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Coding Challenge #85: The Game of Life

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In this coding challenge, I attempt to code Conway’s Game of Life cellular automata simulation in JavaScript using the p5.js library. Code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges/85-the-game-of-life 🕹️ p5.js Web Editor Sketch: https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/UtSMCB1zv 🎥 Next video: https://youtu.be/H81Tdrmz2LA?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH 🎥 All videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH References: 🗄 Conway's Game of Life on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life 📓 Mathematical Games: http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/october1970.html Videos: 🚂 My Video on The Game of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tENSCEO-LEc 🚂 2D Arrays in JavaScript: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTNpiLUSiB4 🚂 The Modulo Operator with Golan Levin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Iy3v1co0A 🔴 Coding Train Live 108: https://youtu.be/U8S1qDjIE2Yt=8518s Related Coding Challenges: 🚂 #89 Langton's Ant: https://youtu.be/G1EgjgMo48U 🚂 #107 Sandpiles: https://youtu.be/diGjw5tghYU 🚂 #102 2D Water Ripple: https://youtu.be/BZUdGqeOD0w Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:00 Generations 7:18 make2DArray() 17:20 Compute Next Generation 21:19 countNeighbors() 23:14 Deal with Edges 25:44 Implement Rules 30:00 Implement Wraparound with Modulus 36:13 Variations Editing by Mathieu Blanchette Animations by Jason Heglund Music from Epidemic Sound 🚂 Website: http://thecodingtrain.com/ 👾 Share Your Creation! https://thecodingtrain.com/guides/passenger-showcase-guide 🚩 Suggest Topics: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Suggestion-Box 💡 GitHub: https://github.com/CodingTrain 💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/hPuGy2g 💖 Membership: http://youtube.com/thecodingtrain/join 🛒 Store: https://standard.tv/codingtrain 🖋️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecodingtrain 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.coding.train/ 🎥 Coding Challenges: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH 🎥 Intro to Programming: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA 🔗 p5.js: https://p5js.org 🔗 p5.js Web Editor: https://editor.p5js.org/ 🔗 Processing: https://processing.org 📄 Code of Conduct: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Code-of-Conduct This description was auto-generated. If you see a problem, please open an issue: https://github.com/CodingTrain/thecodingtrain.com/issues/new #gameoflife #cellularautomata #modulus #javascript #p5js

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Flickering.", 'start': 884.601, 'duration': 8.746}, {'end': 896.169, 'text': 'I kind of feel the need to fix that.', 'start': 893.367, 'duration': 2.802}, {'end': 908.919, 'text': 'And the other thing that I can do that this is going to help is if I make this 600 by 400, and I make this like 20, Right, it still works.', 'start': 898.13, 'duration': 10.789}], 'summary': 'Adjusting background to zero, drawing white rectangles for one values. resolving goofiness and flickering issue while maintaining functionality.', 'duration': 37.437, 'max_score': 871.482, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/FWSR_7kZuYg/pics/FWSR_7kZuYg871482.jpg'}, {'end': 990.88, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 967.621, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 977.529, 'text': "While I'm checking each cell, I check this cell first, let's say, I cannot change its value and then go on and check the next cell.", 'start': 967.621, 'duration': 9.908}, {'end': 983.574, 'text': "Because the next cell's new state should not be dependent on this cell's new state, but its previous state.", 'start': 977.889, 'duration': 5.685}, {'end': 985.495, 'text': "And if I've changed its state, I've lost its old state.", 'start': 983.614, 'duration': 1.881}, {'end': 990.88, 'text': 'So this is where what I actually need is I need two two-dimensional arrays.', 'start': 985.936, 'duration': 4.944}], 'summary': 'To maintain state independence, two two-dimensional arrays are needed for cell checking.', 'duration': 23.259, 'max_score': 967.621, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/FWSR_7kZuYg/pics/FWSR_7kZuYg967621.jpg'}], 'start': 360.307, 'title': 'Javascript 2d array challenges', 'summary': 'Discusses the challenges of using two-dimensional arrays in javascript, constructing a 10x10 grid of zeros and ones, and rendering it on a canvas.', 'chapters': [{'end': 474.468, 'start': 360.307, 'title': 'Javascript 2d array challenges', 'summary': 'Discusses the challenges of using two-dimensional arrays in javascript, the construction of a 2d array, and the use of a function to create