This module is part of the original MMBasic library. It is reproduced here with kind permission of Hugh Buckle and Geoff Graham. Be aware it may reference functionality which has changed or is deprecated in the latest versions of MMBasic.
This program plays the game of Towers of Hanoi for you. It is a programming exercise in recursion, that is, where a subroutine, in this case “TOWER”, calls itself.
It plays on a MicroMite using a VT100 terminal .eg Tera Term. It does NOT play in the chat window of MMEdit prior to V3.4.18
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'''''''''''TOWERS of HANOI''''''''''''
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''''''''''''By H W Holmes'''''''''''''
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''''''''''''July 31, 2014'''''''''''''
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'This program plays the game of Towers of Hanoi for you.
'It is a programing exercise in recursion, that is,
'where a subroutine, in this case "TOWER", calls itself.
'It plays on a MicroMite using a VT100 terminal .eg Tera Term.
'It does NOT play in the chat window of MMEdit prior to V3.4.18
INFO:
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'''Display Constants'''
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Delay = 500 ' Change for speed of play
TopRow = 8 ' CHANGE THIS TO MOVE Game UP OR DOWN THE SCREEN!
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''Tower Pieces''
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Dim TP$(9)
TP$(0) = " M " ' Empty Peg
TP$(1) = " 1M1 " ' Level 1
TP$(2) = " 22M22 "
TP$(3) = " 333M333 "
TP$(4) = " 4444M4444 "
TP$(5) = " 55555M55555 "
TP$(6) = " 666666M666666 "
TP$(7) = "7777777M7777777" ' level 7
TP$(8) = "TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT" ' Base
TP$(9) = " " ' ERASE disk
Dim PL(3) 'Pin Level
HMD: 'How many disks?
ClearScreen
HOME
' c 1.1
Print "This program plays the game of Towers of Hanoi for you."
Print "Object: To Move Disks from 1 Pin To Another, 1 pin at a time,"
Print " never puting a larger Disk on a smaller one."
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''''Display''''
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D=0:S=0:E=0
ScreenBuild
Print
DK:
Print "How many Disks (1-7) " ; : GetDig D : Print D
If D<1 Or D>7 Then Print "Disk Count Out of Range! -> "; : GoTo DK
SP:
Print "Starting on Pin (1-3)"; : GetDig S : Print S
If S<1 Or S>3 Then Print "Pin # Out of Range! -> "; : GoTo SP
EP:
cnt = 0
Print "Move to Pin (";
If S<>1 Then Print "1";: cnt = 1: Print" OR "; ' 1 was not chosen to start
If S<>2 Then ' 2 was not chosen to start
Print "2"; : cnt = cnt + 1
If cnt = 1 Then Print " OR ";: Print "3"; 'must be the other not chosen
Else
Print "3"; 'must be the other not chosen
EndIf
Print ") "; : GetDig E : Print E' get end destination pin
If E<1 Or E>3 Then Print "Pin # Out of Range! -> "; : GoTo EP
If E=S Then Print "Pin # Same as Start Pin! -> "; : GoTo EP
Print
SUMARY:
Print "Move" D " Disks From Pin" S " TO Pin" E " " ;
Print "Correct? (Y,N) ";: GetKey A$ ' Did you type your choices correctly?
Print A$; : If (A$ = "N") Or (A$ = "n") Then GoTo HMD
If (A$ <> "Y") And (A$ <> "y") Then
Print : Print "Press Y or N - "; : GoTo Sumary : EndIf
SETUP: 'c y,x notes below indicate cursor position for calulating page layout
ClearScreen
HOME
Print " T O W E R S O F H A N O I"
' c 2.1
Print "Object: To Move" D " Disks from Pin" S " To Pin" E
' c 3,1
Print "1 pin at a time, never puting a larger Disk on "
Print "a smaller one."
Print
' c 6,1 1 2 3
' 123456789012345678901234567890123
Print "Moving Disk _ From Pin _ To Pin _."
