Question

Implement Conway's Game of Life using 2-dimensional arrays. All the tips, tricks, techniques we have been using in class are allowed. Nothing else. The program should read the initial state of the board by reading in "alive" cells from a user input data file. Meaning your program should ask the user the name of the data file. Assume all the other cells are "dead." Make sure to use modular coding techniques. The main program should be pretty simple. The file will have the following format: 3 22 3 21 19 44 19 46 19 47 6 29 8 78 etc, until the end of file combination: -99-99 These integer pairs represent the row, column index for any alive cell. For example, 19 47 means the cell is alive at row 19, column 47. Set up your program so the first is index 0 (zero) and the first column is index 0 (zero). You should have at least 80 columns and 25 rows. Your program should have a for loop to display the next generation on the screen. Assume at least 50 generations, but let the user enter any value they like (maybe set the default to 50). The program should (for every new generation) calculate the new alive/dead cells for the map display the new map The display should do this with a slight pause (for human eyes to see the changes), but not too long. Maybe a new grid should be displayed every second (1,000 ms). As a guide. But there should be no user input for the remapping and display. There is a maximum size of the grid (2 dim array). You will have to come up with wrap around or end of the row/col rules. The general rules for the game can be found online. (lots of examples)

Program in C++