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{{task}}

Implement the Matrix Digital Rain visual effect from the movie "The Matrix" as described in [[wp:Matrix_digital_rain|Wikipedia]].

Provided is a reference implementation in Common Lisp to be run in a terminal.

Batch File

Adding more '''%RANDOM%''' will increase the number of columns.


@echo off
cls
color a
:start
echo %RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%
goto start

Common Lisp

{{works with|SBCL}}

Runs in the terminal (using the Ncurses C library and the croatoan Lisp wrapper).


(defun matrix-digital-rain ()
  (with-screen (scr :input-echoing nil :input-blocking nil :cursor-visible nil)
    (let* ((width (width scr))
           (height (height scr))
           ;; start at a random height in each column.
           (positions (loop repeat width collect (random height)))
           ;; run each column at a random speed.
           (speeds (loop repeat width collect (random 4))))
      ;; generate a random ascii char
      (flet ((randch () (+ 64 (random 58))))
        ;; hit the q key to exit the main loop.
        (bind scr #\q 'exit-event-loop)
        (bind scr nil
          (lambda (win event)
            (loop for col from 0 to (1- width) do
              (loop repeat (nth col speeds) do
                ;; position of the first point in the current column
                (let ((pos (nth col positions)))
                  (setf (attributes win) '(:bold))
                  (setf (fgcolor win) :green)
                  (add win (randch) :y (mod pos height) :x col :fgcolor :white)
                  (add win (randch) :y (mod (- pos 1) height) :x col)
                  (add win (randch) :y (mod (- pos 2) height) :x col)
                  (setf (attributes win) '())
                  (add win (randch) :y (mod (- pos 3) height) :x col)
                  ;; overwrite the last char half the height from the first char.
                  (add win #\space  :y (mod (- pos (floor height 2)) height) :x col)
                  (refresh win)
                  ;; advance the current column
                  (setf (nth col positions) (mod (+ pos 1) height))))))))
      (setf (frame-rate scr) 20)
      (run-event-loop scr))))

{{out|Sample output}} [https://i.imgur.com/17b36O3.png https://i.imgur.com/17b36O3.png]

Go

{{libheader|goncurses}} This is a translation of the C code [https://github.com/ruscoe/Digital-Rain/blob/master/drain.c here] which uses the ncurses library.

Rather than pressing Ctrl+C to stop the program, I've added code so that it stops automatically after 1 minute and restores the terminal to its original state.

package main

import (
    gc "github.com/rthornton128/goncurses"
    "log"
    "math/rand"
    "time"
)

// Time between row updates in microseconds.
// Controls the speed of the digital rain effect.
const rowDelay = 40000

func main() {
    start := time.Now()
    rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())

    // Characters to randomly appear in the rain sequence.
    chars := []byte("0123456789")
    totalChars := len(chars)

    // Set up ncurses screen and colors.
    stdscr, err := gc.Init()
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal("init", err)
    }
    defer gc.End()

    gc.Echo(false)
    gc.Cursor(0)

    if !gc.HasColors() {
        log.Fatal("Program requires a colour capable terminal")
    }

    if err := gc.StartColor(); err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    if err := gc.InitPair(1, gc.C_GREEN, gc.C_BLACK); err != nil {
        log.Fatal("InitPair failed: ", err)
    }
    stdscr.ColorOn(1)
    maxY, maxX := stdscr.MaxYX()

    /* Create slices of columns based on screen width. */

    // Slice containing the current row of each column.
    columnsRow := make([]int, maxX)

    // Slice containing the active status of each column.
    // A column draws characters on a row when active.
    columnsActive := make([]int, maxX)

    // Set top row as current row for all columns.
    for i := 0; i < maxX; i++ {
        columnsRow[i] = -1
        columnsActive[i] = 0
    }

    for {
        for i := 0; i < maxX; i++ {
            if columnsRow[i] == -1 {
                // If a column is at the top row, pick a
                // random starting row and active status.
                columnsRow[i] = rand.Intn(maxY + 1)
                columnsActive[i] = rand.Intn(2)
            }
        }

