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brainfuck JavaScript interpreter
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This is an interpreter in JavaScript for brainfuck, by User:None1 (supports wraps, EOF returns 0):
function brainfuck(program,input){
var stack=[];
var matches={};
var ip=0;
var tape=[];
var p=0;
var output='';
for(let i=0;i<1000000;i++){
tape.push(0);
}
for(var i=0;i<program.length;i++){
if(program[i]=='['){
stack.push(i);
}
if(program[i]==']'){
if(stack.length==0){
throw new Error('Right bracket does not match left bracket');
}
var mt=stack.pop();
matches[mt]=i;
matches[i]=mt;
}
}
if(stack.length!=0){
throw new Error('Left bracket does not match right bracket');
}
while(ip<program.length){
if(program[ip]=='+'){
tape[p]=tape[p]+1;
if(tape[p]==256) tape[p]=0;
ip=ip+1;
}
if(program[ip]=='-'){
tape[p]=tape[p]-1;
if(tape[p]==-1) tape[p]=255;
ip=ip+1;
}
if(program[ip]=='>'){
p=p+1;
if(p>=1000000){
throw new Error('Pointer overflow');
}
ip=ip+1;
}
if(program[ip]=='<'){
p=p-1;
if(p<0){
throw new Error('Pointer underflow');
}
ip=ip+1;
}
if(program[ip]==','){
if(input==''){
tape[p]=0;
}else{
tape[p]=input.charCodeAt(0)%256;
input=input.slice(1);
}
ip=ip+1;
}
if(program[ip]=='.'){
output+=String.fromCharCode(tape[p]);
ip=ip+1;
}
if(program[ip]=='['){
if(tape[p]==0){
ip=matches[ip];
}else{
ip=ip+1;
}
}
if(program[ip]==']'){
if(tape[p]!=0){
ip=matches[ip];
}else{
ip=ip+1;
}
}
if(!('+-,.[]<>'.includes(program[ip]))){
ip=ip+1;
}
}
return output;
}