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import turtle
window = turtle.Screen()
euler = turtle.Turtle() # A good mathy name for our turtle
euler.shape("turtle")
current = 0 # Here's how we know where we are
seen = set() # Here's where we'll keep track of where we've been
# Step increases by 1 each time
for step_size in range(1, 100):
backwards = current - step_size
# Step backwards if its positive and we've never been there before
if backwards > 0 and backwards not in seen:
euler.backward(step_size)
current = backwards
seen.add(current)
# Otherwise, go forwards
else:
euler.forward(step_size)
current += step_size
seen.add(current)
turtle.done()
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