Okay I have a finished program that does the job of what I want to to do but it seems so messy. Could you guys gimme some suggestions about how to make this code more efficient... or just neater in general. Much appreciated and thanks in advance.

import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class Sierpinski extends JPanel
{
	// set window size here
	public static final int WINDOWSIZE = 500;
	
	// some static variables
	static Polygon[] polyList;
	static int count = 0;

	public static void drawTriangles(int splits, int ax, int ay, int bx, int by, int cx, int cy)
	{
		int[] p1 = {ax,ay};
		int[] p2 = {bx,by};
		int[] p3 = {cx,cy};

		if(splits == 1){
			//create basic triangle
			int[]xs={ax,bx,cx};
			int[]ys={ay,by,cy};
			Polygon p = new Polygon(xs,ys,xs.length);
			
			polyList[count] = p;
			count++;
		}
		else
		{
			//get midpoints for each side
			int[] p4 = getMidpoint(ax, ay, bx, by);
			int[] p5 = getMidpoint(bx, by, cx, cy);
			int[] p6 = getMidpoint(ax, ay, cx, cy);

			// 3 new triangles
			drawTriangles(splits - 1,p1[0],p1[1],p4[0],p4[1],p6[0],p6[1]);
			drawTriangles(splits - 1,p4[0],p4[1],p2[0],p2[1],p5[0],p5[1]);
			drawTriangles(splits - 1,p6[0],p6[1],p5[0],p5[1],p3[0],p3[1]);
		}
	}

	// returns the midpoint as an array [x,y] of any line given the coordinates
	public static int[] getMidpoint(int ax, int ay, int bx, int by)
	{
		int[] mid = new int[2];

		mid[0] = (ax + bx)/2;
		mid[1] = (ay + by)/2;

		return mid;
	}
	
	public void paint(Graphics g)
	{
		for(int i = 0; i < polyList.length; i++)
		{
			g.fillPolygon(polyList[i]);
		}
	}
	
	public static void main (String[] args)
	{		
		// make the base triangle based on the window size
		//point 1 -- top
		int p1x = WINDOWSIZE/2;
		int p1y = WINDOWSIZE/10;
		//point 2 -- bottom right
		int p2x = WINDOWSIZE-p1y;
		int p2y = WINDOWSIZE-p1y;
		//point 3 -- bottom left
		int p3x = WINDOWSIZE/10;
		int p3y = WINDOWSIZE-p1y;

		// ask user how many splits
		Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.print("How many splits? ");
		int splits = keyboard.nextInt();
		polyList = new Polygon[(int)Math.pow(3,splits-1)];
		
		
		// new window
		JFrame f = new JFrame("Sierpinski's Triangle!");
		f.setSize(WINDOWSIZE,WINDOWSIZE);
		f.setBackground(Color.white);
		f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
		f.setVisible(true);
		
		drawTriangles(splits,p1x,p1y,p2x,p2y,p3x,p3y);
		
		Sierpinski s = new Sierpinski();
		f.add(s);
	}
}

There is a code snippet in the java category producing a sierpinski triangle. Look at it if it provides any help.

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