[solved]How come this doesn't make a sphere? O.o

Sphere generation was harder than I thought, this seems like it should have worked for me. Where 'set' is a collection of blocks which represent a cube in which the sphere should fit.
xx, yy, and zz are the coordinates of the center of the sphere.

Code:

for(int counter = 0; counter <= set.size() - 1; counter++){
            int a = (set.get(counter).getX() - xx)^2;
            int b = (set.get(counter).getY() - yy)^2;
            int c = (set.get(counter).getZ() - zz)^2;
            if(a +b +c == (radius^2)) set.get(counter).setType(Material.COBBLESTONE);
        }

What it gives looks like that at the top at radius 10.

 

In Java the ^ symbol is a bitwise OR, not an exponent.

 

:O are you serious???
Extreme Facepalm

 

@pyraetos Use Math.exp()

 

this

although at the same time, i like the structure that code did generate

 

It's math.pow()

 

mindless728 yeah it was deep... mysterious.. symmetrical....