internal static List <Ameba> IterateNumberOfLifeCylces(List <Ameba> listOfAmebas, int numberOfYears)
{
List <Ameba> listOfAmebasToAdd = new List <Ameba>();
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfYears; i++)
{
List <Ameba> tempList = LifeCycleIterator.TryToProcreate(listOfAmebas[i]);
if (tempList.Count > 1) //get rid of this dead Ameba
{
//listOfAmebas.RemoveAt(i); //can't remove it just yet. need to make sure it's dead and then at the end before adding them, remove the dead ones
for (int j = 0; j < tempList.Count; j++)
{
listOfAmebasToAdd.Add(tempList[j]);
}
}
}
for (int y = 0; y < listOfAmebas.Count; y++)
{
if (listOfAmebas[y].getLifeStatus() == false)
{
listOfAmebas.RemoveAt(y);
}
}
for (int x = 0; x < listOfAmebasToAdd.Count; x++)
{
listOfAmebas.Add(listOfAmebasToAdd[x]);
}
return(listOfAmebas);
}
public static void runMain()
{
Console.WriteLine("Running Main Method");
List <Ameba> initialAmebaList = new List <Ameba>();
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
{
Ameba ameba = new Ameba();
initialAmebaList.Add(ameba);
}
Console.WriteLine("The Number of Amebas in this list is: " + initialAmebaList.Count);
Console.WriteLine("Starting the iterations of life cycles");
List <Ameba> listAfterLifeCycles = LifeCycleIterator.IterateNumberOfLifeCylces(initialAmebaList, 1000);
Console.WriteLine("The number of Amebas after 1000 life cycles is: " + listAfterLifeCycles.Count);
}