def eca_wrap(cells, rule): lencells = len(cells) rulebits = '{0:08b}'.format(rule) neighbours2next = {tuple('{0:03b}'.format(n)):rulebits[::-1][n] for n in range(8)} c = cells while True: yield c c = ''.join(neighbours2next[(c[i-1], c[i], c[(i+1) % lencells])] for i in range(lencells)) if __name__ == '__main__': lines, start, rules = 50, '0000000001000000000', (90, 30, 122) zipped = [range(lines)] + [eca_wrap(start, rule) for rule in rules] print('\n Rules: %r' % (rules,)) for data in zip(*zipped): i = data[0] cells = data[1:] print('%2i: %s' % (i, ' '.join(cells).replace('0', '.').replace('1', '#')))