1. // Draft of the game of life

  2. #include <iostream>

  3. using namespace std;

  4. char world[10] [10];

  5. int a = 0;

  6. int xSeed[256]; //Initiating the variable that will get the user input for the X coordinate of the Seed

  7. int ySeed[256]; //Same as the xSeed, except for the y coordinate

  8. int Seeds; //Initiating the variable that will tell me how high I will have to list upwards in the array

  9. int neighbors; //Used in the function birth to count how many neighbors a cell has

  10. char var2[4]; //Variable used to enter another seed, only will be used once.

  11. //Creating function that will print the gameboard onto the screen.

  12. int gameboard(){ // Making the gameboard. Helped to learn about line continuation :P

  13.     cout << "\n__| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10" << \

  14.     "\n1 | " << world[1] [1] << "   " << world[2] [1] << "   " << world[3] [1] << "   " << world[4] [1] << "   " << world[5] [1] << "   " << world[6] [1] << "   " << world[7] [1] << "   " << world[8] [1] << "   " <<  world[9] [1] << "   " << world[10] [1] << \

  15.     "\n2 | " << world[1] [2] << "   " << world[2] [2] << "   " << world[3] [2] << "   " << world[4] [2] << "   " << world[5] [2] << "   " << world[6] [2] << "   " << world[7] [2] << "   " << world[8] [2] << "   " <<  world[9] [2] << "   " << world[10] [2] << \

  16.     "\n3 | " << world[1] [3] << "   " << world[2] [3] << "   " << world[3] [3] << "   " << world[4] [3] << "   " << world[5] [3] << "   " << world[6] [3] << "   " << world[7] [3] << "   " << world[8] [3] << "   " <<  world[9] [3] << "   " << world[10] [3] << \

  17.     "\n4 | " << world[1] [4] << "   " << world[2] [4] << "   " << world[3] [4] << "   " << world[4] [4] << "   " << world[5] [4] << "   " << world[6] [4] << "   " << world[7] [4] << "   " << world[8] [4] << "   " <<  world[9] [4] << "   " << world[10] [4] << \

  18.     "\n5 | " << world[1] [5] << "   " << world[2] [5] << "   " << world[3] [5] << "   " << world[4] [5] << "   " << world[5] [5] << "   " << world[6] [5] << "   " << world[7] [5] << "   " << world[8] [5] << "   " <<  world[9] [5] << "   " << world[10] [5] << \

  19.     "\n6 | " << world[1] [6] << "   " << world[2] [6] << "   " << world[3] [6] << "   " << world[4] [6] << "   " << world[5] [6] << "   " << world[6] [6] << "   " << world[7] [6] << "   " << world[8] [6] << "   " <<  world[9] [6] << "   " << world[10] [6] << \

  20.     "\n7 | " << world[1] [7] << "   " << world[2] [7] << "   " << world[3] [7] << "   " << world[4] [7] << "   " << world[5] [7] << "   " << world[6] [7] << "   " << world[7] [7] << "   " << world[8] [7] << "   " <<  world[9] [7] << "   " << world[10] [7] << \

  21.     "\n8 | " << world[1] [8] << "   " << world[2] [8] << "   " << world[3] [8] << "   " << world[4] [8] << "   " << world[5] [8] << "   " << world[6] [8] << "   " << world[7] [8] << "   " << world[8] [8] << "   " <<  world[9] [8] << "   " << world[10] [8] << \

  22.     "\n9 | " << world[1] [9] << "   " << world[2] [9] << "   " << world[3] [9] << "   " << world[4] [9] << "   " << world[5] [9] << "   " << world[6] [9] << "   " << world[7] [9] << "   " << world[8] [9] << "   " <<  world[9] [9] << "   " << world[10] [9] << \

  23.     "\n10| " << world[1] [10] << "   " << world[2] [10] << "   " << world[3] [10] << "   " << world[4] [20] << "   " << world[5] [10] << "   " << world[6] [10] << "   " << world[7] [10] << "   " << world[8] [10] << "   " <<  world[9] [10] << "   " << world[10] [10];

  24.     return 0; // Returning a vaulue to the function to signify that the function ran without a hitch

  25. }

  26. //Creating a function that places the cells on the board

  27. int cells(){

  28.     for(int a=0; a != 11; a++){

  29.         world[a] [1] = '-'; // This changes every cell on the x axis on the 1 y coordinate to '-'

  30.     }

  31.     for(int b=0; b != 11; b++){

  32.         int inc = 0;

