Turing Machine Simulator

A Turing Machine Simulator written in Lua 5.3

How to Use

Instructions

startingState - The state in which to start in. Found on Line 4

charRead - Character to read
nextState - Next state to transition to
charWrite - Character to write to position
move - Direction to move.

'L' - Left | 'R' - Right | '-' - Halt

["q1"] = { -- State
    {  -- Instruction 1
        charRead = "a", -- Character to read
        nextState = "q1", -- Next State
        charWrite = "a", -- Character to write
        move = "R" -- Direction to move "L"/"R"/"-"
    },
    {
        charRead = "b",
        nextState = "q1",
        charWrite = "b",
        move = "R"
    },
    {
        charRead = "_",
        nextState = "q2",
        charWrite = "_",
        move = "L"
    },
}

How to run

You need lua5.3 installed to be able to run this script.

To install lua5.3 on Ubuntu use: sudo apt-get install lua5.3

To install lua5.3 on Windows download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/luabinaries/files/5.3.5/

To run the script, just simply use the following command.

Linux

lua turing.lua

Windows (Powershell only)