double mandelbrot(int x, int y) { /* The point value is the numbre of iterations it takes for * the algorithm to meet the escape condition */ int x0 = x, y0 = y, x2 = x*x, y2 = y*y; int itr = 0, most = 500; while(x2+y2 < 4 and itr < most) { y = 2 * x * y + y0; x = x2 - y2 + x0; x2 = x*x; y2 = y*y; itr++; } /* I want values between 0 and 500*/ return itr; }