Robot Battle Test

This is a simple command line app based on the challenge here: https://github.com/ioof-holdings/recruitment/wiki/Robot-Challenge

Startup

You can simply run the exe file if you want to test functionality or it can be compiled etc in VS or VS Code.

Example function

The application is a simulation of a toy robot moving on a square tabletop, of dimensions 5 units x 5 units.

There are no other obstructions on the table surface.

The robot is free to roam around the surface of the table, and is prevented from falling to destruction.

It reads in commands of the following form:

PLACE X,Y,F MOVE LEFT RIGHT REPORT ROBOT

PLACE

Will put the toy robot on the table in position X,Y and facing NORTH, SOUTH, EAST or WEST. The origin (0,0) can be considered to be the SOUTH WEST most corner.

It is required that the first command to the robot is a PLACE command, after that, any sequence of commands may be issued, in any order, including another PLACE command.

The application discards all commands in the sequence until a valid PLACE command has been executed.

MOVE

This will move the toy robot one unit forward in the direction it is currently facing.

LEFT/RIGHT

These will rotate the robot 90 degrees in the specified direction without changing the position of the robot.

ROBOT

This changes the active robot to the ID number passed. It can then be moved etc.

REPORT

This will announce the details of the robots. Format is:

Report:

ID: 0 Location:1,1,WEST, Active=False

ID: 1 Location:5,5,NORTH, Active=False

ID: 2 Location:4,4,NORTH, Active=False

ID: 3 Location:2,1,EAST, Active=True

Test Input

MOVE

LEFT

RIGHT

REPORT

PLACE 0,0,NORTH

PLACE 5,5,SOUTH

PLACE 0,1,SOUTH

REPORT

MOVE

LEFT

MOVE

LEFT

LEFT

LEFT

MOVE

MOVE

MOVE

REPORT

ROBOT 1

MOVE

REPORT