RosettaCodeData/Task/Evolutionary-algorithm/REXX/evolutionary-algorithm-2.rexx

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/*REXX program demonstrates an evolutionary algorithm (by using mutation). */
parse arg children MR seed . /*get optional arguments from the C.L. */
if children=='' | children=="," then children=10 /*# children produced each generation. */
if MR =='' | MR =="," then MR= "4%" /*the character Mutation Rate each gen.*/
if right(MR,1)=='%' then MR= strip(MR,,"%")/100 /*expressed as a percent? Then adjust.*/
if seed\=='' then call random ,,seed /*SEED allow the runs to be repeatable.*/
abc = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ '; Labc= length(abc)
do i=0 for Labc; @.i= substr(abc, i+1, 1) /*define array (for faster compare), */
end /*i*/ /*than picking one from a char string. */
target= 'METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL' ; Ltar= length(target)
do j=1 for Ltar; T.j= substr(target, j, 1) /*define an array (for faster compare),*/
end /*j*/ /*faster than a byte-by-byte compare. */
parent= mutate( left('', Ltar), 1) /*gen rand string, same length as tar. */
say center('target string', Ltar, "") 'children' "mutationRate"
say target center(children, 8) center( (MR*100/1)'%', 12); say
say center('new string' , Ltar, "") 'closeness' "generation"
do gen=0 until parent==target; close= fitness(parent)
almost= parent
do children; child= mutate(parent, MR)
_= fitness(child); if _<=close then iterate
close= _; almost= child
say almost right(close, 9) right(gen, 10)
end /*children*/
parent= almost
end /*gen*/
exit /*stick a fork in it, we're all done. */
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fitness: parse arg x; $=0; do k=1 for Ltar; $=$+(substr(x,k,1)==T.k); end; return $
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mutate: parse arg x,rate /*set X to 1st argument, RATE to 2nd.*/
$=; do m=1 for Ltar; r=random(1, 100000) /*REXX's max for RANDOM*/
if .00001*r<=rate then do; _= r//Labc; $= $ || @._; end
else $= $ || substr(x, m, 1)
end /*m*/
return $