Hello DaniWeb users,

I hope one of you can assist me.

I did search and found nothing to help me.

So below is my code and I am hoping that someone can please tell me what on earth I am forgetting. I have been playing with this for quite some time now.

When I run it... my 20x20 becomes all @'s... which it shouldn't be doing that... So if there is any kind soul out there, please oh please get me headed in the right direction!

Thank you! :confused:

// Sample program for HW1 "Life" problem.

/* <At least, the following functions should be implemented>
[DONE?]void Display(......) -- will display the current generation map.
[DONE]void Readint(......)  -- will read the initial positions and the number of generations 
you will generate.
[done?]void  NextGeneration(......)  -- will generate the next generation map using
 [done?]CheckNeighbor function for every position.
[DONE]void  CopyMatrix(……)    -- will copy one matrix to another.
[DONE]void  ClearMatrix(……)  -- will clear a matrix.
*/

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

const int N_ROW = 20;
const int N_COL = 20;

typedef	char MapType[N_ROW][N_COL];

void Readint(int&, int&, MapType);
void Display(int, int, MapType);
void NextGeneration(MapType&, MapType);
int CheckNeighbor(int, int, MapType&);
void CopyMatrix(MapType, MapType);
void ClearMatrix(MapType);

int CheckNeighbor(int Row, int Col, MapType& org){
	int numN=0;
    for(int K = Row-1; K <= Row+1; K++)
    {
          for(int J = Col-1; J <= Col+1; J++)
      {
           numN = numN + org[K][J];
      }
   }
   numN = numN - org[Row][Col];
   //cout << numN << "\n";
   return numN;

}
void NextGeneration (MapType& orggen, MapType nextgen){
   MapType New;
   int Row, Col;
//1.	An organism is born in any empty cell having exactly three neighbors.
   // if 3 neighbors = born
//2.	An organism dies from isolation if it has fewer than two neighbors.
   // if <2 neighbors = death
//3.	An organism dies from overcrowding if it has more than three neighbors.
   // if >3 neighbors = death
//4.	All other organisms survive to the next generation.
   // else = alive

   for (Row = 1; Row < N_ROW; Row = Row + 1)
   for (Col = 1; Col < N_COL; Col = Col + 1)
   {
      if (orggen[Row][Col]==0)
          if (CheckNeighbor(Row, Col, orggen) == 3)
             New[Row][Col] = 1;   // Born
         else
            New[Row][Col] = 0;   
      else
		  if((CheckNeighbor(Row,Col,orggen) <2) || (CheckNeighbor(Row,Col,orggen) >3))
			New[Row][Col] = 0; //Death
		  else
			New[Row][Col] = 1;
   }
   for (Row = 1; Row < N_ROW; Row = Row + 1)
   for (Col = 1; Col < N_COL; Col = Col + 1)
   {
      orggen[Row][Col] = nextgen[Row][Col];   
   }
}

void Display(int rows, int cols, MapType org){
      for(int i = 0; i < N_ROW; i++)
      {
            for(int j = 0; j < N_COL; j++)
            {
                 if(org[i][j]>0)
					 cout << '@';
				 else
					 cout<<' ';
		    }
				 cout << "\n";
      }
}
void CopyMatrix(MapType org, MapType next){
for (int i=0;i<N_ROW;i++)
for (int j=0; j<N_COL;j++)
next[i][j]=org[i][j];
}

void ClearMatrix(MapType Map){
		// To make the map blank
	for (int i = 0; i < N_ROW; i++)
		for (int j = 0; j <N_COL; j++)
			Map[i][j] = ' ';
}

void Readint(int& noc, int& nog, MapType org)
{
	int	i,j;
	int	rowno, colno;
	// To initialize the original map as blank
	for (i = 0; i < N_ROW; i++)
		for (j = 0; j <N_COL; j++)
			org[i][j] = ' ';
	// To read the number of the initial cells
	cout<<"Please enter the number of initial cells: ";
	cin>>noc;
	// To read the initial cell position(s)
	for (i = 0; i < noc; i++)
	{
		cout<<"The position of cell is (row, col): ";
		cin>>rowno>>colno;
		//org[rowno][colno] = '@';
	}
	// To read the number of generations
	cout<<"How many generations do you want to generate? ";
	cin >> nog;
}