' c 6,1
SHOW_MOVE
Sub SHOW_MOVE d,s,e 'fills in the above blanks for disk and pins
yx 6,13: dS d: cr 10: dS s: cr 8: dS e
Pause Delay
End Sub
' c 5,33
PLAY:
ScreenBuild
Sub ScreenBuild
yx (toprow + 2,1)
For I = 0 To 7 ' 8 peg levels - 0-7
Level = MAX(0,(I+D-7)) ' negative disk levels use empty peg (0)
For J = 1 To 3 ' 3 pegs
If Not (J = S) Then
Print TP$(0); ' empty peg
Else
Print TP$(Level); ' Empty peg if Level = 0
EndIf
Next J
Print
Next I
For iI = 1 To 3: Print TP$(8);: Next: Print ' 3 wide base
Print " PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3" ' ID labeling
End Sub
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'''''''''THE GAME'''''''''
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'set pin current relative levels of top disk down from top of pin
INIT:
PL(s) = 7-d
PL(e) = 7
PL(6-e-s) = 7
TOWER d,s,e
yx TopRow+12, 1
FINI:
Print "Play Again (Y,N) "; : GetKey A$ : Print A$
If (A$ = "N") Or (A$ = "n") Then
Print " I Hope you liked chalenging me to play the game!": End : EndIf
If (A$ <> "Y") And (A$ <> "y") Then
Print "Press Y or N - "; : GoTo FINI : EndIf
Pause 1000: GoTo HMD
End
Sub TOWER d,s,e
Local Nd,Ns,Ne 'Next values for d,s,e
If d <> 1 Then
Nd = d-1: Ns = s: Ne = 6-s-e
TOWER Nd,Ns,Ne
EndIf
MOVE d,s,e
If d <> 1 Then
Ns = Ne: Ne = e
TOWER Nd,Ns,Ne
EndIf
End Sub
Sub MOVE d,s,e
SHOW_MOVE d,s,e ' Update the header line describing the current move
'Empty Current Pin Level & Move Up
yx (toprow + 3 + PL(s),15*(S-1)+1): Print TP$(0); 'clear old pin position
PL(s) = PL(s)+1 ' Adjuist Pin Level
yx (toprow,15*(S-1)+1): Print TP$(d); 'place pin above to move sideways
Pause Delay
'Clear Position & move Across
yx (toprow,15*(s-1)+1): Print TP$(9); 'erase current disk position
' Do long move in two steps; comment out the whole if structure to speed up
If Abs(s-e)=2 Then ' is this a long move?
dir = Sgn(e-s) 'which way?
'place disk in intermediate position
yx (toprow,15*(e-dir-1)+1): Print TP$(d);
Pause Delay ' let disk settle
'erase disk from intermediate position
yx (toprow,15*(s+dir-1)+1): Print TP$(9);
EndIf
' Place Disk above destination pin
yx (toprow,15*(e-1)+1): Print TP$(d);
Pause Delay
'Clear position and Place Disk
yx (toprow,15*(e-1)+1): Print TP$(9); 'Clear disk from top
yx (toprow + 2 + PL(e),15*(e-1)+1): Print TP$(d); 'Place disk at end
PL(e) = PL(e)-1 ' Adjuist Pin Level compensate pin level for new disk
Pause Delay
End Sub
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''''''Cursor Control Subrouines''''''
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Sub CU n ' UP
Print Chr$(27)+"["+Str$(n)+"A";
End Sub
Sub CD n ' Down
Print Chr$(27)+"["+Str$(n)+"B";
End Sub
Sub CR n ' Right (This is the only one I used once I wrote Sub YX)
Print Chr$(27)+"["+Str$(n)+"C";
End Sub
Sub CL n ' Left
Print Chr$(27)+"["+Str$(n)+"D";
End Sub
Sub YX n, m ' Move cursor to Y,X - (VT100 is 1,1 based
Local s$
Print Chr$(27)+"["+Str$(n)+";"+Str$(m)+"H";
End Sub
Sub HOME ' Equivalent to YX 1,1
Print Chr$(27)+"[1;1H";
End Sub
Sub ClearScreen
Print Chr$(27)+"[2J";
End Sub
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'''SIMPLE FUNCTIONS'''
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Sub dS S 'Display Numeric String and leave cursor where it stops.
