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Last active December 17, 2015 07:29
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Play with the differences between linear values, quadratic values, exponential values, and whatever else you like.
DEPTH = 6
LENGTH = 12
#Change me!
def f(i):
return i
#also try:
#return i**2
#return 2**i
vals = [[f(i) for i in range(1,LENGTH)]]
for i in range(DEPTH):
old = vals[-1]
current = []
for j in range(len(old)-1):
current.append(old[j+1]-old[j])
vals.append(current)
for level in range(len(vals)):
if len(vals[level]) == 0:
break
print level*" ",
for x in vals[level]:
outstr = '%+g' % round(x,3)
print outstr + (6-len(outstr))*" "+ " ",
print
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