One Line Aquarium

Question

My parents-in-law have a fishpond in their yard, filled with koi. It didn't really cross my mind until I noticed the following extract from my code.

',') & '_'

... I had fish-faces looking back at me from my screen...

Which has given me a great idea...

My quest for you, my dear golfers is to create a one-line ASCII aquarium, with the following rules:

• The size of the aquarium from side of the tank to the other side of the tank should be no smaller than 60 characters and no bigger than 80 characters. Sides of the tank need to be indicated using the pipe/bar (|) character.
• Fish must be able to "swim" left to right between the sides of the tank. As they will be turning, a front view is required for the transition from one direction to the other.

• The fish must look like the following:

  • }}< }} ',') Fish swimming right
  • (',' {{ >{{ Fish swimming left
  • }}('_'){{ Fish facing the front

• When a fish turns to change direction (30% chance), it must start from one direction, face the front, then face the other direction... Make sure there is ample room for the fish to turn, i.e. requires six spaces before the edge of the tank minimum...

• Unless a fish is blowing a bubble or changing direction, it will continue in the direction it is facing, if it gets within six spaces of the side of the tank, it will change direction.
• The fish (facing left or right) can on occasion (10% chance) stop to blow bubbles in succession (.oO*), so the fish is required to have a space available next to them in order for the bubble to exist, so a fish can only swim as close to the sides, save one space. The bubble must disappear before the fish can move on...

A series of example lines of the fish's behavior, with - characters indicating the spaces, as the code display feature on here is a little strict... I will expect these dashes to be replaced with spaces when you code this...

Each line here could be considered a frame in time-lapse.

|-}}< }} ',')----------|
|--}}< }} ',')---------|
|---}}< }} ',')--------|
|----}}< }} ',')-------|
|-----}}< }} ',')------|
|-----}}< }} ',').-----|
|-----}}< }} ',')o-----|
|-----}}< }} ',')O-----|
|-----}}< }} ',')*-----|
|---------}}('_'){{----|
|-----------(',' {{ >{{|
|----------(',' {{ >{{-|
|---------(',' {{ >{{--|
|--------.(',' {{ >{{--|
|--------o(',' {{ >{{--|
|--------O(',' {{ >{{--|
|--------*(',' {{ >{{--|
|--------(',' {{ >{{---|
|-------(',' {{ >{{----|
|------(',' {{ >{{-----|

etc. The above example is, as I said, small, but you get the general idea...

Shortest code wins...

I am expecting the output on the same line (if possible), if not, displaying frame after frame in succession is fine... Whether you go one line or multiple lines is up to you. If you are doing multiple lines, they must be separated by a newline.

Also a timer is imposed between frames, 2000ms . This is mandatory.

Let's see what you've got!

Answer 1

Python 3 (278)

Previously: 334, 332, 325, 302, 300, 299, 291, 286, 284, 281

import random,time
r=random.random
F="}}('_'){{%s","}}< }} ',')%s","%s(',' {{ >{{"
p,d=9,1
c=b=0
while 1:
 if c:p-=c+c*3*(2*d+c==1);d=c-c*d*d;c-=d
 elif b%5:b+=1
 elif.3>r()or{p*d}<{-5,53}:c=-d
 elif.1>r():b=1
 else:p+=d
 print('|%-70s|'%(' '*p+F[d])%' .oO*'[b%5]);time.sleep(2)

Golfing in Python is always difficult due to the indentation requirements of statements, but despite that, this went incredibly well!

Big thanks to Volatility and DSM for helping me golf this so much further.

Clean version

from random import random as r
from time import sleep as s
F = { 1: "}}< }} ',')%s", 0: "}}('_'){{%s", -1: "%s(',' {{ >{{" }

# p: position (from left)
# d: direction (-1: left, +1: right)
# c: changing direction (0: not changing, +1: to right, -1: to left)
# b: bubble (0)
p, d, c, b = 9, 1, 0, 0

while 1:
    if c:
        p -= c*[1,4][2*d+c==1]
        if d:
            d = 0
        else:
            d, c = c, 0
    elif b % 5:
        b += 1
    else:
        # change direction
        if r() < .3 or p * d in (-5,53):
            c = -d
        # start bubbling
        elif r() < .1:
            b = 1
        # move forward
        else:
            p += d

