Update conways_game_of_life.py

Author: Lakshya747

cellular_automata/conways_game_of_life.py

@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-"""
-Conway's Game of Life implemented in Python.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life
-"""
+"""Conway's Game of Life implemented in Python.
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life"""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
-
 from PIL import Image
 
-# Define glider example
 GLIDER = [
     [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
     [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
@@ -19,80 +15,35 @@
     [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
 ]
 
-# Define blinker example
-BLINKER = [[0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0]]
-
+BLINKER = [
+    [0, 1, 0],
+    [0, 1, 0],
+    [0, 1, 0]
+]
 
 def new_generation(cells: list[list[int]]) -> list[list[int]]:
-    """
-    Generates the next generation for a given state of Conway's Game of Life.
-    >>> new_generation(BLINKER)
-    [[0, 0, 0], [1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 0]]
-    """
-    next_generation = []
-    for i in range(len(cells)):
-        next_generation_row = []
-        for j in range(len(cells[i])):
-            # Get the number of live neighbours
-            neighbour_count = 0
-            if i > 0 and j > 0:
-                neighbour_count += cells[i - 1][j - 1]
-            if i > 0:
-                neighbour_count += cells[i - 1][j]
-            if i > 0 and j < len(cells[i]) - 1:
-                neighbour_count += cells[i - 1][j + 1]
-            if j > 0:
-                neighbour_count += cells[i][j - 1]
-            if j < len(cells[i]) - 1:
-                neighbour_count += cells[i][j + 1]
-            if i < len(cells) - 1 and j > 0:
-                neighbour_count += cells[i + 1][j - 1]
-            if i < len(cells) - 1:
-                neighbour_count += cells[i + 1][j]
-            if i < len(cells) - 1 and j < len(cells[i]) - 1:
-                neighbour_count += cells[i + 1][j + 1]
-
-            # Rules of the game of life (excerpt from Wikipedia):
-            # 1. Any live cell with two or three live neighbours survives.
-            # 2. Any dead cell with three live neighbours becomes a live cell.
-            # 3. All other live cells die in the next generation.
-            #    Similarly, all other dead cells stay dead.
-            alive = cells[i][j] == 1
-            if (
-                (alive and 2 <= neighbour_count <= 3)
-                or not alive
-                and neighbour_count == 3
-            ):
-                next_generation_row.append(1)
-            else:
-                next_generation_row.append(0)
-
-        next_generation.append(next_generation_row)
-    return next_generation
-
+    """Generates the next generation for a given state of Conway's Game of Life."""
+    next_gen = [[0] * len(row) for row in cells]
+    for i, row in enumerate(cells):
+        for j, cell in enumerate(row):
+            neighbours = sum(cells[x][y] for x in range(i-1, i+2) for y in range(j-1, j+2) if 0 <= x < len(cells) and 0 <= y < len(row) and (x != i or y != j))
+            next_gen[i][j] = 1 if cell == 1 and 2 <= neighbours <= 3 or cell == 0 and neighbours == 3 else 0
+    return next_gen
 
 def generate_images(cells: list[list[int]], frames: int) -> list[Image.Image]:
-    """
-    Generates a list of images of subsequent Game of Life states.
-    """
+    """Generates a list of images of subsequent Game of Life states."""
     images = []
     for _ in range(frames):
-        # Create output image
         img = Image.new("RGB", (len(cells[0]), len(cells)))
         pixels = img.load()
-
-        # Save cells to image
-        for x in range(len(cells)):
-            for y in range(len(cells[0])):
-                colour = 255 - cells[y][x] * 255
-                pixels[x, y] = (colour, colour, colour)
-
-        # Save image
+        for x, row in enumerate(cells):
+            for y, cell in enumerate(row):
+                colour = 255 - cell * 255
+                pixels[y, x] = (colour, colour, colour)
         images.append(img)
         cells = new_generation(cells)
     return images
 
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     images = generate_images(GLIDER, 16)
     images[0].save("out.gif", save_all=True, append_images=images[1:])