1D Connoway's Game of Life

main.py

import time


class GameOfLife:
    def __init__(self):
        self.length = 6
        self.board = self.create_board()
        self.generation = 0
        self.segmentLength = 3
        self.run()

    def create_board(self):
        board = []
        for i in range(self.length):
            board.append(False)
        board[0] = True
        board[1] = False
        board[2] = True
        board[3] = False
        board[4] = False
        board[5] = False
        return board

    def print_board(self):
        for i in range(self.length):
            if self.board[i]:
                print("▮", end="")
            else:
                print(" ", end="")

    def run(self):
        while True:
            self.print_board()
            self.generation += 1
            print("")
            time.sleep(0.2)
            self.update_board()

    def update_board(self):
        tempBoard = [self.board[0]]
        for i in range(1, self.length - 1):
            center = self.checkSegment([self.board[i - 1], self.board[i], self.board[i + 1]])
            tempBoard.append(center)

        tempBoard.append(self.board[-1])

        self.board = tempBoard

    def checkSegment(self, segment):
        match segment:
            case [False, False, False]:
                return False
            case [False, False, True]:
                return True
            case [False, True, False]:
                return False
            case [False, True, True]:
                return False
            case [True, False, False]:
                return True
            case [True, False, True]:
                return True
            case [True, True, False]:
                return True
            case [True, True, True]:
                return False


game = GameOfLife()