import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Graphics; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Langton extends JFrame{ private JPanel planePanel; private static final int ZOOM = 4; public Langton(final boolean[][] plane){ planePanel = new JPanel(){ @Override public void paint(Graphics g) { for(int y = 0; y < plane.length;y++){ for(int x = 0; x < plane[0].length;x++){ g.setColor(plane[y][x] ? Color.BLACK : Color.WHITE); g.fillRect(x * ZOOM, y * ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM); } } //mark the starting point g.setColor(Color.GREEN); g.fillRect(plane[0].length / 2 * ZOOM, plane.length / 2 * ZOOM, ZOOM/2, ZOOM/2); } }; planePanel.setSize(plane[0].length - 1, plane.length - 1); add(planePanel); setSize(ZOOM * plane[0].length, ZOOM * plane.length + 30); setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args){ new Langton(runAnt(100, 100)); } private static boolean[][] runAnt(int height, int width){ boolean[][] plane = new boolean[height][width]; int antX = width/2, antY = height/2;//start in the middle-ish int xChange = 0, yChange = -1; //start moving up while(antX < width && antY < height && antX >= 0 && antY >= 0){ if(plane[antY][antX]){ //turn left if(xChange == 0){ //if moving up or down xChange = yChange; yChange = 0; }else{ //if moving left or right yChange = -xChange; xChange = 0; } }else{ //turn right if(xChange == 0){ //if moving up or down xChange = -yChange; yChange = 0; }else{ //if moving left or right yChange = xChange; xChange = 0; } } plane[antY][antX] = !plane[antY][antX]; antX += xChange; antY += yChange; } return plane; } }