int main(){
	int	no_cells;
	int	no_gens;
	int i=0;
	MapType	currmap, nextmap;
	char yesno='n';
	do {
		ClearMatrix(currmap);
		Readint(no_cells,no_gens, currmap);
		Display(i,no_cells, currmap);
		cout<<"Press any key to continue!! "<<endl;
		cin.get();
		for(i = 2; i <= no_gens; i++)
		{
			ClearMatrix(nextmap);
			NextGeneration(currmap, nextmap);
			CopyMatrix(currmap, nextmap);
			Display(i, no_cells, currmap);
			cout<<"Press any key to continue!!" <<endl;
			cin.get();
		}
		cout<<"Do you want to do it again? (Yes/No)";
		cin>> yesno;}
	while(yesno=='Y' || yesno =='y');
	cout<<"Good Bye"<<endl;
	return 0;
}

You need to look closely at what you're doing in the NextGeneration( ) function. You pass in nextgen array, but don't use it to calculate the changes. Then you go and copy the blank nextgen array over the original.

Be consistent in writing 0 or 1 to the arrays, not @. Leave the display function to interpret them.

// Sample program for HW1 "Life" problem.

/* <At least, the following functions should be implemented>
[DONE?]void Display(......) -- will display the current generation map.
[DONE]void Readint(......) -- will read the initial positions and the number of generations
you will generate.
[done?]void NextGeneration(......) -- will generate the next generation map using
[done?]CheckNeighbor function for every position.
[DONE]void CopyMatrix(……) -- will copy one matrix to another.
[DONE]void ClearMatrix(……) -- will clear a matrix.
*/

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

const int N_ROW = 20;
const int N_COL = 20;

typedef char MapType[N_ROW][N_COL];

void Readint(int&, int&, MapType);
void Display(MapType);
void NextGeneration(MapType);
int CheckNeighbor(int, int, MapType);
void CopyMatrix(MapType, MapType);
void ClearMatrix(MapType);

int CheckNeighbor(int Row, int Col, MapType org){
int numN=0;
for(int i = Row-1; i <= Row+1; i++)
for(int j = Col-1; j <= Col+1; j++)
{
    if (org[i][j]==1)
    numN++;
}
return numN;
}
void NextGeneration(MapType orggen){
int Row, Col, numN;
MapType New;
for (Row = 1; Row < N_ROW-1; Row++)
for (Col = 1; Col < N_COL-1; Col++)   
numN = CheckNeighbor(Row,Col,orggen);
if (numN == 3)
New[Row][Col] = 1; // Born OR Stays Alive
else if((numN <2) || (numN >3))
New[Row][Col] = 0; //Death OR Stays Blank
else
New[Row][Col] = orggen[Row][Col]; //Stays the Same
}

void Display(MapType org){
for(int i = 0; i < N_ROW; i++)
for(int j = 0; j < N_COL; j++)
{
if(org[i][j]==1)
cout << '@';
else
cout<<' ';
}
cout << "\n";
}
void CopyMatrix(MapType org, MapType next){
for (int i=0;i<N_ROW;i++)
for (int j=0; j<N_COL;j++)
org[i][j]=next[i][j];
}

void ClearMatrix(MapType org){
// To make the map blank
for (int i = 0; i < N_ROW; i++)
for (int j = 0; j < N_COL; j++)
org[i][j] = 0;
}