Print Str$(S); 'Print Char Data - don't use automatic space padding
End Sub
Sub GetDig D
GD:
D$ = Inkey$
If (d$<"0") Or (d$>"9") Then GoTo GD
D = Asc(d$)-48
End Sub
Sub GetKey A$
GK:
A$ = Inkey$
If (A$ >= " ") And (A$ <= "z") Then Exit Sub
'If (a$ = "Y") Or (a$ = "y") Or (a$ = "N") Or (a$ = "n") Then Exit Sub
GoTo GK
End Sub
Function MAX(a,b) 'self explained
If a>= b Then: MAX=a:Else: MAX=b: EndIf
End Function
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'''''''''''TOWERS of HANOI''''''''''''
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
''''''''''''By H W Holmes - Modified by Hugh Buckle'''''''''''''
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''''''''''''Aug 9, 2014'''''''''''''
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' TOWERS1.BAS
'This program plays the game of Towers of Hanoi for you.
'It is a programing exercise in recursion, that is,
'where a subroutine, in this case "TOWER", calls itself.
'It plays on a MaxiMite with PC keyboard and VGA screen
'It does NOT play in the chat window of MMEdit (I think)
INFO:
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'''Display Constants'''
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Delay = 500 ' Change for speed of play - Not used a user is asked for speed
TopRow = 8 ' CHANGE THIS TO MOVE Game UP OR DOWN THE SCREEN!
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''Tower Pieces''
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Dim TP$(9)
TP$(0) = " M " ' Empty Peg
TP$(1) = " 1M1 " ' Level 1
TP$(2) = " 22M22 "
TP$(3) = " 333M333 "
TP$(4) = " 4444M4444 "
TP$(5) = " 55555M55555 "
TP$(6) = " 666666M666666 "
TP$(7) = "7777777M7777777" ' level 7
TP$(8) = "TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT" ' Base
TP$(9) = " " ' ERASE disk
Dim PL(3) 'Pin Level
HMD: 'How many disks?
ClearScreen
HOME
' c 1.1
Print "This program plays the game of Towers of Hanoi for you."
Print "Object: To Move Disks from 1 Pin To Another, 1 pin at a time,"
Print " never puting a larger Disk on a smaller one."
'''''''''''''''
''''Display''''
'''''''''''''''
D=0:S=0:E=0
ScreenBuild
Print
DL:
Print "Game speed (1-5 1=fast) ?" ; : GetDig P : Print P
If P<1 Or P>5 Then Print " Speed out of range! -> "; : GoTo DL
Delay = p*100
DK:
Print "How many Disks (1-7) ?" ; : GetDig D : Print D
If D<1 Or D>7 Then Print "Disk Count Out of Range! -> "; : GoTo DK
SP:
Print "Starting on Pin (1-3) ?"; : GetDig S : Print S
If S<1 Or S>3 Then Print "Pin # Out of Range! -> "; : GoTo SP
EP:
cnt = 0
Print "Move to Pin (";
If S<>1 Then Print "1";: cnt = 1: Print" OR "; ' 1 was not chosen to start
If S<>2 Then ' 2 was not chosen to start
Print "2"; : cnt = cnt + 1
If cnt = 1 Then Print " OR ";: Print "3"; 'must be the other not chosen
Else
Print "3"; 'must be the other not chosen
EndIf
Print ") "; : GetDig E : Print E' get end destination pin
If E<1 Or E>3 Then Print "Pin # Out of Range! -> "; : GoTo EP
If E=S Then Print "Pin # Same as Start Pin! -> "; : GoTo EP
Print
SUMARY:
Print "Move" D " Disks From Pin" S " TO Pin" E " " ;
Print "Correct? (Y,N) ";: GetKey A$ ' Did you type your choices correctly?
