Game of Life Implementation

A C dynamically-linked library implementation of Conways' Game of Life. Completed for Durham University Coursework, see coursework.pdf.

Usage

To build exec export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH to link library correctly.

make all
./gameoflife

Or it can be run with the test script, bash test_script.sh.

Options

-i input_filename to read initial universe from file. If not specified takes input from stdin.

-o output_filename to output final universe to. If not specified outputs to stdout.

-g number_of_generations the number of new generations for which the game should be run. If not specified defaults to 5.

-s to print statistics after the final generation has been output.

-t to use torus topology for the rule. If not specified cells outside universe are dead.

Valid Input

Must be a maximum of 512 columns. Input must consist only of * & . and \n.