jadenquinn

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  1. --One Dimensional Cellular Automaton
  2. --Adapted from "dominic"'s Lua CA written to use LOVE.
  3. --Original version can be found here: http://blog.signalsondisplay.com/?p=60
  4. --The only thing I borrowed from his version is the algorithm computer.
  5. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  6. --Tangent Automaton V. 1.2.2
  7. --Notes:
  8. --Added the ability to define a custom seed to start with.
  9.  
  10. width = 64 --Set your desired width here!
  11. debug = false --Do you want debugging messages?
  12. random = false --Start with a randomly generated seed?
  13. seed = true --Start with a pre-defined seed?
  14. center = false --Start with one center cell?
  15.  
  16. seeddata={} --Put your seed information here!
  17.  
  18. height = width / 2
  19.  
  20. t=true
  21. f=false
  22.  
  23. states = {}
  24. rulegiven={}
  25. mt={}
  26. for i = 1, width do states[i] = 0 end
  27. states[width / 2] = 1
  28. output={}
  29.  
  30. ruletable= --The rule lookup table.
  31. {
  32.     {t,t,t},
  33.     {t,t,f},
  34.     {t,f,t},
  35.     {t,f,f},
  36.     {f,t,t},
  37.     {f,t,f},
  38.     {f,f,t},
  39.     {f,f,f}
  40. }
  41.  
  42. function dectobin(input)
  43.     conversion={1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128} --I'll make this into 2^n eventually.
  44.     output={0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0} --The output table, keeping it like this for now.
  45.     i=8 --Starting number to decrement from
  46.     for h=1,8 do --It's 8 bit!
  47.         input=input-conversion[i] --Grabs the number to convert, and subtracts it from the lookup table.
  48.         if debug then print(input) end
  49.         if input <0 then --If it's less than 0 (negative)...
  50.             input=input+conversion[i] --...undo that subtraction.
  51.         else --If it isn't less than 0 (greater than or equal to)...
  52.             output[h]=1 --...set the output bit high (change "h" to "i" to swap endianess).
  53.         end
  54.         i=i-1 --The simple decrementer
  55.     end
  56. end
  57.  
  58. ruletable= --My second rule lookup table. I have no idea why I have two.
  59. {
  60.     {true,true,true},
  61.     {true,true,false},
  62.     {true,false,true},
  63.     {true,false,false},
  64.     {false,true,true},
  65.     {false,true,false},
  66.     {false,false,true},
  67.     {false,false,false}
  68. }
  69.  
  70. rule={} --Sets up the actual table the algorithm looks at.
  71.  
  72. function grabrule() --This function decodes the given rule.
  73.     userinput=io.read() --Gets the user's input.
  74.     dectobin(userinput) --Sends the input to get decoded into binary.
  75.     rulegiven=output --Takes that binary number and sticks it into "rulegiven".
  76.     if debug then print(#rulegiven) end
  77.     --print(string.len(userinput)) --I might re-implement this later. For now, You'll have to use the decimal system.
  78.     --for i=1,string.len(userinput) do
  79.     --  rulegiven[i]=string.sub(userinput,i,i)
  80.     --end
  81.  
  82.     if #rulegiven~=8 then --Rather pointless warning since an 8-bit number is ALWAYS created...
  83.         print("You must enter an 8-bit number!")
  84.     end
  85.  
  86.     if debug then --more debugging
  87.         for j=1,#rulegiven do
  88.             io.write(rulegiven[j].." ")
  89.         end
  90.         io.write("\n")
  91.     end
  92.  
  93.     for k=1,#rulegiven do --This will turn the binary into bollean logic.
  94.         if rulegiven[k]==1 then --If the bit is 1...
  95.         rulegiven[k]=true --...set it to true (rather pointless, since I could combine this with the next part of the program).
  96.         else
  97.             rulegiven[k]=false --This is rather pointless, since it's set to "false" by default.
  98.         end
  99.     end
  100.  
  101.     rulecounter=1 --A temporary number that helps with keeping the rule table from skipping ahead.
  102.  
  103.     for i=1,#rulegiven do --For as many rules as there are given...
  104.         if rulegiven[i]then --...if the state of the rule is true...