Print A$; : If (A$ = "N") Or (A$ = "n") Then GoTo HMD
If (A$ <> "Y") And (A$ <> "y") Then
Print : Print "Press Y or N - "; : GoTo Sumary : EndIf
SETUP: 'c y,x notes below indicate cursor position for calulating page layout
ClearScreen
HOME
Print " T O W E R S O F H A N O I"
' c 2.1
Print "Object: To Move" D " Disks from Pin" S " To Pin" E
' c 3,1
Print "1 pin at a time, never puting a larger Disk on "
Print "a smaller one."
Print
' c 6,1 1 2 3
' 123456789012345678901234567890123
Print "Moving Disk _ From Pin _ To Pin _."
' c 6,1
SHOW_MOVE
Sub SHOW_MOVE d,s,e 'fills in the above blanks for disk and pins
yx 5,12: dS d: cr 10: dS s: cr 8: dS e
Pause Delay
End Sub
' c 5,33
PLAY:
ScreenBuild
Sub ScreenBuild
yx (toprow + 2,0)
For I = 0 To 7 ' 8 peg levels - 0-7
Level = MAX(0,(I+D-7)) ' negative disk levels use empty peg (0)
For J = 1 To 3 ' 3 pegs
If Not (J = S) Then
Print TP$(0); ' empty peg
Else
Print TP$(Level); ' Empty peg if Level = 0
EndIf
Next J
Print
Next I
For iI = 1 To 3: Print TP$(8);: Next: Print ' 3 wide base
Print " PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3" ' ID labeling
End Sub
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'''''''''THE GAME'''''''''
''''''''''''''''''''''''''
'set pin current relative levels of top disk down from top of pin
INIT:
PL(s) = 7-d
PL(e) = 7
PL(6-e-s) = 7
TOWER d,s,e
yx TopRow+12, 1
FINI:
Print: Print "Play Again (Y,N) "; : GetKey A$ : Print A$
If (A$ = "N") Or (A$ = "n") Then
Print " I Hope you liked chalenging me to play the game!": End : EndIf
If (A$ <> "Y") And (A$ <> "y") Then
Print "Press Y or N - "; : GoTo FINI : EndIf
Pause 1000: GoTo HMD
End
Sub TOWER d,s,e
Local Nd,Ns,Ne 'Next values for d,s,e
If d <> 1 Then
Nd = d-1: Ns = s: Ne = 6-s-e
TOWER Nd,Ns,Ne
EndIf
MOVE d,s,e
If d <> 1 Then
Ns = Ne: Ne = e
TOWER Nd,Ns,Ne
EndIf
End Sub
Sub MOVE d,s,e
SHOW_MOVE d,s,e ' Update the header line describing the current move
'Empty Current Pin Level & Move Up
yx (toprow + 3 + PL(s),15*(S-1)): Print TP$(0); 'clear old pin position
PL(s) = PL(s)+1 ' Adjuist Pin Level
yx (toprow,15*(S-1)): Print TP$(d); 'place pin above to move sideways
Pause Delay
'Clear Position & move Across
yx (toprow,15*(s-1)): Print TP$(9); 'erase current disk position
' Do long move in two steps; comment out the whole if structure to speed up
If Abs(s-e)=2 Then ' is this a long move?
dir = Sgn(e-s) 'which way?
