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module Main where

import System.Environment
import Control.Monad
import System.Random (newStdGen, randomRs)
import Data.List.Split

main :: IO ()
main = do
    args <- getArgs
    case args of
        [] -> putStrLn "Needs one argument"
        (n:_) -> run (read n :: Int)

-- | Run the cellular automata with a random seed.
run :: Int -> IO ()
run n = do
    g <- newStdGen
    let init = take n $ randomRs (0,1) g
    run' init

-- | Version of 'run' that allows for entering your own initial seed.
run' :: [Int] -> IO ()
run' init = do
    let n = length init
    let zeros = take n $ repeat 0
    let result = takeWhile' (/= zeros) $ chunksOf n $ compute n init
    forM_ result $ \r -> putStrLn $ show r

takeWhile' :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a]
takeWhile' _ [] = []
takeWhile' p (x:xs) = x : if p x then takeWhile' p xs else []

compute :: Int -> [Int] -> [Int]
compute n state = state ++ compute n (next n state)

-- Here I'm using a sequence-based computation to find the next step. There is
-- an arithmetic way to calculate it, but I can't find a good explanation of the
-- arithmetic online. So, until I get a copy of Wolfram's book, I'll just stick
-- with this; unfortunately I think the source of my bug is in the sequence
-- logic :(

next :: Int -> [Int] -> [Int]
next n state = [left, center, right]
    where
        center = translate $ getLast n' state
        right = translate $ getLast (n'+1) state
        left = translate $ getLast (n'-1) state
        n' = n+n

getLast :: Int -> [a] -> [a]
getLast n ls = drop (length ls - n) ls

translate [0,0,0] = 0
translate [0,0,1] = 1
translate [0,1,0] = 1
translate [0,1,1] = 1
translate [1,0,0] = 0
translate [1,0,1] = 1
translate [1,1,0] = 1
translate [1,1,1] = 0
translate _ = 0