        // Loop through columns and draw characters on rows.
        for i := 0; i < maxX; i++ {
            if columnsActive[i] == 1 {
                // Draw a random character at this column's current row.
                charIndex := rand.Intn(totalChars)
                stdscr.MovePrintf(columnsRow[i], i, "%c", chars[charIndex])
            } else {
                // Draw an empty character if the column is inactive.
                stdscr.MovePrintf(columnsRow[i], i, "%c", ' ')
            }

            columnsRow[i]++

            // When a column reaches the bottom row, reset to top.
            if columnsRow[i] >= maxY {
                columnsRow[i] = -1
            }

            // Randomly alternate the column's active status.
            if rand.Intn(1001) == 0 {
                if columnsActive[i] == 0 {
                    columnsActive[i] = 1
                } else {
                    columnsActive[i] = 0
                }
            }
        }
        time.Sleep(rowDelay * time.Microsecond)
        stdscr.Refresh()
        elapsed := time.Since(start)
        // Stop after 1 minute.
        if elapsed.Minutes() >= 1 {
            break
        }
    }
}

Perl

Probably shouldn't, but until someone posts something better... here's something somewhat relevant [https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=536000 I wrote back in 2006].

Follow the bouncing Neo!

#!/user/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;

my $delay      = 50;                            # milliseconds
my $fade       = 8;                             # number of characters to "fade"
my $base_color = '#004000';                     # dark green
my $fontname   = 'Times';                       # Whatever
my $fontsize   = 12;                            # point size
my $font       = "{$fontname} $fontsize bold";
my @objects;

my ( $xv, $yv ) = ( 0, 0 );

my $top = MainWindow->new();

$top->geometry('800x600');

my $run = 1;

$top->protocol( 'WM_DELETE_WINDOW' => sub { $run = 0; } );

my @letters = ( 'A' .. 'Z', 'a' .. 'z', '0' .. '9' );

my $canvas = $top->Canvas(
    -background => 'black'
)->pack(
    -fill   => 'both',
    -expand => 'y'
);

my $testch = $canvas->createText(
    100, 100,
    -text => 'o',
    -fill => 'black',
    -font => $font
);

$top->update;

my @coords = $canvas->bbox($testch);

$canvas->delete($testch);

my $lwidth  = $coords[2] - $coords[0];
my $lheight = ( $coords[3] - $coords[1] ) * .8;
my $cols    = int $canvas->width / $lwidth;
my $rows    = int $canvas->height / $lheight;

for my $y ( 0 .. $rows ) {
    for my $x ( 0 .. $cols ) {
        $objects[$x][$y] = $canvas->createText(
            $x * $lwidth, $y * $lheight,
            -text => $letters[ int rand @letters ],
            -fill => $base_color,
            -font => $font
        );
    }
}

my $neo_image = $top->Photo( -data => neo() );

my $neo = $canvas->createImage(
    $canvas->width / 2,
    $canvas->height / 2,
    -image => $neo_image
);

while ($run) {
    drop('Nothing Like The Matrix');
}
exit;

MainLoop;

sub drop {
    my @phrase = split //, reverse shift;
    my $x = int rand $cols;
    my @orig;
    for my $y ( 0 .. $rows ) {
        $orig[$y] = $canvas->itemcget( $objects[$x][$y], '-text' );
    }
    for my $y ( 0 .. $rows + @phrase + $fade ) {
        for my $letter ( 0 .. @phrase ) {
            last if ( $y - $letter < 0 );
            $canvas->itemconfigure(
                $objects[$x][ $y - $letter ],
                -text => $phrase[$letter],
                -fill => "#00FF00"
            );
        }
        if ( $y > @phrase ) {
            $canvas->itemconfigure(
                $objects[$x][ $y - @phrase ],
                -text => $orig[ $y - @phrase ],
                -fill => "#009000"
            );
        }
        if ( $y > @phrase + 2 ) {
            $canvas->itemconfigure( $objects[$x][ $y - @phrase - int ($fade / 2) ],
                -fill => "#006000" );
            $canvas->itemconfigure( $objects[$x][ $y - @phrase - $fade + 1 ],
                -fill => $base_color );
        }
        last unless $run;
        $top->after($delay);
        neo_move();
        $top->update;
    }
}

