//Noah Kissinger
//162.01 Elzer
//Due 2012.02.06
import java.util.*;
public class Update {
public final static int ITERATIONS = 5;
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("This program will simulate the game of Life.");
Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Please input the size of your board.");
System.out.println("Rows:");
final int rows = console.nextInt();
System.out.println("Columns:");
final int columns = console.nextInt();
System.out.println("Please enter a seed:");
final long seed = console.nextLong();
int[] birthLive = new int[4];
boolean[][] board = new boolean[rows][columns];
createMatrix(board, seed);
birthAndLive(birthLive);
for (int i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++) {
printMatrix(board);
updateMatrix(board, birthLive);
}
}
public static void createMatrix(boolean[][] board, long seed) {
Random seedBool = new Random(seed);
for (int i = 0; i < board.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < board[i].length; j++) {
board[i][j] = false;
}
}
for (int i = 1; i < board.length - 1; i++) {
for (int j = 1; j < board[i].length - 1; j++) {
board[i][j] = seedBool.nextBoolean();
}
}
}
public static void birthAndLive(int[] birthLive) {
Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Please input the birth range and the live range:");
System.out.println("Birth (Low):");
birthLive[0] = console.nextInt();
System.out.println("Birth (High):");
birthLive[1] = console.nextInt();
System.out.println("Live (Low):");
birthLive[2] = console.nextInt();
System.out.println("Live (High):");
birthLive[3] = console.nextInt();
}
public static void printMatrix(boolean[][] board) {
for (int i = 0; i < board.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < board[i].length; j++) {
if (board[i][j] == false)
System.out.print(" - ");
else
System.out.print(" # ");
}
System.out.println();
}
System.out.println();
}
public static void updateMatrix(boolean[][] board, int[] birthLive) {
//clone the board so modified values don't affect the results of upcoming spaces
boolean[][] boardCopy = board.clone();
for (int i = 0; i < board.length; i++)
boardCopy[i] = board[i].clone();
int count = 0;
for (int i = 1; i < board.length - 1; i++) {
for (int j = 1; j < board[i].length - 1; j++) {
//different requirements for dead or living pieces' living status
if (board[i][j] == false) {
//check the nine-by-nine square, starting at (-1, 1) and ending at (1, -1) where 0 is the affected location
// * * *
// * 0 *
// * * *
for (int ii = boardCopy[i - 1].length; ii < boardCopy[i + 1].length; ii++) {
for (int jj = boardCopy[j - 1].length; jj < boardCopy[j + 1].length; jj++) {
if (boardCopy[i][j] == true)
count++;
}
}
//check to see what high and low amt of required adjacent lifeforms is
if (count >= birthLive[0] && count <= birthLive[1])
board[i][j] = true;
else
board[i][j] = false;
count = 0;
}
else {
for (int ii = boardCopy[i - 1].length; ii < boardCopy[i + 1].length; ii++) {
for (int jj = boardCopy[j - 1].length; jj < boardCopy[j + 1].length; jj++) {
if (boardCopy[i][j] == true)
count++;
}
}
count -= 1; //For boardCopy[i][j] is always true
if (count >= birthLive[2] && count <= birthLive[3])
board[i][j] = true;
else
board[i][j] = false;
count = 0;
}
}
}
}
}