BrainFlow

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BrainFlow is an extension of BrainFuck with 3 additional commands for added functionality and confusion:

Command Description Example
^ Jumps to the cell # depending on the value in the cell. If we are at cell #0 with a value of 4, ^ will jump us to cell #4.
= Sets the value at the cell to the index of the cell. If we are at cell #4 with a value of 0, = will set our value to 4.
& Will set the value at the current cell equal to the value at the cell based on the value in our current cell. In effect, if the tape is the variable tape and the index of the cell is index, then this command runs tape[index] = tape[tape[index]]. We are at cell #33 and our current value at this cell is 7, & will set our current value at cell #33 to whatever value is in cell #7.

Note that the ampersand can be used in the same way variables are. For example, if I make the value of cell #2 contain my age, I can later set any cell to my age by using [-]++&. Or rather, incrementing so we have the value 2, and then grabbing the value from cell #2.

Example Java interpreter:

import java.util.Scanner;
public class Interpreter {
    private String exp;
    private int[] values = new int[256];
    private int index = 0;
    private Scanner in;
    public Interpreter(String exp, Scanner in){
        this.exp = exp;
        this.in = in;
    }
    public void run(){
        //Reset index and values
        for(int i = 0; i < values.length; i++){
            values[i] = 0;
        }
        this.index = 0;
        System.out.println("Starting...");
        this.process(this.exp, false);
        System.out.println("\nDone.");
    }
    private void process(String str, boolean loop){
        boolean running = loop;
        do{
            for(int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++){
                switch(str.charAt(i)){
                case '>':increaseIndex();break;
                case '<':decreaseIndex();break;
                case '+':increaseValue();break;
                case '-':decreaseValue();break;
                case '[':
                    String s = str.substring(i);
                    int j = this.getClosingIndex(s);
                    if(this.values[this.index] == 0){
                        i +=j;
                        break;
                    }
                    process(s.substring(1, j), true);
                    i += j;
                    break;
                case '.':
                    int v = this.values[this.index];
                    System.out.print((char)v);
                    break;
                case ',':this.values[this.index] =  this.in.next().charAt(0);break;
                case '^':this.index = this.values[this.index];break;// Jumps to the index specified in the current cell.
                case '=':this.values[index] = this.index;break;// Sets the value at cell #x to x
                case '&':this.values[index] = this.values[this.values[index]];break;// If cell contains X, makes value of current cell equal to value in cell X
                default:
                    //Ignore others
                    break;
                }
            }
            if(this.values[this.index] == 0){
                running = false;
            }
        }while(running);
    }
    private void increaseIndex(){
        if(++this.index >= this.values.length){
            this.index = 0;
        }
    }
    private void decreaseIndex(){
        if(--this.index < 0){
            this.index = this.values.length - 1;
        }
    }
    private void increaseValue(){
        int newVal = this.values[this.index] + 1;
        if(newVal >= this.values.length){
            newVal = 0;
        }
        this.values[this.index] =  newVal;
    }
    private void decreaseValue(){
        int newVal = this.values[this.index] - 1;
        if(newVal < 0){
            newVal = this.values.length - 1;
        }
        this.values[this.index] =  newVal;
    }
    private int getClosingIndex(String str){
        int openings = 0;
        int closings = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++){
            char c = str.charAt(i);
            if(c == '['){
                openings++;
            }else if(c == ']'){
                closings++;
            }
            if(openings == closings){
                return i;
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }
}