sub neo_move {
    $xv += ( ( rand 2 ) - 1 > 0 ) ? 1 : -1;
    $yv += ( ( rand 2 ) - 1 > 0 ) ? 1 : -1;
    my ( $x, $y ) = $canvas->coords($neo);
    $xv = -$xv if ( ( $x < 0 ) or ( $x > $canvas->width ) );
    $yv = -$yv if ( ( $y < 0 ) or ( $y > $canvas->height ) );
    $canvas->move( $neo, $xv, $yv );
}

sub neo {
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}

Perl 6

{{works with|Rakudo|2018.11}} Kind-of cheap and cheesy, but what the heck... Probably will only work in a POSIX compatible terminal. Runs until you hit ^C to exit.

The "lightning" effect is actually a bug, but I liked it so I kept it.

# clean up on exit, reset ANSI codes, scroll, re-show the cursor & clear screen
signal(SIGINT).tap: { print "\e[0m", "\n" xx 50, "\e[H\e[J\e[?25h"; exit(0) }

# a list of glyphs to use
my @codes = flat 'Α' .. 'Π', 'Ѐ' .. 'ѵ', 'Ҋ' .. 'ԯ', 'Ϣ' .. 'ϯ', 'ヲ'.. 'ン',
                 'Ⲁ' .. '⳩', '∀' .. '∗', '℀' .. '℺', '⨀' .. '⫿';

# palette of gradient ANSI foreground colors
my @palette = flat  "\e[38;2;255;255;255m", (255,245 … 30).map({"\e[38;2;0;$_;0m"}),
              "\e[38;2;0;25;0m" xx 75;

my @screen; # buffer to hold glyphs
my @rotate; # palette rotation position buffer

my ($rows, $cols) = qx/stty size/.words; # get the terminal size
init($rows, $cols); # set up the screen buffer and palette offsets

my $size-check;

print "\e[?25l\e[48;5;232m"; # hide the cursor, set the background color

loop {
     if ++$size-check %% 20 {                         # periodically check for
         my ($r, $c) = qx/stty size/.words;           # resized terminal and
         init($r, $c) if $r != $rows or $c != $cols;  # re-initialize screen buffer
         $size-check = 0
     }
     print "\e[1;1H";                                 # set cursor to top left
     print join '', (^@screen).map: {
         @rotate[$_] = (@rotate[$_] + 1) % +@palette; # rotate the palettes
         flat @palette[@rotate[$_]], @screen[$_]      # and print foreground, glyph
     }
     @screen[(^@screen).pick] = @codes.roll for ^30;  # replace some random glyphs
}

sub init ($r, $c) {
    @screen = @codes.roll($r * $c);
    ($rows, $cols) = $r, $c;
    my @offset = (^@palette).pick xx $cols;
    for ^$rows -> $row {
        @rotate[$row * $cols ..^ $row * $cols + $cols] = @offset;
        # for no "lightning" effect, add   '1 + '  ↓ here: (1 + $_ % 3)
        @offset = (^@offset).map: {(@offset[$_] - ($_ % 3)) % +@palette};
    }
}

{{out|Sample output}} See [https://github.com/thundergnat/rc/blob/master/img/matrix-digital-rain-perl6.png matrix-digital-rain-perl6.png] (offsite png image)

Racket

{{trans|Perl 6}}

#lang racket

(define codes '((Α Π) (Ѐ ѵ) (Ҋ ԯ) (Ϣ ϯ) (ヲ ン) (Ⲁ ⳩) (∀ ∗) (℀ ℺) (⨀ ⫿)))

(define (symbol->integer s) (char->integer (string-ref (symbol->string s) 0)))
(define (pick xs) (list-ref xs (random (length xs))))

(define glyphs
  (map
   integer->char
   (append*
    (for/list ([c (in-list codes)])
      (range (symbol->integer (first c)) (add1 (symbol->integer (second c))))))))

(define palette (vector-append (vector "\e[38;2;255;255;255m")
                               (for/vector ([n (in-range 245 29 -10)])
                                 (format "\e[38;2;0;~a;0m" n))
                               (make-vector 75 "\e[38;2;0;25;0m")))

(match-define (list (app (compose1 sub1 string->number) rows)
                    (app string->number cols))
  (string-split (with-output-to-string (thunk (system "stty size")))))

