use strict; use warnings; my $tape = bless { desc => "5-state machine, theoretical max steps: >47,176,870", step => 630, delta => 54, pos => 224, cells => [], }; push @{$tape->{cells}}, int rand (1.7) || ' ' for 1 .. 500; $tape->show (82); print <47,176,870 Step: 630 Current delta: 54 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------­- 1 2 2 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 4567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789001234567890123456789012345678901234 ----------------------------------------v---------------------------------------­- 1 11 1 1 1 11 111 1 11 ORG sub show { my ($tape, $width) = @_; my $first = int ($tape->{pos} - $width / 2); my $last = $first + $width - 1; my $mag = int (log ($last) / log (10)) + 1; my $divider = '-' x $width; $first = sprintf '%0*d', $mag, $first; $last = sprintf '%0*d', $mag, $last; printf "%66s\n", $tape->{desc}; print "Step: $tape->{step}\n"; print "Current delta: $tape->{delta}\n"; print $divider, "\n"; for my $digit (0 .. $mag - 1) { my $lastDigit = -1; my $row; for my $num ($first .. $last) { my $newDigit = substr sprintf ("%${mag}d", $num), $digit, 1; $row .= $num != $last && $newDigit eq $lastDigit ? ' ' : $newDigit; $lastDigit = $newDigit; } print "$row\n"; } substr $divider, $width / 2, 1, 'v'; print $divider, "\n"; print @{$tape->{cells}}[$first .. $last], "\n"; }