Langton's Ant

This is an implementation of the Langton's Ant cellular automaton.

Installation

1. Install Kotlin 1.3.
2. Clone the repository using one of the following methods.
   • SSH: git clone git@github.com:neelkamath/langtons-ant.git
   • HTTPS: git clone https://github.com/neelkamath/langtons-ant.git

Usage

1. cd langtons-ant
2. Run using <GRADLE> run --args="<STEPS> <ROWS> <COLUMNS> <ROW> <COLUMN> <DIRECTION>". Replace <GRADLE> with gradle.bat if you're on Windows, and ./gradlew on others. All the following arguments are optional. <STEPS> (200 by default) are the number of time steps the grid should progress. <ROWS> (11 by default) and <COLUMNS> (11 by default) are the number of rows and columns in the plane. <ROW> (5 by default) and <COLUMN> (5 by default) is the row and column the ant is initially on (the first row/column starts from zero). DIRECTION (LEFT by default) is the ant's initial direction (one of UP, RIGHT, DOWN, and LEFT).

Each cell on the grid is indicated by two characters. The first character will be W (white cell), or B (black cell). The second character will be E (empty cell), U (has upward facing ant), R (has rightward facing ant), D (has downward facing ant), or L (has a leftward facing ant).

Testing

• Windows: gradle.bat test
• Other: ./gradlew test

License

This project is under the MIT License.