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Created December 27, 2012 11:19
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Game of Life in C.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#define for_x for (int x = 0; x < w; x++)
#define for_y for (int y = 0; y < h; y++)
#define for_xy for_x for_y
void show(void *u, int w, int h)
{
int (*univ)[w] = u;
printf("\033[H");
for_y {
for_x printf(univ[y][x] ? "\033[07m \033[m" : " ");
printf("\033[E");
}
fflush(stdout);
}
void evolve(void *u, int w, int h)
{
unsigned (*univ)[w] = u;
unsigned new[h][w];
for_y for_x {
int n = 0;
for (int y1 = y - 1; y1 <= y + 1; y1++)
for (int x1 = x - 1; x1 <= x + 1; x1++)
if (univ[(y1 + h) % h][(x1 + w) % w])
n++;
if (univ[y][x]) n--;
new[y][x] = (n == 3 || (n == 2 && univ[y][x]));
}
for_y for_x univ[y][x] = new[y][x];
}
void game(int w, int h)
{
unsigned univ[h][w];
for_xy univ[y][x] = rand() < RAND_MAX / 10 ? 1 : 0;
while (1) {
show(univ, w, h);
evolve(univ, w, h);
usleep(200000);
}
}
int main(int c, char **v)
{
int w = 0, h = 0;
if (c > 1) w = atoi(v[1]);
if (c > 2) h = atoi(v[2]);
if (w <= 0) w = 30;
if (h <= 0) h = 30;
game(w, h);
}
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thank you very much for your code, this helps me a lot

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