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Slight change to documentation, clarifying the meaning of distance.

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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ It returns a new cell, based on the cell passed.
Actions of the rule will (can only) modify properties of the cell; there are two
properties which are special and SHOULD NOT be modified, namely the properties
__x__ and __y__.
__x__ and __y__.
### Execution
@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ A _condition_ is one of:
#### About neighbours
Note that everywhere above I've used 'neighbours', you can use 'neighbours
within _distance_'.
Note that everywhere above I've used 'neighbours', you can use 'neighbours
within _distance_', where _distance_ is a (small) positive integer.
A cell has eight immediate neighbours - cells which actually touch it (except
for cells on the edge of the map, which have fewer). If the cell we're
A cell has eight immediate neighbours - cells which actually touch it (except
for cells on the edge of the map, which have fewer). If the cell we're
interested in is the cell marked 'X' in the table below, its immediate neighbours
are the ones marked '1'. But outside the ones marked '1', it has more distant
are the ones marked '1'. But outside the ones marked '1', it has more distant
neighbours - those marked '2' and '3' in the table, and still more outside those.
<table style="padding-left: 20%;">
@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ neighbours - those marked '2' and '3' in the table, and still more outside those
<tr><td style="width: 1.5em; background-color: chartreuse;">3</td><td style="width: 1.5em; background-color: chartreuse;">3</td><td style="width: 1.5em; background-color: chartreuse;">3</td><td style="width: 1.5em; background-color: chartreuse;">3</td><td style="width: 1.5em; background-color: chartreuse;">3</td><td style="width: 1.5em; background-color: chartreuse;">3</td><td style="width: 1.5em; background-color: chartreuse;">3</td></tr>
</table>
If a rule just says 'neighbours', and not 'neighbours within', it means
If a rule just says 'neighbours', and not 'neighbours within', it means
'neighbours within 1'; so
if some neighbours are scrub then state should be scrub
@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ has exactly the same meaning as
In these rules, _actions_ is one of:
+ _action_
+ _action_
+ _action_ and _actions_
and _action_ is:
@ -140,33 +140,33 @@ and _action_ is:
#### Properties
In the above, _property_ is the name of any property of a cell. Any alpha-numeric
string of characters can form the name of a property. Actions should __NOT__
string of characters can form the name of a property. Actions should __NOT__
try to change the reserved properties __x__ and __y__.
#### Values in Conditions
Values in conditions and actions are considered slightly differently. In a
Values in conditions and actions are considered slightly differently. In a
condition, a value is one of:
+ _symbolic-value_
+ _numeric-value_
The '...more than...' and '...less than...' conditions imply a _numeric-value_.
Thus "if altitude is more than fertility..." is interpreted as meaning "if the value
Thus "if altitude is more than fertility..." is interpreted as meaning "if the value
of the property of the current cell called 'altitude' is greater than the value
of the property of the current cell called 'fertility'", whereas the apparently
similar condition 'if altitude is fertility...' is interpreted as meaning
"if the value of the property of the current cell called 'altitude' is the symbol
'fertility'".
Thus _symbolic-value_ is any sequence of alphanumeric characters, whereas
Thus _symbolic-value_ is any sequence of alphanumeric characters, whereas
_numeric-value_ is one of:
+ _number_
+ _property_
and _number_ is any sequence of the decimal digits 0...9, the minus character
'-' and the period character '.', provided that the minus character can only be
and _number_ is any sequence of the decimal digits 0...9, the minus character
'-' and the period character '.', provided that the minus character can only be
in the first position, and the period character can only appear once.
#### Values in Actions
@ -185,12 +185,12 @@ and _operator_ is one of the simple arithmetic operators '+', '-', '*' and '/'.
### Shorthand
Note that '...neighbours are...' is equivalent to '...neighbours have state equal to...',
Note that '...neighbours are...' is equivalent to '...neighbours have state equal to...',
and 'some neighbours...' is equivalent to 'more than 0 neighbours...'
## License
Copyright © 2014 [Simon Brooke](mailto:simon@journeyman.cc)
Distributed under the terms of the
[GNU General Public License v2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
Distributed under the terms of the
[GNU General Public License v2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)