// Simulate genetic inheritance of blood type #include #include #include #include // Each person has two parents and two alleles typedef struct person { struct person *parents[2]; char alleles[2]; } person; const int GENERATIONS = 3; const int INDENT_LENGTH = 4; person *create_family(int generations); void print_family(person *p, int generation); void free_family(person *p); char random_allele(); int main(void) { // Seed random number generator srand(time(0)); // Create a new family with three generations person *p = create_family(GENERATIONS); // Print family tree of blood types print_family(p, 0); // Free memory free_family(p); } // Create a new individual with `generations` person *create_family(int generations) { // TODO: Allocate memory for new person person *p = malloc(sizeof(person)); // Check if NULL if (p == NULL) { return 1; } // Generation with parent data if (generations > 1) { // Recursively create blood type histories for parents p->parents[0] = create_family(generations - 1) p->parents[1] = create_family(generations - 1) // Randomly assign child alleles based on parents p->alleles[0] = p->parents[0]->alleles[rand() % 2] p->alleles[1] = p->parents[1]->alleles[rand() % 2] } // Generation without parent data else { // TODO: Set parent pointers to NULL p->parents[0] == NULL; p->parents[1] == NULL; // TODO: Randomly assign alleles p->alleles[0] = random_allele(); p->alleles[1] = random_allele(); } // TODO: Return newly created person return NULL; } // Free `p` and all ancestors of `p`. void free_family(person *p) { // TODO: Handle base case if (p == NULL) { return 1; } // Free parents free_family(p->parents[0]); free_family(p->parents[1]); // Free child free(p); } // Print each family member and their alleles. void print_family(person *p, int generation) { // Handle base case if (p == NULL) { return; } // Print indentation for (int i = 0; i < generation * INDENT_LENGTH; i++) { printf(" "); } // Print person printf("Generation %i, blood type %c%c\n", generation, p->alleles[0], p->alleles[1]); print_family(p->parents[0], generation + 1); print_family(p->parents[1], generation + 1); } // Randomly chooses a blood type allele. char random_allele() { int r = rand() % 3; if (r == 0) { return 'A'; } else if (r == 1) { return 'B'; } else { return 'O'; } }