void Readint(int& noc, int& nog, MapType org)
{
int rowno, colno;
// To read the number of the initial cells
cout<<"Please enter the number of initial cells: ";
cin>>noc;
// To read the initial cell position(s)
for (int i = 0; i < noc; i++)
{
    cout<<"The position of cell is (row, col): ";
    cin>>rowno>>colno;
        if((rowno < 1) || (rowno > 19))
            {cout<< "Invalid position, enter new position. ";
        org[rowno][colno] = 0;
            cin >> rowno>>colno;}
        if((colno < 1) || (colno > 19))
            {cout<< "Invalid position, enter new position. ";
        org[rowno][colno] = 0;
            cin >> rowno>>colno;}
    org[rowno][colno] = 1;
}
// To read the number of generations
cout<<"How many generations do you want to generate? ";
cin >> nog;
}

int main(){
int no_cells;
int no_gens;
int i=0;
MapType currmap, nextmap;
char yesno='n';
do {
ClearMatrix(currmap);
Readint(no_cells,no_gens, currmap);
Display(currmap);
system("Pause");
for(i = 2; i <= no_gens; i++)
{
ClearMatrix(nextmap);
NextGeneration(currmap);
CopyMatrix(currmap, nextmap);
Display(nextmap);
system("Pause");
}
cout<<"Do you want to do it again? (Y/N)";
cin>> yesno;}
while(yesno=='Y' || yesno =='y');
cout<<"Good Bye"<<endl;
return 0;
}

So, does it work or not? If not, what do you see happening/not happening? What did you change?

And fixing the indenting to be at least as good as your first post would be helpful.

No it doesn't work.

Sorry I just took it from my email. I was working on it at work as well.

It is getting worse. I am about to give up on life. Ha.

Before it was displaying better... but now it is going crazy.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

const int N_ROW = 20;
const int N_COL = 20;

typedef char MapType[N_ROW][N_COL];

void Readint(int&, int&, MapType);
void Display(MapType);
void NextGeneration(MapType, MapType);
int CheckNeighbor(int, int, MapType);
void CopyMatrix(MapType, MapType);
void ClearMatrix(MapType);

int CheckNeighbor(int Row, int Col, MapType org){
int numN=0;
	for(int i = Row-1; i <= Row+1; i++)
	{
		for(int j = Col-1; j <= Col+1; j++)
		{
			if (org[i][j]==1)
			numN++;
	}
	}
	return numN;
}
void NextGeneration(MapType orggen, MapType New){
int Row, Col, numN;
for (Row = 1; Row < N_ROW-1; Row++)
	{
		for (Col = 1; Col < N_COL-1; Col++)   
		numN = CheckNeighbor(Row,Col,orggen);
			if (numN == 3)
				New[Row][Col] = 1; // Born OR Stays Alive
			else if((numN <2) || (numN >3))
				New[Row][Col] = 0; //Death OR Stays Blank
			else
				New[Row][Col] = orggen[Row][Col]; //Stays the Same
}
}

void Display(MapType org){
	for(int i = 0; i < N_ROW; i++)
	{
	for(int j = 0; j < N_COL; j++)
	{
		if(org[i][j]==1)
		cout << '@';
		else
		cout<<' ';
	}
		cout << "\n";
	}
}
void CopyMatrix(MapType org, MapType next){
for (int i=0;i<N_ROW;i++)
{
	for (int j=0; j<N_COL;j++)
		org[i][j]=next[i][j];
}
}

void ClearMatrix(MapType org){
for (int i = 0; i < N_ROW; i++)
{
	for (int j = 0; j < N_COL; j++)
		org[i][j] = 0;
}
}

void Readint(int& noc, int& nog, MapType org)
{
int rowno, colno;
cout<<"Please enter the number of initial cells: ";
cin>>noc;
// To read the initial cell position(s)
for (int i = 0; i < noc; i++){
do{
	cout<<"The position of cell is (row, col): ";
	cin>>rowno>>colno;
	org[rowno][colno]=1;}
while(((rowno < 1) || (rowno > 19)) && ((colno < 1) || (colno > 19)));}

