Removed "magic numbers" by adding generateLeftSideArray and generateRightSideArray to SnakeBot.java. Added calculateCharIndexFromCoordinates function.

src/EscapeBot.java

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class EscapeBot extends Bot{
     }
     protected char nextMove(View view){
         boolean rocketDetected = view.data.contains("o");
-        return rocketDetected ? goToRocket(view) : walkBySpiral();
+        return rocketDetected ? goToRocket(view) : walkBySpiral(view);
     }
 
     private char goToRocket(View view){
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ public class EscapeBot extends Bot{
     }
 
     private int findRocketRow(View view) {
-        return view.data.indexOf('o') / 5;
+        return view.data.indexOf('o') / view.width;
     }
 
-    private char walkBySpiral(){
+    private char walkBySpiral(View view){
         if (moves.isEmpty()) {
             spiralNumber++;
-            moves += "^".repeat(5 * spiralNumber) + ">" + "^".repeat(5 * spiralNumber) + ">";
+            moves += "^".repeat(view.width * spiralNumber) + ">" + "^".repeat(view.width * spiralNumber) + ">";
         }
         char nextMove = moves.charAt(0);
         moves = moves.substring(1);

src/SnakeBot.java

@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ public class SnakeBot extends Bot{
     protected char nextMove(View view){
         boolean stoneDetected = view.data.contains("@");
         char nextMove;
-        nextMove = (stoneDetected && !ignoreStone) ? goToStone(view) : walkBySpiral();
+        nextMove = (stoneDetected && !ignoreStone) ? goToStone(view) : walkBySpiral(view);
 
-        if(nextMove == '^' && view.data.charAt(7) == '*'){
+        int centerCoordinateOfView = view.width / 2;
+        int frontCellIndex = calculateCharIndexFromCoordinates(view.width, centerCoordinateOfView, centerCoordinateOfView - 1);
+
+        if(nextMove == '^' && view.data.charAt(frontCellIndex) == '*'){
             nextMove = (countCollectedStonesLeft(view) <= countCollectedStonesRight(view)) ? '<' : '>';
             ignoreStone = true;
         }
@@ -37,23 +40,19 @@ public class SnakeBot extends Bot{
     }
 
     private int countCollectedStonesLeft(View view) {
-        int[] leftStones = {0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 16, 20, 21};
+        int[] leftSide = generateLeftSideArray(view.width);
         int stones = 0;
-        for (int stone : leftStones) {
-            if(view.data.charAt(stone) == '*'){
-                stones++;
-            }
+        for (int cellIndex : leftSide) {
+            if(view.data.charAt(cellIndex) == '*') stones++;
         }
         return stones;
     }
 
     private int countCollectedStonesRight(View view) {
-        int[] rightStones = {3, 4, 8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19, 23, 24};
+        int[] rightSide = generateRightSideArray(view.width);
         int stones = 0;
-        for (int stone : rightStones) {
-            if(view.data.charAt(stone) == '*'){
-                stones++;
-            }
+        for (int cellIndex : rightSide) {
+            if(view.data.charAt(cellIndex) == '*') stones++;
         }
         return stones;
     }
@@ -70,21 +69,51 @@ public class SnakeBot extends Bot{
     }
 
     private char goToStone(View view){
-        int rowDifference = findStoneRow(view) - 2;
+        int rowDifference = findStoneRow(view) - (view.width / 2);
         return rowDifference < 0 ? '^' : '<';
     }
 
     private int findStoneRow(View view) {
-        return view.data.indexOf('@') / 5;
+        return view.data.indexOf('@') / view.width;
     }
 
-    private char walkBySpiral(){
+    private char walkBySpiral(View view){
         if (moves.isEmpty()) {
             spiralNumber++;
-            moves += "^".repeat(5 * spiralNumber) + ">" + "^".repeat(5 * spiralNumber) + ">";
+            moves += "^".repeat(view.width * spiralNumber) + ">" + "^".repeat(view.width * spiralNumber) + ">";
         }
         char nextMove = moves.charAt(0);
         moves = moves.substring(1);
         return nextMove;
     }
+
+    private int calculateCharIndexFromCoordinates(int width, int x, int y){
+        return width * y + x;
+    }
+
+    private int[] generateLeftSideArray(int sideLength) {
+        int[] leftStones = new int[sideLength / 2 * sideLength];
+        int index = 0;
+
+        for (int row = 0; row < sideLength; row++) {
+            for (int col = 0; col < sideLength / 2; col++) {
+                leftStones[index++] = row * sideLength + col;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return leftStones;
+    }
+
+    private int[] generateRightSideArray(int sideLength) {
+        int[] rightStones = new int[sideLength / 2 * sideLength];
+        int index = 0;
+
+        for (int row = 0; row < sideLength; row++) {
+            for (int col = (sideLength / 2) + 1; col < sideLength; col++) {
+                rightStones[index++] = row * sideLength + col;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return rightStones;
+    }
 }