'place disk in intermediate position
yx (toprow,15*(e-dir-1)): Print TP$(d);
Pause Delay ' let disk settle
'erase disk from intermediate position
yx (toprow,15*(s+dir-1)): Print TP$(9);
EndIf
' Place Disk above destination pin
yx (toprow,15*(e-1)): Print TP$(d);
Pause Delay
'Clear position and Place Disk
yx (toprow,15*(e-1)): Print TP$(9); 'Clear disk from top
yx (toprow + 2 + PL(e),15*(e-1)): Print TP$(d); 'Place disk at end
PL(e) = PL(e)-1 ' Adjuist Pin Level compensate pin level for new disk
Pause Delay
End Sub
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''''''Cursor Control Subrouines''''''
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Sub CU n ' UP
Print Chr$(27)+"["+Str$(n)+"A";
End Sub
Sub CD n ' Down
Print Chr$(27)+"["+Str$(n)+"B";
End Sub
Sub CR n ' Right (This is the only one I used once I wrote Sub YX)
Print @(MM.HPos+n*6,MM.VPos) "";
End Sub
Sub CL n ' Left
Print Chr$(27)+"["+Str$(n)+"D";
End Sub
Sub YX n, m ' Move cursor to Y,X - (VT100 is 1,1 based
'Multipliers (6 & 12) are for the standard font
Print @(m*6,n*12);
End Sub
Sub HOME ' Equivalent to YX 1,1
Print @(0,0);
End Sub
Sub ClearScreen
Cls
End Sub
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'''SIMPLE FUNCTIONS'''
''''''''''''''''''''''
Sub dS S 'Display Numeric String and leave cursor where it stops.
Print Str$(S); 'Print Char Data - don't use automatic space padding
End Sub
Sub GetDig D
GD:
D$ = Inkey$
If (d$<"0") Or (d$>"9") Then GoTo GD
D = Asc(d$)-48
End Sub
Sub GetKey A$
GK:
A$ = Inkey$
If (A$ >= " ") And (A$ <= "z") Then Exit Sub
'If (a$ = "Y") Or (a$ = "y") Or (a$ = "N") Or (a$ = "n") Then Exit Sub
GoTo GK
End Sub
Function MAX(a,b) 'self explained
If a>= b Then: MAX=a:Else: MAX=b: EndIf
End Function
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'''''''''''TOWERS of HANOI''''''''''''
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
''''''''''''By H W Holmes - Modified by Hugh Buckle'''''''''''''
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
''''''''''''Aug 9, 2014'''''''''''''
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
' TOWERS2.BAS
'This program plays the game of Towers of Hanoi for you.
'It is a programing exercise in recursion, that is,
'where a subroutine, in this case "TOWER", calls itself.
'It plays on a MaxiMite with PC keyboard and VGA screen
'It does NOT play in the chat window of MMEdit (I think)
'It is the same as TOWER1.BAS except that it uses
'Towers.fnt to display pins and disks as graphics.
INFO:
'''''''''''''''''''''''
'''Display Constants'''
'''''''''''''''''''''''
Delay = 500 ' Change for speed of play
TopRow = 8 ' CHANGE THIS TO MOVE Game UP OR DOWN THE SCREEN!
Font Load "Towers2.fnt" As 4
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''Tower Pieces''
''''''''''''''''
Dim TP$(9)
TP$(0) = "zzzzzzz|zzzzzzz" ' Empty Peg
TP$(1) = "zzzzzz{|}zzzzzz" ' Level 1
TP$(2) = "zzzzz{~|~}zzzzz"
TP$(3) = "zzzz{~~|~~}zzzz"
TP$(4) = "zzz{~~~|~~~}zzz"
TP$(5) = "zz{§§(admin,2016/12/17 18:39:15)§§|§§(admin,2016/12/17 18:39:15)§§}zz"
TP$(6) = "z{§§(admin,2016/12/17 18:39:15)§§~|§§(admin,2016/12/17 18:39:15)§§~}z"
TP$(7) = "{§§(admin,2016/12/17 18:39:15)§§~~|§§(admin,2016/12/17 18:39:15)§§~~}" ' level 7
TP$(8) = "§§(admin,2016/12/17 18:39:15)§§§§(admin,2016/12/17 18:39:15)§§§§(admin,2016/12/17 18:39:15)§§~~~" ' Base
TP$(9) = "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" ' ERASE disk
Dim PL(3) 'Pin Level
HMD: 'How many disks?
