Natural selection

A naive genetic algorithm is used to reconstruct the quote: "Natural selection is anything but random." by Richard Dawkins.

The chance that a random sequence of 41 characters matches the quote is 1 : 95^41 ≈ 1 : 10^80.

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// Natural selection. Created by Reinder Nijhoff 2019
// @reindernijhoff
//
// https://turtletoy.net/turtle/2f92cd6aa3
//
// A naive genetic algorithm is used to reconstruct the quote: "Natural selection is anything 
// but random." by Richard Dawkins.
///
// - The individuals of the first generation have random 'DNA' (41 characters).
// - The 'fittest' individual of each (generations/19)th generation is printed.
// - The fitness of an individual is given by the number of characters in its 'DNA' that match 
//   the quote.
// - The two fittest individuals of each generation reproduce using crossovers and mutations.
// 
// The chance that a fully random individual matches the quote is 1 : 95^41 ≈ 1 : 10^80.
// (10^80 is the estimated number of atoms in the known, observable universe)
//

const text = new Text();
const turtle = new Turtle(-92,-90);

const mutationRate = .02; // min=0.01, max=0.5, step=0.01
const populationSize = 2000; // min=10, max=2000, step=1
const generations = 40; // min=40, max=1000, step=10

const fittest = "Natural selection is anything but random.".split('');

//
// Individual
//
class Individual {
    constructor() { 
        this.dna = [];
        this.fitness = 0;
    }
    fillRandom() {
        fittest.forEach( (v,i) => {
            this.dna[i] = this.randomCharacter();
        } );
        this.calcFitness();
    }
    breed(p0, p1) {
        let s = Math.floor(Math.random()*(fittest.length-2))+1;
        // crossover
        if (Math.random() < .5) {
            this.dna = [...p0.dna.slice(0,s), ...p1.dna.slice(s)];
        } else {
            this.dna = [...p1.dna.slice(0,s), ...p0.dna.slice(s)];
        }
        // mutations
        this.dna.forEach( (v,i) => {
            if (Math.random() < mutationRate) {
                this.dna[i] = this.randomCharacter();
            }
        } );
        this.calcFitness();
    }
    calcFitness() {
        this.fitness = 0;
        fittest.forEach( (v,i) => {
            if (this.dna[i] == v) this.fitness++;
        });
    }
    randomCharacter() {
        return  String.fromCharCode(Math.floor(Math.random()*95)+32);
    }
}

//
// Generation
//
class Generation {
    constructor() {
        this.individuals = [];
        for (let i=0; i<populationSize; i++) {
            this.individuals[i] = new Individual();
        }
    }
    fillRandom() {
        this.individuals.forEach(i => i.fillRandom());
        return this.sortFittest();
    }
    breed(parentGeneration) {
        const p0 = parentGeneration.individuals[0];
        const p1 = parentGeneration.individuals[1];
        this.individuals.forEach(i => i.breed(p0, p1));
        return this.sortFittest();
    }
    sortFittest() {
        this.individuals.sort( (a, b) => b.fitness - a.fitness );
        return this;
    }
}

//
// Selection
//

let gen0 = new Generation().fillRandom();
let gen1 = new Generation();

function walk(i) {
    turtle.jump(-92, -90+i*10);
    text.print(turtle, gen0.individuals[0].dna.join(''),.21);
    
    for (let i=0; i<generations/40; i++) {
        gen1.breed(gen0)
        gen0.breed(gen1)
    }
    return i<18;
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Text utility code - https://turtletoy.net/turtle/1713ddbe99
// !! MODIFIED TO MAKE IT MONOSPACED 
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function Text() {
    class Text {
        print (t, str, scale) {
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            let pos = [t.x(), t.y()], h = t.h(), o = pos;
            str.split('').map(c => {
                const i = c.charCodeAt(0) - 32;
                if (i < 0 ) {
                    pos = o = this.rotAdd([0, 48*scale], o, h);
                } else if (i > 96 ) {
                    pos = this.rotAdd([16*scale, 0], o, h);
                } else {
                    const d = dat[i], paths = d[2];
                    paths.map( p => {
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                    	p.map( s=> {
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                        	t.down();
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