hi everyone!
Who knows C programming? I desperately need your help!
I need to create a C program that will read and print (using printf function) a text file containing a 25x25 matrix of the character 'X' and blank space (X corresponds to a living organism), this would be the initial generation, then will calculate the next generations and save it on another text file. Here's information about The Game of Life provided by my teacher:
The Game of Life, invented by John H. Conway, is supposed to model
the genetic laws for birth, survival, and death. We will play the game on a
board that consists of 25 squares in the horizontal and vertical directions (a
total of 625 squares). Each square can be empty, or it can contain an \X"
indicating the presence of an organism. Each square (except for the border
squares) has eight neighbors. The color shading shown in the following
segment of the board marks the neighbors of the organism named \X*":
Rules of the Game
The next generation of organisms is determined according to the follow-
ing criteria:
1. Birth { An organism will be born in each empty location that has
exactly three neighbors.
2. Death { An organism with four or more organisms as neighbors will
die from overcrowding. And organism with fewer than two neighbors
will die from loneliness.
3. Survival { An organism with two or three neighbors will survive to the
next generation.
I am just a beginner in programming, and yet i have to use file pointers, file manipulations, to be able to finish my assignment (that i need to pass on tuesday). I have been reading C programming books and since i have no background on it, i'm really having a difficult time understanding some of the explanations. please, please do help me on this..
Who knows C programming? I desperately need your help!
I need to create a C program that will read and print (using printf function) a text file containing a 25x25 matrix of the character 'X' and blank space (X corresponds to a living organism), this would be the initial generation, then will calculate the next generations and save it on another text file. Here's information about The Game of Life provided by my teacher:
The Game of Life, invented by John H. Conway, is supposed to model
the genetic laws for birth, survival, and death. We will play the game on a
board that consists of 25 squares in the horizontal and vertical directions (a
total of 625 squares). Each square can be empty, or it can contain an \X"
indicating the presence of an organism. Each square (except for the border
squares) has eight neighbors. The color shading shown in the following
segment of the board marks the neighbors of the organism named \X*":
Rules of the Game
The next generation of organisms is determined according to the follow-
ing criteria:
1. Birth { An organism will be born in each empty location that has
exactly three neighbors.
2. Death { An organism with four or more organisms as neighbors will
die from overcrowding. And organism with fewer than two neighbors
will die from loneliness.
3. Survival { An organism with two or three neighbors will survive to the
next generation.
I am just a beginner in programming, and yet i have to use file pointers, file manipulations, to be able to finish my assignment (that i need to pass on tuesday). I have been reading C programming books and since i have no background on it, i'm really having a difficult time understanding some of the explanations. please, please do help me on this..
