Solved [Advanced] List of Locations in a square spiral

So basically I need to get a list of locations in a pattern like this:

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And be able to access any of them on demand, which is why I need a method like getLocation(int i), returning the x and z values of the corresponding number, rather than storing them in a list, as theoretically I could need an indefinite number of locations. For reference, the lines shown on the picture can represent a 500 block distance.

I've tried everything I can think of, but I know there must be a way to dynamically work this out. Any help would be appreciated!

 

Slikey seems like a Meth guy.

 

KingFaris11

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That's the ulam spiral. Pretty sure you can find tons of resources online for ulam spiral generators...

 

Thanks for the attempt KraZ__ (Also a list of locations is exactly what I didn't want). Still looking for help.

 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16381371/how-to-make-a-ulam-spiral-in-java

How about that? It seems like it has listed the necessary rules to write the code for it.

 

http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Spiral_matrix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number

 

This is the resource you should be looking at.

 

Finally figured it out, thanks for all the help everyone