.. DO NOT EDIT.
.. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY.
.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "auto_examples/gallery_hilbert.py"
.. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW.

.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_auto_examples_gallery_hilbert.py>`
        to download the full example code

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_auto_examples_gallery_hilbert.py:


Hilbert curve
=============

.. figure:: /../../_static/figures/auto_examples/hilbert/hilbert.jpg
     :width: 100%
     :alt: An image of the embroidery machine making the Hilbert curve.

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 11-42



.. image-sg:: /auto_examples/images/sphx_glr_gallery_hilbert_001.png
   :alt: hilbert.png
   :srcset: /auto_examples/images/sphx_glr_gallery_hilbert_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: default


    from turtlethread import Turtle


    def draw_hilbertkurve(needle, step_length, recursion_level, angle=90):
        if recursion_level == 0:
            return

        needle.right(angle)
        draw_hilbertkurve(needle, step_length, recursion_level-1, -angle)

        needle.forward(step_length)
        needle.left(angle)
        draw_hilbertkurve(needle, step_length, recursion_level-1, angle)

        needle.forward(step_length)
        draw_hilbertkurve(needle, step_length, recursion_level-1, angle)

        needle.left(angle)
        needle.forward(step_length)
        draw_hilbertkurve(needle, step_length, recursion_level-1, -angle)
        needle.right(angle)


    needle = Turtle()

    with needle.running_stitch(20):
        draw_hilbertkurve(needle, 20, 5)

    needle.save("hilbert.jef")
    needle.save("hilbert.png")


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   **Total running time of the script:** (0 minutes 0.094 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_auto_examples_gallery_hilbert.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example




    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: gallery_hilbert.py <gallery_hilbert.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: gallery_hilbert.ipynb <gallery_hilbert.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_