#Need help with C++ project

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undone apex
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Conway Game of Life

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foggy heart
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Yes.

undone apex
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Hi!, could you help me get started on this project, I'm new to C++ and could use some help

wide gorge
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what have you got so far?

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hmm

undone apex
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#include <iostream>

static const int activeRows = 18;
static const int activeCols = 50;
static const int totalRows = activeRows + 2;
static const int totalCols = activeCols + 2;

int main()
{

return 0;

}

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not much

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The one I have to implement requires a specific generation/result as well

wide gorge
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do you need help figuring out what to do next?

undone apex
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yeah

cold elbow
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What are your current thoughts

wide gorge
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wait zelis already has krill issues

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hm

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i thought it wasnt taken

cold elbow
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You're an imposter

undone apex
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I need to figure out how to set up the initial board state

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then the cells, then updating the board

cold elbow
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Ok

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How do you want to represent the board in your program

wide gorge
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a 2D array would be convenient i think

undone apex
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the one I need to make is supposed to look like this

Screenshot_2024-02-01_233139.png
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then when the program runs, it will initially ask "How many organisms initially?" then you give it a number which brings up a second prompt "Locations?" (Ex: 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 1 4 3) then Finally "Generations?" (Ex. 2)

wide gorge
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aha

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why not start with reading all input?

undone apex
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sure

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I wrote down the basic ones

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int main()
{
//Get initial number of Organisms
int numOrganisms;
std::cout << "How many Organisms initially? ";
std::cin >> numOrganisms;

//Get the number of Generations
int numGenerations;
std::cout << "How many Generations? ";
std::cin >> numGenerations;

return 0;

}

wide gorge
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have you worked with 2D arrays before?

undone apex
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yes but not in over a year

wide gorge
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ahhh

undone apex
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yeah lol

wide gorge
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well

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std::vector<std::vector<bool>> board;
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you'd need to resize that to fit your board dimensions
then you'd need to initialize everything to false except for the initial organisms which would probably be true

undone apex
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hmm