// To read the number of generations
cout<<"How many generations do you want to generate? ";
cin >> nog;
}

int main(){
int no_cells, no_gens;
int i=0;
MapType currmap, nextmap;
char yesno='n';
do {
	ClearMatrix(currmap);
	Readint(no_cells,no_gens, currmap);
	Display(currmap);
	system("Pause");
	for(i = 2; i <= no_gens; i++)
		{
	ClearMatrix(nextmap);
	NextGeneration(currmap, nextmap);
	CopyMatrix(currmap, nextmap);
	Display(nextmap);
	system("Pause");
		}
cout<<"Do you want to do it again? (Y/N)";
cin>> yesno;}
while(yesno=='Y' || yesno =='y');
cout<<"Good Bye"<<endl;
return 0;
}

Alright... so I think it is getting there but something is still going wrong and I can't determine where...

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

const int N_ROW = 30;
const int N_COL = 30;

typedef char MapType[N_ROW][N_COL];

void Readint(int&, int&, MapType);
void Display(MapType);
void NextGeneration(MapType, MapType);
int CheckNeighbor(int, int, MapType);
void CopyMatrix(MapType, MapType);
void ClearMatrix(MapType);

int CheckNeighbor(int Row, int Col, MapType org){
	int numN=0;
   if (org[Row-1][Col-1] == 1)
       numN++;
   if ( org[Row-1][Col] == 1)
       numN++;
   if (org[Row-1][Col+1] == 1)
       numN++;
   if (org[Row][Col-1] == 1)
       numN++;
   if ( org[Row][Col+1] == 1)
       numN++;
   if (org[Row-1][Col-1] == 1)
       numN++;
   if(org[Row+1][Col] == 1)
       numN++;
   if (org[Row+1][Col+1] == 1)
       numN++;
   return numN;
 }
void NextGeneration(MapType orggen, MapType New){
   for (int r=0; r<N_ROW; r++)
   {
       for (int c=0; c<N_COL; c++)
       {
		int numN = CheckNeighbor(r,c,orggen);
		   		if (numN == 3)
				New[r][c] = 1; // Born OR Stays Alive
			else if((numN <2) || (numN >3))
				New[r][c] = 0; //Death OR Stays Blank
			else
				New[r][c] = orggen[r][c]; //Stays the Same           
           for(int r=0; r<N_ROW; r++)
               for(int c=0;c<N_COL;c++)
                   orggen[r][c] = New[r][c];
       }
   }
}

void Display(MapType org){
	for(int i = 0; i < N_ROW; i++)
	{
	for(int j = 0; j < N_COL; j++)
	{
		if(org[i][j]==1)
		cout << '@';
		else
		cout<<' ';
	}
		cout << "\n";
	}
}
void CopyMatrix(MapType org, MapType next){
for (int i=0;i<N_ROW;i++)
{
	for (int j=0; j<N_COL;j++)
		next[i][j]=org[i][j];
}
}

void ClearMatrix(MapType org){
for (int i = 0; i < N_ROW; i++)
{
	for (int j = 0; j < N_COL; j++)
		org[i][j] = 0;
}
}

void Readint(int& noc, int& nog, MapType org){
int rowno, colno;
cout<<"Please enter the number of initial cells: ";
cin>>noc;
// To read the initial cell position(s)
for (int i = 0; i < noc; i++)
do{
	cout<<"The position of cell is (row, col): ";
	cin>>rowno>>colno;
	org[rowno][colno]=1;}
	while(((rowno < 1) || (rowno > 29)) && ((colno < 1) || (colno > 29)));

cout<<"How many generations do you want to generate? ";
cin >> nog;
}

int main(){
int no_cells, no_gens;
int i=0;
MapType currmap, nextmap;
char yesno='n';
do {
	ClearMatrix(currmap);
	Readint(no_cells,no_gens,currmap);
	Display(currmap);
	system("Pause");
	for(i = 2; i <= no_gens; i++)
		{
	ClearMatrix(nextmap);
	NextGeneration(currmap, nextmap);
	CopyMatrix(currmap, nextmap);
	Display(nextmap);
	system("Pause");
		}
cout<<"Do you want to do it again? (Y/N)";
cin>> yesno;}
while(yesno=='Y' || yesno =='y');
cout<<"Good Bye"<<endl;
return 0;
}

I got an endless loop of this:

The position of cell is (row, col):

What am I supposed to get?

