Source file makelsys.icn
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#	File:     makelsys.icn
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#	Subject:  Procedures to convert L-Systems to records
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#	Author:   Ralph E. Griswold
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#	Date:     January 23, 1999
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#   This file is in the public domain.
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#  These procedures coverts a list corresponding to an L-System into an
#  L-System record.
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#  See lindsys.icn for documentation about format.
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#  See linden.dat for an example of input data.
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#  See also linden.icn for a graphics version.
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record Lsys(name, axiom, gener, angle, comment, productions)

procedure makelsys(lst)			#: make L-system from list
   local line, i, s, c, symbol, rewrite
   local allchars, rhs, value, spec, result

   result := Lsys()

   rewrite := table()
   allchars := ''			# cset of all rhs characters
 
   while line := get(lst) do {
      line ? {
         if symbol := move(1) & ="->" then {
            rhs := tab(0)
            rewrite[symbol] := rhs
            allchars ++:= rhs	# keep track of all characters
            }
         else if spec := tab(upto(':')) then {
            move(1)
            value := tab(0)
            if spec == "axiom" then allchars ++:= value
            else if spec == "end" then break
            /result[spec] := value
            }
         }
      }

#  At this point, we have the table to map characters, but it may lack
#  mappings for characters that "go into themselves" by default.  For
#  efficiency in rewriting, these mappings are added.

   every c := !allchars do
     /rewrite[c] := c

   result.productions := rewrite

   return result

end

procedure readlsys(input)		#: make L-system from a file
   local result

   result := []

   while put(result, read(input))

   return makelsys(result)

end

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