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Day 48 - Using Recursion to Create a Fractal Tree, Part 1

Fractals and recursion are two ideas that were made for each other. In videos 48-51, we will be exploring the ideas around fractals, recursive functions, and using randomization to make designs more interesting and realistic.

Finished Code

from turtle import *
import random
screen = Screen()

intMin = 30

def drawBranch(intDist, intLevel):
    pensize((7-intLevel)*2+1)
    intTravel = random.randint(int(intDist//1.5), int(intDist//.5))
    forward(intTravel)
    if (intDist > intMin):
        left(30)
        drawBranch(int(intDist//1.3), intLevel+1)
        right(60)
        drawBranch(int(intDist//1.3), intLevel+1)
        left(30)
    back(intTravel)

speed(0)
teleport(0,-200)
setheading(90)
drawBranch(150, 1)

screen.exitonclick()