(define screen (for/vector ([_ (in-range (* rows cols))]) (pick glyphs)))
(define offsets (for/vector ([col cols]) (random (vector-length palette))))

(display "\e[?25l\e[48;5;232m") ; hide the cursor, set the background color

(define (main)
  (for ([iter (in-naturals)])
    (sleep 0.1)
    (display "\e[1;1H") ; reset cursor to top left
    (for ([i (in-range 30)]) (vector-set! screen (random (* rows cols)) (pick glyphs)))
    (for ([i (in-range rows)])
      (for ([j (in-range cols)])
        (display (vector-ref palette (modulo (+ (- i) iter (vector-ref offsets j))
                                             (vector-length palette))))
        (display (vector-ref screen (+ (* cols i) j))))
      (display "\n"))))

(with-handlers ([exn:break? (thunk*
                             ; reset ANSI codes, reshow cursor, clear screen
                             (display "\e[0m")
                             (display "\e[H\e[J\e[?25h"))])
  (main))

REXX

/*REXX program creates/displays Matrix (the movie) digital rain; favors non-Latin chars.*/
signal on halt                                   /*allow the user to halt/stop this pgm.*/
parse arg pc seed .                              /*obtain optional arguments from the CL*/
if pc=='' | pc==","     then pc= 20              /*Not specified?  Then use the default.*/
if datatype(seed, 'W')  then call random ,,seed  /*Numeric?  Use seed for repeatability.*/
parse value  scrsize()  with  sd  sw  .          /*obtain the dimensions of the screen. */
if sd==0  then sd= 54;  sd= sd - 2               /*Not defined? Then use default; adjust*/
if sw==0  then sw= 80;  sw= sw - 1               /* "      "      "   "     "        "  */
lowC= c2d(' ')  +  1                             /*don't use any characters  ≤  a blank.*/
@.= ' '                                          /*PC  is the % new Matric rain streams.*/
cloud= copies(@., sw)                            /*the cloud, where matrix rain is born.*/
cls= 'CLS'                                       /*DOS command used to clear the screen.*/
                  do  forever;   call nimbus     /*define bottom of cloud  (the drops). */
                                 call rain       /*generate rain, display the raindrops.*/
                  end   /*j*/
halt:  exit                                      /*stick a fork in it,  we're all done. */
/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
rain:   do a=sd  by -1  for sd-1;   _= a-1;   @.a= @._;   end;      call fogger;    return
show:   cls;  @.1= cloud;    do r=1  for sd;  say strip(@.r, 'T');  end  /*r*/;     return
/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
nimbus: if random(0, 100)<pc  then call mist     /*should this be a new rain stream ?   */
                              else call unmist   /*should any of the rain streams cease?*/
        return
        if random(0, 100)<pc        then return  /*should this be a new rain stream ?   */
        ?= random(1, sw)                         /*pick a random rain cloud position.   */
        if substr(cloud,?,1)\==' '  then return  /*This cloud position not blank? Return*/
/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
mist:   ?= random(1, sw)                         /*obtain a random column in cloud.     */
        if substr(cloud,?,1)\==' '  then return  /*if this stream is active, return.    */
        if random(0, 100)<pc        then return  /*should this be a new rain stream ?   */
        cloud= overlay(drop(), cloud, ?)         /*seed cloud with new matrix rain drop.*/
        return
/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
unmist: ?= random(1, sw)                         /*obtain a random column in cloud.     */
        if substr(cloud,?,1) ==' '  then return  /*if this stream is dry,  return.      */
        if random(0, 100)>pc        then return  /*should this be a new dry stream ?    */
        cloud= overlay(' ',    cloud, ?)         /*seed cloud with new matrix rain drop.*/
        return
/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
drop:   Lat= random(1, 4)                        /*Now, chose a matrix rain stream char.*/
        tChr= 254;  if Lat==1  then tChr= 127    /*choose the  type of rain stream char.*/
        return d2c( random(lowC, tChr) )         /*Lat = 1?   This favors Latin letters.*/
/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
fogger: do f=1  for sw                           /*display a screen full of rain streams*/
        if substr(cloud, f, 1) \== ' '   then cloud= overlay( drop(), cloud, f)
        end   /*f*/;        call show;   return  /* [↑]  if raindrop, then change drop. */

Programming note:

This REXX program makes use of '''SCRSIZE''' REXX program (or BIF) which is used to determine the screen

width and depth of the terminal (console). Some REXXes don't have this BIF.