ClearScreen
HOME
' c 1.1
Print "This program plays the game of Towers of Hanoi for you."
Print "Object: To Move Disks from 1 Pin To Another, 1 pin at a time,"
Print " never puting a larger Disk on a smaller one."
'''''''''''''''
''''Display''''
'''''''''''''''
D=0:S=0:E=0
ScreenBuild
Print
DL:
Print "Game speed (1-5 1=fast) ?" ; : GetDig P : Print P
If P<1 Or P>5 Then Print " Speed out of range! -> "; : GoTo DL
Delay = p*100
DK:
Print "How many Disks (1-7) ?" ; : GetDig D : Print D
If D<1 Or D>7 Then Print "Disk Count Out of Range! -> "; : GoTo DK
SP:
Print "Starting on Pin (1-3) ?"; : GetDig S : Print S
If S<1 Or S>3 Then Print "Pin # Out of Range! -> "; : GoTo SP
EP:
cnt = 0
Print "Move to Pin (";
If S<>1 Then Print "1";: cnt = 1: Print" OR "; ' 1 was not chosen to start
If S<>2 Then ' 2 was not chosen to start
Print "2"; : cnt = cnt + 1
If cnt = 1 Then Print " OR ";: Print "3"; 'must be the other not chosen
Else
Print "3"; 'must be the other not chosen
EndIf
Print ") "; : GetDig E : Print E' get end destination pin
If E<1 Or E>3 Then Print "Pin # Out of Range! -> "; : GoTo EP
If E=S Then Print "Pin # Same as Start Pin! -> "; : GoTo EP
Print
SUMARY:
Print "Move" D " Disks From Pin" S " TO Pin" E " " ;
Print "Correct? (Y,N) ";: GetKey A$ ' Did you type your choices correctly?
Print A$; : If (A$ = "N") Or (A$ = "n") Then GoTo HMD
If (A$ <> "Y") And (A$ <> "y") Then
Print : Print "Press Y or N - "; : GoTo Sumary : EndIf
SETUP: 'c y,x notes below indicate cursor position for calulating page layout
ClearScreen
HOME
Print " T O W E R S O F H A N O I"
' c 2.1
Print "Object: To Move" D " Disks from Pin" S " To Pin" E
' c 3,1
Print "1 pin at a time, never puting a larger Disk on "
Print "a smaller one."
Print
' c 6,1 1 2 3
' 123456789012345678901234567890123
Print "Moving Disk _ From Pin _ To Pin _."
