "image/draw" "image/png" "log" "os" ) const ( width, height = 800, 600 maxDepth = 11 // how far to recurse, between 1 and 20 is reasonable colFactor = uint8(255 / maxDepth) // adjusts the colour so leaves get greener further out fileName = "pythagorasTree.png" ) func main() { img := image.NewNRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, width, height)) // create new image bg := image.NewUniform(color.RGBA{255, 255, 255, 255}) // prepare white for background draw.Draw(img, img.Bounds(), bg, image.ZP, draw.Src) // fill the background drawSquares(340, 550, 460, 550, img, 0) // start off near the bottom of the image imgFile, err := os.Create(fileName) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer imgFile.Close() if err := png.Encode(imgFile, img); err != nil { imgFile.Close() log.Fatal(err) } } func drawSquares(ax, ay, bx, by int, img *image.NRGBA, depth int) { if depth > maxDepth { return } dx, dy := bx-ax, ay-by x3, y3 := bx-dy, by-dx x4, y4 := ax-dy, ay-dx x5, y5 := x4+(dx-dy)/2, y4-(dx+dy)/2 col := color.RGBA{0, uint8(depth) * colFactor, 0, 255} drawLine(ax, ay, bx, by, img, col) drawLine(bx, by, x3, y3, img, col) drawLine(x3, y3, x4, y4, img, col) drawLine(x4, y4, ax, ay, img, col) drawSquares(x4, y4, x5, y5, img, depth+1) drawSquares(x5, y5, x3, y3, img, depth+1) } func drawLine(x0, y0, x1, y1 int, img *image.NRGBA, col color.RGBA) { dx := abs(x1 - x0) dy := abs(y1 - y0) var sx, sy int = -1, -1 if x0 < x1 { sx = 1 } if y0 < y1 { sy = 1 } err := dx - dy for { img.Set(x0, y0, col) if x0 == x1 && y0 == y1 { break } e2 := 2 * err if e2 > -dy { err -= dy x0 += sx } if e2 < dx { err += dx y0 += sy } } } func abs(x int) int { if x < 0 { return -x } return x }