a random 10x10 grid of zeros and ones.', 'duration': 114.161, 'highlights': ['The challenges of using two-dimensional arrays in JavaScript The chapter discusses the challenges of using two-dimensional arrays in JavaScript, highlighting their awkwardness and the absence of a true two-dimensional array construct.', 'The construction of a 2D array using arrays of arrays The chapter explains the construction of a 2D array by treating it as an array of arrays, with each row or column being an array, introducing the concept of a 2D array as an array of arrays.', "The use of a function to create a random 10x10 grid of zeros and ones The chapter introduces the use of a function, 'make2dArray', to create a random 10x10 grid of zeros and ones for the 2D array, facilitating the generation of a grid through a separate function."]}, {'end': 990.88, 'start': 474.468, 'title': 'Creating 2d array and rendering grid', 'summary': 'Discusses the process of creating a 2d array to represent a grid, iterating over every column and row to fill it with random values of 0 or 1, and rendering the grid as a series of rectangles on a canvas with a resolution of 10 by 10.', 'duration': 516.412, 'highlights': ['Creating an empty 2D array and filling it with random values of 0 or 1 by iterating over every column and row. The author explains the process of creating a 2D array and using nested loops to fill it with random values, 0 or 1, for each position.', 'Rendering the grid as a series of rectangles on a canvas with a resolution of 10 by 10, and dynamically calculating the number of columns and rows based on the canvas size and resolution. The author discusses the process of rendering the grid by drawing rectangles on a canvas and dynamically calculating the number of columns and rows based on the canvas size and resolution.', 'Emphasizing the importance of maintaining the previous state of cells and the need for two 2D arrays to store the cell states before and after the iteration. The author highlights the importance of preserving the previous state of cells and explains the need for two 2D arrays to store cell states before and after iteration to prevent dependency on the new states.']}], 'duration': 630.573, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/FWSR_7kZuYg/pics/FWSR_7kZuYg360307.jpg', 'highlights': ['The use of a function to create a random 10x10 grid of zeros and ones', 'The construction of a 2D array using arrays of arrays', 'Creating an empty 2D array and filling it with random values of 0 or 1 by iterating over every column and row', 'Rendering the grid as a series of rectangles on a canvas with a resolution of 10 by 10', 'Emphasizing the importance of maintaining the previous state of cells and the need for two 2D arrays to store the cell states before and after the iteration', 'The challenges of using two-dimensional arrays in JavaScript']}, {'end': 1263.395, 'segs': [{'end': 1020.53, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 991.52, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 994.821, 'text': 'One is the sort of old one, and one is the new one.', 'start': 991.52, 'duration': 3.301}, {'end': 1000.523, 'text': 'Now probably the simplest thing for me to do is just make a new one every frame.', 'start': 995.502, 'duration': 5.021}, {'end': 1005.465, 'text': "That's sort of like, in some ways, a bad idea in terms of memory management.", 'start': 1000.543, 'duration': 4.922}, {'end': 1009.587, 'text': 'And if you look at my processing example that I referenced at the beginning of this video,', 'start': 1005.925, 'duration': 3.662}, {'end': 1012.528, 'text': 'what I actually do in that example is I just have two different arrays.', 'start': 1009.587, 'duration': 2.941}, {'end': 1014.469, 'text': 'I have an old one, and then I have a new one.', 'start': 1012.948, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 1017.09, 'text': 'Then the new one is then the old one, and I write the new one over here.', 'start': 1014.689, 'duration': 2.401}, {'end': 1018.11, 'text': 'I just keep swapping them.', 'start': 1017.11, 'duration': 1}, {'end': 1020.53, 'text': 'So I could maybe add that in at some point during this video.', 'start': 1018.43, 'duration': 2.1}], 'summary': 'Using two arrays for memory management in processing example.', 'duration': 29.01, 'max_score': 991.52, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/FWSR_7kZuYg/pics/FWSR_7kZuYg991520.jpg'}, {'end': 1134.413, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1060.899, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1066.382, 'text': 'Do I want to render first? This is kind of like a philosophical, deep philosophical question.', 'start': 1060.899, 'duration': 5.483}, {'end': 1071.564, 'text': 'Do I want to compute and then render, or render and then compute? 