Deems' Weblog » mathematics http://deems.co.za A Software Developer's Ramblings Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:02:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 HowTo: Generate a Mandelbrot using XSLT http://deems.co.za/2009/04/29/howto-generate-a-mandelbrot-using-xslt/ http://deems.co.za/2009/04/29/howto-generate-a-mandelbrot-using-xslt/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:31:38 +0000 Deems http://deems.co.za/?p=1525 We’ve seen before how Mandelbrots can be mathematically generated using T-SQL and ASCII art.

XSLTs are used to transform XML documents into more readable information. Now someone’s taken the time to create an XSLT template to transform a few values in an XML file into a mandelbrot image also using 27 ASCII characters (each with their own colour). [via The Daily WTF]

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]]> http://deems.co.za/2009/04/29/howto-generate-a-mandelbrot-using-xslt/feed/ 0 HowTo: Generate a Mandelbrot with ASCII Art using TSQL http://deems.co.za/2008/11/19/howto-generate-a-mandelbrot-using-ascii-art-using-tsql/ http://deems.co.za/2008/11/19/howto-generate-a-mandelbrot-using-ascii-art-using-tsql/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:32:58 +0000 Deems http://deems.co.za/?p=713 Actual Mandelbrot image generated  

 

 

Actual Mandelbrot image generated

Okay, I’m a programmer so by nature I enjoy these kinds of things but I just couldn’t resist sharing with you. 

Just for comparison purposes the image on the right is a computer generated image of a Mandelbrot that I’ve converted to grayscale for comparison. 

The Mandelbrot Set image below was generated using less than 50 lines of TSQL code using ASCII characters – I just used a really small font-size in Notepad and then after capturing it inverted the colours for better effect as an image. [via The Daily WTF]

 

ASCII characters used to create a Mandelbrot

ASCII characters used to create a Mandelbrot

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