    # print fish and sleep
    print('|{:<70}|'.format(' '*p+(F[d]%' .oO*'[b%5])))
    s(2)

Answer 2

Ruby, 291 289

l="(',' {{ >{{";m="    }}('_'){{    ";r="}}< }} ',')";w=?\s;s=w*6;q="|#{r+s*9}|"
f=->*s{(puts q;sleep 2)if q.sub! *s}
loop{rand>0.1||(f[") ",")."]||f[" (",".("];f[?.,?o];f[?o,?O];f[?O,?*];f[?*,w])
q[7]==?(||q[-8]==?)||rand<0.3?f[s+l,m]&&f[m,r+s]||f[r+s,m]&&f[m,s+l]:f[w+l,l+w]||f[r+w,w+r]}

The fish is eleven characters long, making the aquarium 6*9+11+2 = 67 characters wide, which fits neatly in the required tolerance.

The f lambda function does all the heavy lifting: it accepts a substitution as a pair of arguments, then attempts to apply the substitution on the aquarium. If it succeeds, it paints one frame of the animation. It then reports the success value as 2 (the delay taken) or nil (delay not executed).

Fish will not blow bubbles twice in succession. (Fix: ...while rand>0.1 - 4 characers)

Fish may blow bubbles even before a forced turn. (Fix: rearrange the branching structure)

There is a frame where the bubble is completely gone (including the *) but the fish has not moved into the resulting void. This follows the letter, but not the example. (Fix: replace f[?*,w] with q[?*]=w - free)

Does not clear the console. Fix: add `clear` (Unix) or system 'cls' (Windows console) before puts q to fix ^(Ref.) or use print instead of puts and prepend \r to the aquarium (suggested by @manatwork).

Readable version:

# l - left fish; m - middle fish + space; r - right fish
# w - single space character; s - six spaces; q - the aquarium
l="(',' {{ >{{"; m="    }}('_'){{    "; r="}}< }} ',')";
w=" "; s=w*6; q="|#{r+s*9}|"
f = ->k,v do
  if q.sub! k,v
    puts q
    sleep 2
    return 2
  else
    return nil
  end
end

loop do
  if rand < 0.1
    f[") ",")."] || f[" (",".("]
    f[?.,?o]; f[?o,?O]; f[?O,?*]; f[?*,' ']
  end
  if q[7] == "(" || q[-8] == ")" || rand < 0.3
    (f[s+l,m] && f[m,r+s]) || (f[r+s,m] && f[m,s+l])
  else
    f[w+l,l+w] || f[r+w,w+r]
  end
end

Answer 3

R, 451 characters

A first attempt:

f=function(j,p){cat("\r|",rep("-",j),p,rep("-",50-j),"|",sep="");Sys.sleep(2)};d=F;j=5;P=c("--}}(\'_\'){{--","-}}< }} \',\')-","-(\',\' {{ >{{-");B=c("-",".","o","O","*","-");g=Vectorize(gsub,v="replacement");b=list(g("-$",B,P[2]),g("^-",B,P[3]));repeat{if(j<5 & d){d=!d;j=j+1;f(j,P[1])};if(j>44 & !d){d=!d;f(j,P[1]);j=j-1};if(runif(1)<.1){for(i in b[[d+1]])f(j,i)}else{f(j,P[d+2])};if(runif(1)<.3){d=!d;f(j,P[1]);f(j,P[d+2])};if(d){j=j-1}else{j=j+1}}

Indented:

f=function(j,p){ #Printing function (depends of buffer and kind of fish)
    cat("\r|",rep("-",j),p,rep("-",50-j),"|",sep="")
    Sys.sleep(2)
}
d=F   #Direction: if FALSE left to right, if TRUE right to left.
j=5   #Buffer from left side of tank
P=c("--}}(\'_\'){{--","-}}< }} \',\')-","-(\',\' {{ >{{-") #The fish
B=c("-",".","o","O","*","-") #The bubble sequence
g=Vectorize(gsub,v="replacement")
b=list(g("-$",B,P[2]),g("^-",B,P[3])) #Fish+bubble
repeat{
    if(j<5 & d){ #What happens if too close from left side
        d=!d
        j=j+1
        f(j,P[1])
        }
    if(j>44 & !d){ #What happens if too close from right side
        d=!d
        f(j,P[1])
        j=j-1}
    if(runif(1)<.1){ #If bubble sequence initiated
        for(i in b[[d+1]])f(j,i)
        }else{f(j,P[d+2])} #Otherwise
    if(runif(1)<.3){ #If fish decide to turn
        d=!d
        f(j,P[1])
        f(j,P[d+2])
    }
    if(d){j=j-1}else{j=j+1} #Increment or decrement j depending on direction
}