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'That would be the neighbor to the.', 'start': 1166.303, 'duration': 2.941}, {'end': 1170.985, 'text': 'so right?', 'start': 1169.244, 'duration': 1.741}, {'end': 1174.486, 'text': 'If this is i comma j, i minus one.', 'start': 1171.465, 'duration': 3.021}, {'end': 1175.526, 'text': 'comma j is there?', 'start': 1174.486, 'duration': 1.04}, {'end': 1176.207, 'text': 'i minus one?', 'start': 1175.526, 'duration': 0.681}, {'end': 1177.787, 'text': 'j minus one.', 'start': 1176.207, 'duration': 1.58}, {'end': 1178.868, 'text': 'i. j minus one.', 'start': 1177.787, 'duration': 1.081}, {'end': 1179.528, 'text': 'that sort of thing.', 'start': 1178.868, 'duration': 0.66}, {'end': 1188.762, 'text': "So if I'm thinking about this, I might like add, go, I could manually put in all the neighbors, just add them all up.", 'start': 1179.608, 'duration': 9.154}], 'summary': 'Discussing manual calculation of neighbors for a grid.', 'duration': 28.921, 'max_score': 1159.841, 'thumbnail': 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old and the other is new, and swapping them to manage memory efficiently', 'Emphasizes the need to count live neighbors, indicating the importance of this step in the algorithm', 'The speaker initially considers calculating four neighbors for a cell, then realizes an omission and adjusts to calculate a total of eight neighbors manually', 'The speaker mentions the possibility of adding the approach of using two different arrays and swapping them in the video, indicating a potential future addition to the content']}, {'end': 1459.177, 'segs': [{'end': 1293.252, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1264.155, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1265.076, 'text': 'So this is the idea.', 'start': 1264.155, 'duration': 0.921}, {'end': 1266.477, 'text': 'I need to add up all those neighbors.', 'start': 1265.116, 'duration': 1.361}, {'end': 1267.478, 'text': "Let's do this in a loop.", 'start': 1266.577, 'duration': 0.901}, {'end': 1272.221, 'text': 'So another way I could do it is I could say, ah, I have a 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'text': "And I'm going to say let sum equals 0.", 'start': 1323.31, 'duration': 3.301}, {'end': 1332.684, 'text': "And then I'm going to say sum plus equals Grid, i, j.", 'start': 1326.611, 'duration': 6.073}, {'end': 1334.345, 'text': "However, here's a problem.", 'start': 1332.684, 'duration': 1.661}, {'end': 1338.67, 'text': "I don't want to count myself as a neighbor.", 'start': 1334.726, 'duration': 3.944}, {'end': 1342.655, 'text': "So there's a few different ways I could do this, but it's a little bit silly.", 'start': 1339.291, 'duration': 3.364}, {'end': 1344.297, 'text': "I'm just going to subtract it at the end.", 'start': 1342.675, 'duration': 1.622}, {'end': 1346.998, 'text': "Like, I'll just subtract it out.", 'start': 1345.798, 'duration': 1.2}, {'end': 1352.059, 'text': 'I could have like put an if statement here, like ignore it if I equals X and J equals X,', 'start': 1346.998, 'duration': 5.061}], 'summary': 'Algorithm calculates sum, accounts for self, uses subtraction.', 'duration': 28.749, 'max_score': 1323.31, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/FWSR_7kZuYg/pics/FWSR_7kZuYg1323310.jpg'}, {'end': 1431.887, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1402.04, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1410.284, 'text': 'I could consider this like an infinite wraparound world where this neighbor to the right is this, this neighbor to the left is this.', 'start': 1402.04, 'duration': 8.244}, {'end': 1411.745, 'text': "There's other ways that I could approach it.", 'start': 1410.304, 'duration': 1.441}, {'end': 1419.909, 'text': "What I'm going to do is I'm going to leave the edges as fixed values and just not bother to check them.", 'start': 1411.765, 'duration': 8.144}, {'end': 1431.887, 'text': "So what I'm going to do here is I am going to, I wanted to do, I was going to do this loop like this.", 'start': 1420.669, 'duration': 11.218}], 'summary': 'Approaching the problem of an infinite wraparound world by leaving the edges as fixed values and not bothering to check them.', 'duration': 29.847, 'max_score': 1402.04, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/FWSR_7kZuYg/pics/FWSR_7kZuYg1402040.jpg'}], 'start': 1264.155, 'title': 'Handling edge cases in loops', 'summary': 'Explores handling edge cases in loops to optimize loop execution, considering approaches like infinite wraparound world and fixed edge values, aiming to address missing neighbors on the edges.