Configure live/dead cells representation via CLI options

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/CLI/ruby/bin/game-of-life b/CLI/ruby/bin/game-of-life
index 14f5647..4de4fd4 100755
--- a/CLI/ruby/bin/game-of-life
+++ b/CLI/ruby/bin/game-of-life
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ class CLI < Thor
 
   class_option "height", aliases: "-h", type: :numeric, banner: :HEIGHT,
                          desc: "Specify the hight of generated universe. (default to terminal height)"
+
+  class_option "dead-cell", type: :string, banner: :CHAR, default: "\s",
+                            desc: "Specify the dead-cell representation"
+
+  class_option "live-cell", type: :string, banner: :CHAR, default: "\u2588",
+                            desc: "Specify the dead-cell representation"
   def start
     options_with_defaults = {
       "height" => IO.console.winsize[0],
@@ -32,6 +38,8 @@ class CLI < Thor
       "seed" => rand(100_000),
     }.merge(options)
 
+    GameOfLife::Cell.const_set(:LIVE_CELL, options["live-cell"])
+    GameOfLife::Cell.const_set(:DEAD_CELL, options["dead-cell"])
     universe = GameOfLife::Generators::Input.new(options_with_defaults)
     puts universe
   end
diff --git a/CLI/ruby/lib/game_of_life/cell.rb b/CLI/ruby/lib/game_of_life/cell.rb
index 19a48e0..a02ff4a 100644
--- a/CLI/ruby/lib/game_of_life/cell.rb
+++ b/CLI/ruby/lib/game_of_life/cell.rb
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ module GameOfLife
     end
 
     # Representation of a cell
+    # Both LIVE_CELL, and DEAD_CELL constant are defined on the application start from the options
     # @return [String] if a cell is alive or an empty space
     def to_s
-      @alive ? "\u2588" : "\s"
+      @alive ? LIVE_CELL : DEAD_CELL
     end
   end
 end