  105.             rule[rulecounter]=ruletable[i] --...look at the lookup table, and stick that value into "rule".
  106.             rulecounter=rulecounter+1 --Decrements the counter for the "rule" table.
  107.         end
  108.     end
  109. end
  110.  
  111. function grabseed() --This function asks for an input, and stores it to "state"
  112.     seedgiven={} --I always store "binary" data in a table.
  113.     print("Please enter a starting seed in binary!")
  114.     print("Note: This seed will be placed in the center of the algorithm.")
  115.     inputseed=io.read() --Asks for the seed.
  116.     for i=1,string.len(inputseed) do --This loop chops the user input up, and stuffs it into my table.
  117.         seedgiven[i]=string.sub(inputseed,i,i)
  118.     end
  119.     for i=1,#seedgiven do --Appearently, it's a string, and I need numbers.
  120.         if seedgiven[i]=="1" then --If the string is a "1"...
  121.             seedgiven[i]=1 --...make it into a number 1...
  122.         else
  123.             seedgiven[i]=0 --...else it's a 0.
  124.         end
  125.     end
  126.     bitshift=((width-#seedgiven)/2) --To find how much the data should be shifted, the lenght of the given seed is subtracted from the width, then divided by 2.
  127.     bitshift=math.floor(bitshift) --If it's an odd number, it gets rounded down.
  128.     j=bitshift --To keep the two numbers synced.
  129.     for i=1,#seedgiven do --This stores the given string into the "states" table.
  130.         states[j]=seedgiven[i]
  131.         j=j+1 --To keep j and i in sync.
  132.     end
  133.    
  134. end
  135.  
  136.  
  137. function compute_next_gen(index) --Here's where all the computation happens.
  138.     --mt[1][(#states / 2)+1]="#"
  139.     current_gen = {} --This table stores the current information to get computed.
  140.     for i = 1, #states do --This just stores the data from the current bit into the p, c, and n registers.
  141.         p = states[i - 1] == 1
  142.         c = states[i] == 1
  143.         n = states[i + 1] == 1
  144.         current_gen[i] = 0 --Once that's done, it sets the gen back to 0 to do the actual computation.
  145.         for j = 1, #rule do --It computes for as many rules it is given.
  146.             if (p == rule[j][1] and c == rule[j][2] and n == rule[j][3]) then --If it complies with the rules...
  147.                 current_gen[i] = 1 --...set the current cell to an "on" state.
  148.                 mt[index+1][i + 1]="#" --Stores it in my matrix.
  149.             end
  150.         end
  151.     end
  152.     states = current_gen
  153. end
  154.  
  155. print("Please take a look at the top of this script to configure it!")
  156.  
  157. if seed then
  158.     grabseed()
  159.     grabrule()
  160. elseif center then
  161.     grabrule()
  162. elseif random then
  163.     grabrule()
  164. end
  165.  
  166.  
  167. for i=1,height+1 do --This loop sets up my matrix with a spacing character.
  168.     mt[i] = {}
  169.     for j=1,width+1 do
  170.         mt[i][j] = " "
  171.     end
  172. end
  173.  
  174. --for i=1,width do
  175. --  states[i]=math.random(0,1)
  176. --end
  177.  
  178. for i=1,width do
  179.     if states[i]==1 then
  180.         mt[1][i+1]="#"
  181.     else
  182.         mt[1][i+1]=" "
  183.     end
  184. end
  185.  
  186. if debug then print("This automaton uses "..#rule.." rules.") end --Disregard this, it's for debugging.
  187. if debug then
  188.     for a=1,#rule do
  189.         for b=1,3 do
  190.             if rule[a][b] then
  191.                 io.write("true")
  192.             else
  193.                 io.write("false")
  194.             end
  195.         end
  196.         io.write("\n")
  197.     end
  198. end
  199.  
  200. for i = 1, height do --This runs the computation function for the desired height.
  201.     compute_next_gen(i)
  202. end
  203.  
  204. for a=1,height do --This loop actually prints out my matrix, displaying the pretty pattern!
  205.     for b=1,width do
  206.         io.write(mt[a][b])
  207.     end
  208.     io.write("\n")
  209. end
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