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1320.289, 'start': 1264.155, 'title': 'Counting neighbors in 2d array', 'summary': 'Discusses the approach of counting neighbors in a 2d array by implementing a function called countneighbors, which iterates through a 2d array and receives x and y coordinates, aiming to calculate the total number of neighbors around a particular spot.', 'duration': 56.134, 'highlights': ['The chapter explains the process of implementing a function called countNeighbors to calculate the number of neighbors in a 2D array, emphasizing the iterative approach and the use of x and y coordinates.', 'It discusses the idea of using a loop to sum up the neighbors and then introduces a more efficient approach by proposing the creation of a function called Neighbors to handle the task.', 'The speaker outlines the concept of writing a function, countNeighbors, which takes a 2D array along with x and y coordinates as input parameters, demonstrating the intention to address the problem through a well-defined function.']}, {'end': 1383.399, 'start': 1323.31, 'title': 'Summing grid values excluding self', 'summary': 'Explains a method of summing grid values while excluding the self, showcasing a couple of different ways to achieve this and the use of loops and subtraction, but encountering a problem in the process.', 'duration': 60.089, 'highlights': ['The chapter demonstrates a method of summing grid values while excluding the self, showcasing a couple of different ways to achieve this.', 'The speaker uses a loop around the grid with values -1, 0, and 1, and then subtracts out the self-value to calculate the sum of the neighbors.', 'The speaker encounters a problem in the process of summing grid values while excluding the self, which needs to be addressed.']}, {'end': 1459.177, 'start': 1385.681, 'title': 'Handling edge cases in loops', 'summary': 'Discusses handling edge cases in loops, considering various approaches such as infinite wraparound world and leaving the edges as fixed values, to optimize the loop execution and address the issue of missing neighbors on the edges.', 'duration': 73.496, 'highlights': ['The chapter discusses handling edge cases in loops and considering various approaches such as infinite wraparound world and leaving the edges as fixed values to optimize the loop execution.', 'The speaker contemplates treating the edges differently, considering options like an infinite wraparound world or leaving the edges as fixed values to address the issue of missing 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'content': [{'end': 1557.06, 'text': 'If state equals zero and neighbors equals zero, then next i, j equals one.', 'start': 1543.647, 'duration': 13.413}, {'end': 1560.203, 'text': "That's rule number one.", 'start': 1558.882, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 1563.086, 'text': 'Not zero, equals three.', 'start': 1561.444, 'duration': 1.642}, {'end': 1578.255, 'text': "Now, what else? 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Well, one way to do that is with something called modulus.', 'start': 1796.32, 'duration': 4.824}, {'end': 1803.365, 'text': 'This is really, this is great.', 'start': 1802.244, 'duration': 1.121}, {'end': 1810.371, 'text': "And I can refer you to Golan Levin's guest tutorial video on modulus, which was made as part of this channel, so I will link to that.", 'start': 1804.026, 'duration': 6.345}, {'end': 1826.745, 'text': "But basically, what I'm saying here is if I have 10 columns, zero through nine, what could, and I'm always looking for the neighbor plus one.", 'start': 1811.272, 'duration': 15.473}], 'summary': 'Use modulus to implement wrap around edges for 10 columns.', 'duration': 39.232, 'max_score': 1787.513, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/FWSR_7kZuYg/pics/FWSR_7kZuYg1787513.jpg'}, {'end': 2162.522, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 2116.259, 'weight': 0.717, 'content': [{'end': 2118.64, 'text': "You can believe me or not believe me, but it's going to work.", 'start': 2116.259, 'duration': 2.381}, {'end': 2121.06, 'text': "And I'm going to put this in.", 'start': 2119.44, 'duration': 1.62}, {'end': 2139.028, 'text': 'So now what I want is x plus i plus, columns, modulus columns, y plus j plus rows, modulus rows, add those all up, and the game of life.', 'start': 2121.501, 'duration': 17.527}, {'end': 2142.414, 'text': 'Thank you.', 'start': 2141.854, 'duration': 0.56}, {'end': 2144.275, 'text': 'Thank you for watching this coding challenge.', 'start': 2142.954, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 2144.835, 'text': 'Thank you.', 'start': 2144.495, 'duration': 0.34}, {'end': 2145.215, 'text': 'Thank you.', 'start': 2144.875, 'duration': 0.34}, {'end': 2150.097, 'text': "So let's try doing a couple things just to get a little further here.", 'start': 2145.515, 'duration': 4.582}, {'end': 2154.579, 'text': "I don't know.", 'start': 2154.259, 'duration': 0.32}, {'end': 2155.899, 'text': "No, I'm not going to do it.", 'start': 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Additionally, a quick solution for edge cases is provided.", 'The author emphasizes treating edge cases differently and specifies that if a cell is on an edge, it will keep the same value as before, providing a quick but not ideal solution for handling edge cases.', 'The chapter explains the specific rules for changing the state of a cell, including conditions such as if the state is 0 and three neighbors are alive, change the state to 1, and if the cell is alive and has less than two or greater than three neighbors, then the state changes to 0.', "The author acknowledges that there could be more concise ways to write the rules but emphasizes the clarity of the current approach and recognizes the feedback on a typo regarding 'neighbors' in the first if statement."]