The '''SCRSIZE.REX''' REXX program is included here ───► [[SCRSIZE.REX]].

{{out|output|text= when using the default input:}}

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```



## Yabasic


```Yabasic
open window 640,512,"swiss12"
backcolor 0,0,0
clear window
mx=50
my=42
dim scr(mx,my)
for y=0 to my
    for x=0 to mx
        scr(x,y)=int(ran(96)+33)
    next x
next y
ms=50
dim sx(ms)
dim sy(ms)
for a=1 to ms
    sx(a)=int(ran(mx))
    sy(a)=int(ran(my))
next a
do
    for s=1 to ms
        x=sx(s)
        y=sy(s)
        
        letter(0,255,0)
        y=y-1
        
        letter(0,200,0)
        y=y-1
        
        letter(0,150,0)
        y=y-1
        
        color 0,0,0
        fill rect x*12.8-1,y*12.8+4 to x*12.8+12,y*12.8-10
        letter(0,70,0)
        y=y-24
        
        color 0,0,0
        fill rect x*12.8-1,y*12.8+4 to x*12.8+12,y*12.8-10
    next s
    for s=1 to ms
        if int(ran(5)+1)=1 sy(s)=sy(s)+1
        if sy(s)>my+25 then
            sy(s)=0
            sx(s)=int(ran(mx))
        end if
    next s
loop

sub letter(r,g,b)
    if y<0 or y>my return
    c=scr(x,y)
    color r,g,b
    text x*12.8,y*12.8,chr$(c)
end sub
```



## zkl

{{trans|Perl6}}

```zkl
var [const] codes=Walker.chain(  // a bunch of UTF non ascii chars
         [0x0391..0x03a0], [0x03a3..0x0475], [0x0400..0x0475],
         [0x048a..0x052f], [0x03e2..0x03ef], [0x2c80..0x2ce9],
         [0x2200..0x2217], [0x2100..0x213a], [0x2a00..0x2aff])
	 .apply(fcn(utf){ utf.toString(-8) }),  // jeez this is lame
    codeSz=codes.len(),	// 970
    c=L("\e[38;2;255;255;255m",[255..30,-15].apply("\e[38;2;0;%d;0m".fmt),
        (250).pump(List,T(Void,"\e[38;2;0;25;0m"))).flatten(),
    csz=c.len(); // 267, c is ANSI escape code fg colors: 38;2;m
 
// query the ANSI terminal
rows,cols := System.popen("stty size","r").readln().split().apply("toInt");

o,s,fg := buildScreen(rows,cols);
ssz:=s.len();

print("\e[?25l\e[48;5;232m");  // hide the cursor, set background color to dark
while(1){		       // ignore screen resizes
   print("\e[1;1H");	       // move cursor to 1,1
   foreach n in (ssz){	       // print a screen full
      print( c[fg[n]], s[n] ); // forground color, character
      fg[n]=(fg[n] + 1)%csz;   // fade to black
   }
   do(100){ s[(0).random(ssz)]=codes[(0).random(codeSz)] }  // some new chars
   Atomic.sleep(0.1);	       // frame rate for my system, up to 200x41 terminal
}

fcn buildScreen(rows,cols){    // build a row major array as list
   // s --> screen full of characters
   s:=(rows*cols).pump(List(), fcn{ codes[(0).random(codeSz)]});
   // array fb-->( fg color, fg ..) where fg is an ANSI term 48;5;m color
   fg:=List.createLong(s.len(),0);
   o:=csz.pump(List()).shuffle()[0,cols];  // cols random #s
   foreach row in (rows){		   // set fg indices
      foreach col in (cols){ fg[row*cols + col] = o[col] }
      o=o.apply(fcn(n){ n-=1; if(n<0) n=csz-1; n%csz });  // fade out
   }
   return(o,s,fg);
}
```

Offsite Image: [http://www.zenkinetic.com/Images/RosettaCode/matrixRainDance.jpg Matrix rain dance]

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