SO IT WORKS... It helps when the neighborcheck doesn't check itself twice... haha.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

const int SIZE = 30;
typedef char MapType[SIZE][SIZE];

void Readint(int&, MapType);
void Display(int, MapType);
void NextGeneration(MapType, MapType);
int CheckNeighbor(MapType,int, int);
void CopyMatrix(MapType, MapType);
void ClearMatrix(MapType);

int CheckNeighbor(MapType org,int Row, int Col){
	int numN=0;
   if (org[Row-1][Col-1] == '@')
       numN++;
   if (org[Row-1][Col] == '@')
       numN++;
   if (org[Row-1][Col+1] == '@')
       numN++;
   if (org[Row][Col-1] == '@')
       numN++;
   if (org[Row][Col+1] == '@')
       numN++;
   if (org[Row+1][Col-1] == '@')
       numN++;
   if(org[Row+1][Col] == '@')
       numN++;
   if (org[Row+1][Col+1] == '@')
       numN++;
   return numN;
 };
void NextGeneration(MapType org, MapType New){
int numN;
	for (int Row = 0; Row < SIZE-1; Row++)
		for (int Col = 0; Col < SIZE-1; Col++) 
		{
			numN = CheckNeighbor(org,Row,Col);
			if (numN == 3)
			New[Row][Col] = '@'; 
			else if(numN < 2)
			New[Row][Col] = ' '; 
			else if(numN > 3)
				New[Row][Col]=' ';
			else
			New[Row][Col] = org[Row][Col]; 
		}         
};

void Display(int nog, MapType org){
	int cells=0;

cout << endl << "Generation " << nog << ":" << endl;
for(int Row = 0; Row < SIZE; Row++)
{
for(int Col = 0; Col < SIZE; Col++)
{
cout << org[Row][Col] << " ";
if(org[Row][Col] == '@')
cells++;
}
cout << endl;
}
cout << "This generation has " << cells << " living cells." << endl;
};
void CopyMatrix(MapType org, MapType New){
	for (int i=0; i<SIZE;i++)
	for (int j=0; j<SIZE;j++)
		org[i][j]=New[i][j];
};

void ClearMatrix(MapType org){
	for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++)
	for (int j = 0; j < SIZE; j++)
		org[i][j] = ' ';
};

void Readint(int& nog, MapType org){
int rowno, colno, noc;

do{
	cout<<"Please enter the number of initial cells, no more than 15 : ";
	cin>>noc;
} while((noc < 1)||(noc > 15));

for(int i = 1; i <= noc; i++)
{
cout << "Enter the position of cell " << i <<endl;;
do {
cout << "Enter Row (1-29): ";
cin >> rowno;
} while((rowno < 1)||(rowno > SIZE-1));

do {
cout << "Enter Col (1-29): ";
cin >> colno;
} while((colno < 1)||(colno > SIZE-1));
org[rowno][colno] = '@';
}

cout<<"How many generations do you want to generate? ";
cin >> nog;
};

int main(){
int no_gens;
MapType currmap, nextmap;
char yesno;

do {
	ClearMatrix(currmap);
	Readint(no_gens,currmap);
	Display(1, currmap);
	system("Pause");
	for(int i = 2; i <= no_gens; i++)
		{
	ClearMatrix(nextmap);
	NextGeneration(currmap, nextmap);
	CopyMatrix(currmap, nextmap);
	Display(i, currmap);
	system("Pause");
		}
cout<<"Do you want to do it again? (Y/N)";
cin>> yesno;}
while(yesno=='Y' || yesno =='y');
	system("Pause");
return 0;
}
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