Langton's ant
In this version we use 4-bits-per-char graphics to shrink the output to a quarter the area of ASCII graphics.
constant @vecs = [1,0,1], [0,-1,1], [-1,0,1], [0,1,1];
constant @blocky = ' ▘▝▀▖▌▞▛▗▚▐▜▄▙▟█'.comb;
constant $size = 100;
enum Square <White Black>;
my @plane = [White xx $size] xx $size;
my ($x, $y) = $size/2, $size/2;
my $dir = @vecs.keys.pick;
my $moves = 0;
loop {
given @plane[$x][$y] {
when :!defined { last }
when White { $dir--; $_ = Black; }
when Black { $dir++; $_ = White; }
}
($x,$y,$moves) »+=« @vecs[$dir %= @vecs];
}
say "Out of bounds after $moves moves at ($x, $y)";
for 0,2,4 ... $size - 2 -> $y {
say join '', gather for 0,2,4 ... $size - 2 -> $x {
take @blocky[ 1 * @plane[$x][$y]
+ 2 * @plane[$x][$y+1]
+ 4 * @plane[$x+1][$y]
+ 8 * @plane[$x+1][$y+1] ];
}
}Output:
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