  33.         inc++;

  34.         world[inc] [b] = '-'; // InC increases the X coordinate, while B stays on the same Y coordinate, changing the whole line to a dash

  35.         inc++;

  36.         world[inc] [b] = '-';  // Same as before comment

  37.         inc++;

  38.         world[inc] [b] = '-';

  39.         inc++;

  40.         world[inc] [b] = '-';

  41.         inc++;

  42.         world[inc] [b] = '-';

  43.         inc++;

  44.         world[inc] [b] = '-';

  45.         inc++;

  46.         world[inc] [b] = '-';

  47.         inc++;

  48.         world[inc] [b] = '-';

  49.         inc++;

  50.         world[inc] [b] = '-';

  51.         inc++;

  52.         world[inc] [b] = '-';

  53.     }

  54.     return 0;  //Returning a value to the function to signify that the function ran without a problem

  55. }

  56. //Creating function that allows the user to create seed cells.

  57. int seeds(){

  58.     cout << "\n\nHow many seed cells would you wish to have? ";

  59.     cin >> Seeds;

  60.     cout << "\n\nPlease enter the X and Y coordinates for the seed.";

  61.     cout << "\nX: ";

  62.     cin >> xSeed[1];

  63.     cout << "\nY: ";

  64.     cin >> ySeed[1];

  65.     int SeedY = 1;

  66.     int q=1;

  67.     while(SeedY != Seeds){

  68.         SeedY++;

  69.         q++;

  70.         if(q <= Seeds){

  71.         cout << "\n\nPlease enter the X and Y coordinates for the seed.";

  72.         cout << "\nX: ";

  73.         cin >> xSeed[q];

  74.         cout << "\nY: ";

  75.         cin >> ySeed[q];

  76.         }

  77.     }

  78.     int q2 = q; //Alright, variable q is the number of seeds there are in the arrays in the variables xSeed and ySeed, this just assigns that number to a new variable.

  79.     q = 0;

  80.     while(q2 != 0){ //Finnally found a way to change all the seed cells to alive on the gameboard, and let the user chose how many he wants!

  81.         world[xSeed[q2]] [ySeed[q2]] = '+';

  82.         q2--;

  83.     }

  84.     return 0;

  85. }

  86. // Function that creates the neighbors of the seed cells :P

  87. int birth(){

  88.     for (int m = 0; m < 11; m++){ //This will start at 1, making the Y coordinate 1, and will increase each time

  89.         for (int n = 0; n < 11; n++){ //When the first for loop executes, this one will execute, making the X coordinate 1, and will increase once each thru unctil it is 10.

  90.             if(world[m] [n] == '-'){ //This checks if a cell (ex. 1,1) is dead, if so it checks if surrounding cells are alive

  91.                 if(world[m++] [n] == '+'){ //Check if 2,1 is alive, if so move on

  92.                     neighbors++;

  93.                 }

  94.                 if(world[m] [n++] == '+'){ //Check if 1,2 is alive if so, make 2,2 alive.

  95.                     neighbors++;

  96.                 }

  97.                 if(world[m--] [n] == '+'){

  98.                     neighbors++;

  99.                 }

  100.                 else if(world[m] [n--] == '+'){

  101.                     neighbors++;

  102.                 }

  103.                 else if(world [m++] [n++] == '+'){

  104.                     neighbors++;

  105.                 }

  106. 

  107.                 else if(world [m--] [n--] == '+'){

  108.                     neighbors++;

  109.                 }

  110.                 else if(world [m++] [n--] == '+'){

  111.                     neighbors++;

  112.                 }

  113.                 else if(world [n--] [m++] == '+'){

  114.                     neighbors++;

  115.                 }

  116.                 else{

  117.                 cout << "";

  118.                 }

  119. 

  120.                 }

  121.                 if(neighbors == 3){

  122.                     world[m] [n] = '+';

  123.                     neighbors = 0;

  124.                 }

  125.         }

  126.     }

  127. }

  128. 

  129. int main(){

  130. cells(); //Assigning values to world[] []

  131. gameboard(); //Prints gameboard to screen

  132. seeds();//Allows user to be prompted for seed coordinates

  133. cout << "\n\nInput (Seed Cells)\n";

  134. gameboard();

  135. birth();

  136. cout << "\n\nOutput\n";

  137. gameboard();

  138. cin.sync();

  139. cin.get();

  140. return 0;

  141. }