It prints the aquarium as stdout on a single line (then 2s break and carriage return before the aquarium at t+1 is printed).

Answer 4

Perl, 281

@f=("s O(',' {{ >{{","s}}('_'){{s","}}< }} ',')O s");$d=1;@o=split//," *Oo. ";{$_="|".$"x$x.$f[$d+1].$"x(44-$x).'|
';s/O/$o[$b]/;s/s/    /g;print;if($b||$t){$b--if$b;if($t){$d+=$t;$t=0if$d}}else{$x+=$d;$t=($x<1)-($x>43);if(!$t){$b=5if.9<rand;if(.7<rand){$t=-$d;$b=0}}}sleep 2;redo}

or more clearly

@f = ( "s O(',' {{ >{{", "s}}('_'){{s", "}}< }} ',')O s" );
$d = 1;
@o = split //, " *Oo. ";
{
    $_ = "|" . $" x $x . $f[ $d + 1 ] . $" x ( 44 - $x ) . '|
';
    s/O/$o[$b]/;
    s/s/    /g;
    print;
    if ( $b || $t ) {
        $b-- if $b;
        if ($t) { $d += $t; $t = 0 if $d }
    }
    else {
        $x += $d;
        $t = ( $x < 1 ) - ( $x > 43 );
        if ( !$t ) {
            $b = 5 if .9 < rand;
            if ( .7 < rand ) { $t = -$d; $b = 0 }
        }
    }
    sleep 2;
    redo
}

Fish turning correctly. Bubbles blowing.

285 - if you like the real aquarium feel and not the scrolling version:

$|=@f=("s O(',' {{ >{{","s}}('_'){{s","}}< }} ',')O s");$d=1;@o=split//," *Oo. ";{$_="\r|".$"x$x.$f[$d+1].$"x(44-$x).'|';s/O/$o[$b]/;s/s/    /g;print;if($b||$t){$b--if$b;if($t){$d+=$t;$t=0if$d}}else{$x+=$d;$t=($x<1)-($x>43);if(!$t){$b=5if.9<rand;if(.7<rand){$t=-$d;$b=0}}}sleep 2;redo}

Answer 5

C, 400 394 373 characters

#define p printf
#define a(x) l[5]=r[11]=x;d();
char *l="      (',' {{ >{{",*f="    }}('_'){{    ",*r="}}< }} ',')      ",*c,s=7,i,*T;d(){p("|");for(i=0;i<s;i++)p(" ");p(c);for(i=0;i<70-s;i++)p(" ");puts("|");sleep(2);}b(){a(46)a(111)a(79)a(42)a(32)}t(){T=c;c=f;d();c=T==r?l:r;d();}m(){c==l?s--:s++;d();s>69||s<1?t():0;}main(){c=r;for(d();;)i=rand()%10,i?i>6?t():m():b();} 

With whitespace:

#define p printf
#define a(x) l[5]=r[11]=x;d();
char *l="      (',' {{ >{{",
     *f="    }}('_'){{    ",
     *r="}}< }} ',')      ",
     *c, 
     s=7,
     i,  
    *T; 
d(){
  p("|");
  for(i=0;i<s;i++)
    p(" ");
  p(c);
  for(i=0;i<70-s;i++)
    p(" ");
  puts("|");
  sleep(2);
}
b(){
  a(46)
  a(111)
  a(79)
  a(42)
  a(32)
}
t(){
  T=c;
  c=f;
  d();
  c=T==r?l:r;
  d();
}
m(){
  c==l?s--:s++;
  d();
  s>69||s<1?t():0;
}
main(){
  c=r;
  for(d();;)
    i=rand()%10,
    i?i>6?t():m():b();
}