}, {'end': 2288.954, 'start': 1644.121, 'title': 'Debugging game of life algorithm', 'summary': 'Discusses debugging a game of life algorithm, focusing on identifying and correcting errors in the code, implementing wraparound 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'Distinguishing between cellular automaton and automata plural', 'The Game of Life was created by John Conway and was first introduced in a 1970 article in Scientific American by Martin Gardner, providing a historical context for its significance', 'The video aims to guide viewers from starting with no code to finishing with a simulation, highlighting the practical approach and the potential challenges involved', 'The rules for cell state transformation are based on the number of live neighbors: fewer than two neighbors results in cell death, two or three neighbors allows the cell to survive, and more than three neighbors leads to cell death due to overpopulation', 'The evaluation process involves computing a new state for each cell based on its previous state, occurring at each generation or frame of animation', 'The use of a function to create a random 10x10 grid of zeros and ones', 'The construction of a 2D array using arrays of arrays', 'Creating an empty 2D array and filling it with random values of 0 or 1 by iterating over every column and row', 'Rendering the grid as a series of rectangles on a canvas with a resolution of 10 by 10', 'Emphasizing the importance of maintaining the previous state of cells and the need for two 2D arrays to store the cell states before and after the iteration', 'The challenges of using two-dimensional arrays in JavaScript', 'The chapter explains the trade-off between creating a new array every frame and using two different arrays, emphasizing the memory management implications and referencing a processing example', 'The concept of rendering and computing in a loop is discussed, highlighting the importance of drawing the first frame and performing computation for the next frame', 'The process of manually calculating the eight neighboring cells of a given cell in a grid, initially considering only four, and then realizing the omission of the remaining four, resulting in a total of eight neighbors', 'The algorithm involves computing the next generation based on the grid, utilizing a looping process for rendering and computing', 'The speaker discusses the approach of using two different arrays, where one is old and the other is new, and swapping them to manage memory efficiently', 'Emphasizes the need to count live neighbors, indicating the importance of this step in the algorithm', 'The speaker initially considers calculating four neighbors for a cell, then realizes an omission and adjusts to calculate a total of eight neighbors manually', 'The speaker mentions the possibility of adding the approach of using two different arrays and swapping them in the video, indicating a potential future addition to the content', 'The chapter discusses handling edge cases in loops and considering various approaches such as infinite wraparound world and leaving the edges as fixed values to optimize the loop execution', 'The chapter explains the process of implementing a function called countNeighbors to calculate the number of neighbors in a 2D array, emphasizing the iterative approach and the use of x and y coordinates', 'The chapter demonstrates a method of summing grid values while excluding the self, showcasing a couple of different ways to achieve this', "The chapter details the process of implementing the rules for Conway's Game of Life, including treating edge cases differently and specifying the conditions for changing the state of a cell based on the number of neighbors, with specific rules such as if the state is 0 and three neighbors are alive, change the state to 1", 'Implemented wraparound for the edges of the grid using modulus operations, ensuring that cells on the grid consider the other sides as neighbors and correcting out-of-bounds errors', 'Discussed potential extensions for the system, including visualizing cells with different colors based on their history, allowing user interaction to set cells, exploring special repeating patterns, and considering alternative visualizations such as using circles or images']}