Image:Sierpinski triangle

The following C program generates a Sierpinski triangle and a Sierpinski carpet. It uses the free Allegro library for graphic operations.

/*

Copyright 2002 Damian Yerrick

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"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
IN THE SOFTWARE.

*/

#include <allegro.h>

const char init_siertri[6][6] =
{
  {0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0},
  {0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 0},
  {0, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0},
  {0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0},
  {1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1},
  {2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2}
};

const PALETTE pal_3gray =
{
  {63, 63, 63},
  {32, 32, 32},
  {0, 0, 0}
};

const PALETTE pal_bw =
{
  {63, 63, 63},
  {0, 0, 0}
};

int main(void)
{
  int x, y;
  BITMAP *bmp;

  install_allegro(SYSTEM_NONE, &errno, atexit);
  set_color_depth(8);

  bmp = create_bitmap(768, 768);
  if(!bmp)
  {
    allegro_message("Could not create bitmap\n");
    return 1;
  }

  /* set initial sierpinski triangle */
  for(y = 0; y < 6; y++)
    for(x = 0; x < 6; x++)
      putpixel(bmp, x, y, init_siertri[y][x]);

  for(x = 0; x < 7; x++)
  {
    unsigned int scale = 3 << x;

    /* create bottom row */
    blit(bmp, bmp, 0, 0, 0, 2*scale, 2*scale, 2*scale);
    blit(bmp, bmp, 0, 0, 2*scale, 2*scale, 2*scale, 2*scale);
    /* remove top row */
    rectfill(bmp, 0, 0, 4*scale-1, 2*scale-1, 0);
    /* create new top row */
    blit(bmp, bmp, 2*scale, 2*scale, scale, 0, 2*scale, 2*scale);
  }

  save_bitmap("sierpinski-triangle.pcx", bmp, pal_3gray);
  destroy_bitmap(bmp);

  bmp = create_bitmap(729, 729);
  if(!bmp)
  {
    allegro_message("Could not create bitmap\n");
    return 1;
  }

  /* set initial sierpinski carpet */
  rectfill(bmp, 0, 0, 2, 2, 1);
  putpixel(bmp, 1, 1, 0);

  for(x = 3; x < 729; x *= 3)
  {
    /* create top row */
    blit(bmp, bmp, 0, 0, x, 0, x, x);
    blit(bmp, bmp, 0, 0, 2*x, 0, x, x);
    /* create middle row */
    blit(bmp, bmp, 0, 0, 0, x, x, x);
    rectfill(bmp, x, x, 2*x-1, 2*x-1, 0);
    blit(bmp, bmp, 0, 0, 2*x, x, x, x);
    /* create bottom row */
    blit(bmp, bmp, 0, 0, 0, 2*x, 3*x, x);
  }

  save_bitmap("sierpinski-carpet.pcx", bmp, pal_bw);
  destroy_bitmap(bmp);

  return 0;
}

Here is a text-mode Perl version of the triangle only (Copying rights as above):

 perl -e 'for $y(0..15) {print " " x (1 + $y); for $x (0..15) { print $x & $y ? "  " : "\\7";} print "\n"}'

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