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  1. AlexZeGamer created this gist Apr 18, 2022.
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    from itertools import count
    from turtle import *
    import random

    # Based on this video by @mathletters on TikTok :
    # https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLqmaYUt/

    title('Sierpinski Triangle')

    screen = getscreen()
    screen.screensize(2000, 2000)
    screen.setworldcoordinates(0,0,100,100)

    hideturtle()
    penup()
    speed(0)

    def draw_point(point):
    penup()
    goto((point))
    pendown()
    dot(2)
    penup()

    def middlepoint(point1, point2):
    return (point1[0]+point2[0])/2, (point1[1]+point2[1])/2

    corners = [(10,10), (90,10), (50,90)]

    last_point = (50,50)
    for i in count(0):
    # write i in the title
    title(f'Sierpinski Triangle - {i}')

    # randomly select one of the corners
    corner = random.choice(corners)

    # draw a point halfway between the last point and the selected corner
    current_point = middlepoint(last_point, corner)
    draw_point(current_point)
    last_point = current_point