Task: Langton's ant






PHP: 
define('dest_name', 'output.png'); // destination image
define('width', 100);
define('height', 100);

$x = 50;
$y = 70;
$dir = 0; // 0-up, 1-left, 2-down, 3-right
$field = array();
$step_count = 0; 

while(0 <= $x && $x <= width && 0 <= $y && $y <= height){
	if(isset($field[$x][$y])){
		unset($field[$x][$y]);
		$dir = ($dir + 3) % 4;
	}else{
		$field[$x][$y] = true;
		$dir = ($dir + 1) % 4;
	}
	switch($dir){
		case 0: $y++; break;
		case 1: $x--; break;
		case 2: $y--; break;
		case 3: $x++; break;
	}
	$step_count++;
}

$img = imagecreatetruecolor(width, height);
$white = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 255, 255);
for($x = 0; $x < width; $x++){	
	for($y = 0; $y < height; $y++){
		if(isset($field[$x][$y])){
			imagesetpixel($img, $x, $y, $white);
		}
	}
}

$color = array();
$color[0] = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 0, 0);
$color[1] = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 255, 0);
$color[2] = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 0, 255);
$print_array = array(
	0 => 'Langton`s Ant', 1=>'PHP Version', 2=>'Steps: ' . $step_count
);
foreach($print_array as $key => $line){
	imagestring($img, 3, 3, 3 + $key*11, $line, $color[$key]);
}

imagepng($img, dest_name);



VB: Option Explicit

Sub Ant()
  Dim TablDatas(1 To 200, 1 To 256) As String, sDir As String, sFile As String, Str As String
  Dim ColA As Integer, LigA As Long, ColF As Integer, LigF As Long, i As Long, j As Integer, Num As Long
  Dim Top As Boolean, Left As Boolean, Bottom As Boolean, Right As Boolean
    
    
    Select Case Int(Rnd(4) * 4)
      Case 0: Top = True
      Case 1: Right = True
      Case 2: Bottom = True
      Case 3: Left = True
    End Select
      
    LigF = 80
    ColF = 50
    For i = 1 To 200
        For j = 1 To 256
            TablDatas(i, j) = " "
        Next
    Next
    
    sDir = "/Users/mjreed/Desktop/"
    
    sFile = "Langton_Ant.txt"
    
    
    Dim Dir As String
    For i = 1 To 15000
        LigA = LigF
        ColA = ColF
       
        If LigA = 1 Or ColA = 1 Or ColA = 256 Or LigA = 200 Then GoTo Fin
        If TablDatas(LigA, ColA) = " " Then
            TablDatas(LigA, ColA) = "#"
            Select Case True
                Case Top: Top = False: Right = True: LigF = LigA: ColF = ColA + 1
                Case Left: Left = False: Top = True: LigF = LigA - 1: ColF = ColA
                Case Bottom: Bottom = False: Left = True: LigF = LigA: ColF = ColA - 1
                Case Right: Right = False: Bottom = True: LigF = LigA + 1: ColF = ColA
            End Select
        Else
            TablDatas(LigA, ColA) = " "
            Select Case True
                Case Top: Top = False: Left = True: LigF = LigA: ColF = ColA - 1
                Case Left: Left = False: Bottom = True: LigF = LigA + 1: ColF = ColA
                Case Bottom: Bottom = False: Right = True: LigF = LigA: ColF = ColA + 1
                Case Right: Right = False: Top = True: LigF = LigA - 1: ColF = ColA
            End Select
        End If
    Next i
Fin:
    
    Num = FreeFile
    Open sDir & sFile For Output As #Num
    
    For i = 1 To UBound(TablDatas, 1)
        Str = vbNullString
        For j = 1 To UBound(TablDatas, 2)
            Str = Str & TablDatas(i, j)
        Next j
        Print #Num, Str
    Next i
    Close #Num
    Exit Sub
End Sub