life.c

/******************************************************************************
The Game of Life, implemented in ncurses.
run it with a list of (x, y) pairs, for example, for the pairs
(3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6) ,
run
$ ./a.out 3 4 3 5 3 6 4 4 4 5 4 6

Copyright (c) 2003, Ben Hoskings <benhoskings@sourceforge.net>
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#include <ncurses.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define max(a, b) (a > b ? a : b)
#define min(a, b) (a < b ? a : b)

#define CELL_CHAR '@'

int dim_x, dim_y;
WINDOW *buf_1, *buf_2, *buf, *buf_off;

void flip_buf()
{
	(buf == buf_1) ? (buf = buf_2) : (buf = buf_1);
	(buf == buf_1) ? (buf_off = buf_2) : (buf_off = buf_1);
}

// loop through a 3x3 square around (x, y) and count the live neighbours (that
// is, ignoring the point (x, y) itself).
int get_live_nbs(int x, int y)
{
	int i, j, count = 0;

	for (i = max(x-1, 0); i <= min(x+1, dim_x - 1); i++)
	{
		for (j = max(y-1, 0); j <= min(y+1, dim_y - 1); j++)
		{
			if ((i == x) && (j == y))
				continue;

			if (mvwinch(buf, j, i) == CELL_CHAR)
				count++;
		}
	}
	return count;
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	int i, j, live_nbs, step = 1;
	bool equal = 0;

	if (argc % 2 == 0)
	{
		printf("Need an even number of arguments, for (x, y) pairs.\n");
		return 1;
	}

	initscr();
	nocbreak();
	timeout(0);
	noecho();

	getmaxyx(stdscr, dim_y, dim_x);

	buf = buf_1 = newwin(dim_y, dim_x, 0, 0);
	buf_off = buf_2 = newwin(dim_y, dim_x, 0, 0);

	for (i = 1; i < argc; i += 2)
		mvwaddch(buf, atoi(argv[i + 1]) + 1, atoi(argv[i]) + 1, CELL_CHAR);

	while (1)
	{
		if (!equal)
		{
			box(buf, 0, 0);
			mvwprintw(buf, dim_y - 1, 4, "%d", step++);
			mvwprintw(buf, 0, 4, "The Game of Life");
			mvwprintw(buf, 0, dim_x - 15, "\'q\' to quit");
			wrefresh(buf);
			equal = 1;

			for (i = 1; i < dim_x - 1; i++)
			{
				for (j = 1; j < dim_y - 1; j++)
				{
					live_nbs = get_live_nbs(i, j);

					if (live_nbs == 3)
						mvwaddch(buf_off, j, i, CELL_CHAR);
					else if (live_nbs != 2)
						mvwaddch(buf_off, j, i, ' ');
					else
						mvwaddch(buf_off, j, i, mvwinch(buf, j, i));

					if (mvwinch(buf, j, i) != mvwinch(buf_off, j, i))
						equal = 0;
				}
			}
			flip_buf();
		}
		usleep(100000);

		if (getch() == 'q')
		{
			delwin(buf_1);
			delwin(buf_2);
			endwin();
			return 0;
		}
	}
}