//life_driver.cpp
//
//Life Driver program 
//Roger Priebe 10/10/07 (edited 9/26/08, 2/17/15)
//Vangelis Metsis 03/04/2015
//CS 2308
//

//This file is a driver program for the Life.cpp module.
//This program must work with your implementations Life.h and Life.cpp
//

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

#include "life.h"

const string FILE_NAME = "starting_grid.txt";


using namespace std;

const int NUM_GENERATIONS = 2; //set to a smaller number for debugging

int main() {
    
    populateWorld(FILE_NAME);
        
    showWorld();  
  
    for (int iteration = 0; iteration < NUM_GENERATIONS; iteration++) {

        //clears screen in Linux   
        cout << "\033[2J\033[1;1H"; 
 
        iterateGeneration();
    
        showWorld();
    } 

    return 0;
}