' c 6,1
SHOW_MOVE
Sub SHOW_MOVE d,s,e 'fills in the above blanks for disk and pins
yx 5,12: dS d: cr 10: dS s: cr 8: dS e
Pause Delay
End Sub
' c 5,33
PLAY:
ScreenBuild
Sub ScreenBuild
Font 4
yx (toprow + 2,0)
For I = 0 To 7 ' 8 peg levels - 0-7
Level = MAX(0,(I+D-7)) ' negative disk levels use empty peg (0)
For J = 1 To 3 ' 3 pegs
If Not (J = S) Then
Print TP$(0); ' empty peg
Else
Print TP$(Level); ' Empty peg if Level = 0
EndIf
Next J
Print
Next I
For iI = 1 To 3: Print TP$(8);: Next: Print ' 3 wide base
Font 1
Print " PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3" ' ID labeling
End Sub
''''''''''''''''''''''''''
'''''''''THE GAME'''''''''
''''''''''''''''''''''''''
'set pin current relative levels of top disk down from top of pin
INIT:
PL(s) = 7-d
PL(e) = 7
PL(6-e-s) = 7
TOWER d,s,e
yx TopRow+12, 1
FINI:
Print: Print "Play Again (Y,N) "; : GetKey A$ : Print A$
If (A$ = "N") Or (A$ = "n") Then
Print " I Hope you liked chalenging me to play the game!": End : EndIf
If (A$ <> "Y") And (A$ <> "y") Then
Print "Press Y or N - "; : GoTo FINI : EndIf
Pause 1000: GoTo HMD
End
Sub TOWER d,s,e
Local Nd,Ns,Ne 'Next values for d,s,e
If d <> 1 Then
Nd = d-1: Ns = s: Ne = 6-s-e
TOWER Nd,Ns,Ne
EndIf
MOVE d,s,e
If d <> 1 Then
Ns = Ne: Ne = e
TOWER Nd,Ns,Ne
EndIf
End Sub
Sub MOVE d,s,e
SHOW_MOVE d,s,e ' Update the header line describing the current move
Font 4
'Empty Current Pin Level & Move Up
yx (toprow + 3 + PL(s),15*(S-1)): Print TP$(0); 'clear old pin position
PL(s) = PL(s)+1 ' Adjuist Pin Level
yx (toprow,15*(S-1)): Print TP$(d); 'place pin above to move sideways
Pause Delay
'Clear Position & move Across
yx (toprow,15*(s-1)): Print TP$(9); 'erase current disk position
' Do long move in two steps; comment out the whole if structure to speed up
If Abs(s-e)=2 Then ' is this a long move?
dir = Sgn(e-s) 'which way?
'place disk in intermediate position
yx (toprow,15*(e-dir-1)): Print TP$(d);
Pause Delay ' let disk settle
'erase disk from intermediate position
yx (toprow,15*(s+dir-1)): Print TP$(9);
EndIf
' Place Disk above destination pin
yx (toprow,15*(e-1)): Print TP$(d);
Pause Delay
'Clear position and Place Disk
yx (toprow,15*(e-1)): Print TP$(9); 'Clear disk from top
yx (toprow + 2 + PL(e),15*(e-1)): Print TP$(d); 'Place disk at end
PL(e) = PL(e)-1 ' Adjuist Pin Level compensate pin level for new disk
Pause Delay
Font 1
End Sub
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
''''''Cursor Control Subrouines''''''
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Sub CU n ' UP
Print Chr$(27)+"["+Str$(n)+"A";
End Sub
Sub CD n ' Down
Print Chr$(27)+"["+Str$(n)+"B";
End Sub
Sub CR n ' Right (This is the only one I used once I wrote Sub YX)
Print @(MM.HPos+n*6,MM.VPos) "";
End Sub
Sub CL n ' Left
Print Chr$(27)+"["+Str$(n)+"D";
End Sub
Sub YX n, m ' Move cursor to Y,X - (VT100 is 1,1 based
'Multipliers (6 & 12) are for the standard font
Print @(m*6,n*12);
End Sub
Sub HOME ' Equivalent to YX 1,1
Print @(0,0);
End Sub
Sub ClearScreen
Cls
End Sub
''''''''''''''''''''''
'''SIMPLE FUNCTIONS'''
''''''''''''''''''''''
Sub dS S 'Display Numeric String and leave cursor where it stops.
Print Str$(S); 'Print Char Data - don't use automatic space padding
End Sub
Sub GetDig D
GD:
D$ = Inkey$
If (d$<"0") Or (d$>"9") Then GoTo GD
D = Asc(d$)-48
End Sub
Sub GetKey A$
GK:
A$ = Inkey$
If (A$ >= " ") And (A$ <= "z") Then Exit Sub
'If (a$ = "Y") Or (a$ = "y") Or (a$ = "N") Or (a$ = "n") Then Exit Sub
GoTo GK
End Sub
Function MAX(a,b) 'self explained
If a>= b Then: MAX=a:Else: MAX=b: EndIf
End Function