Game of Life

using System;

class MainClass {//Conway's Game of Life

enum cell {dead, alive, tempD, tempA,};

static void Main()

{

int[,] life = {{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},

{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},

{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},

{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},

{0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0},

{0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0},

{0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0},

{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},

{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},

{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}};

int y = 1;

Console.WriteLine("{0}x{1}\n{2} {3} {4} {5}",life.GetLength(0),life.GetLength(1),(int)cell.dead,(int)cell.alive,(int)cell.tempD,(int)cell.tempA);

foreach(int x in life)

{

Console.Write(x+" ");

if(y++ % life.GetLength(0) == 0)

Console.WriteLine("");

}

Console.WriteLine("--------------------------------------------");

//Based on Conway's rules, the cells take up temporary states so as not to mess with the ongoing process

y = 1;

for(int i = 1; i < life.GetLength(0)-1; i ++)

{

for(int a = 1; a < life.GetLength(1)-1; a ++)

{

int count = -1;

for(int w = -1; w <= 1; w ++)

{

for(int z = -1; z <= 1; z ++)

{

if(life[(i+w),(a+z)] == (int)cell.alive || life[(i+w),(a+z)] == (int)cell.tempD)

++count;

}

}

if((count < 2) || (count > 3))

{

if(life[i,a] != (int)cell.dead)

life[i,a] = (int)cell.tempD;

}

else if(count == 2)

{

if(life[i,a] != (int)cell.alive)

life[i,a] = (int)cell.tempA;

}

else if(count == 3)

{

if(life[i,a] != (int)cell.alive)

life[i,a] = (int)cell.dead;

}

}

}

foreach(int x in life)

{

Console.Write(x+" ");

if(y++ % life.GetLength(0) == 0)

Console.WriteLine("");

}

for(int i = 0; i < life.GetLength(0)-1; i ++)//The cells are converted into the proper format

{

for(int a = 0; a < life.GetLength(1)-1; a ++)

{

int x = life[i,a];

if(x == (int)cell.tempD)

x = (int)cell.dead;

if(x == (int)cell.tempA)

x = (int)cell.alive;

life[i,a] = x;

}

}

Console.WriteLine("--------------------------------------------");

foreach(int x in life)

{

Console.Write(x+" ");

if(y++ % life.GetLength(0) == 0)

Console.WriteLine("");

}

}

}