!7 // from https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Zhang-Suen_thinning_algorithm#Java cprint ZhangSuen { final String[] image = { " ", " ################# ############# ", " ################## ################ ", " ################### ################## ", " ######## ####### ################### ", " ###### ####### ####### ###### ", " ###### ####### ####### ", " ################# ####### ", " ################ ####### ", " ################# ####### ", " ###### ####### ####### ", " ###### ####### ####### ", " ###### ####### ####### ###### ", " ######## ####### ################### ", " ######## ####### ###### ################## ###### ", " ######## ####### ###### ################ ###### ", " ######## ####### ###### ############# ###### ", " "}; final int[][] nbrs = {{0, -1}, {1, -1}, {1, 0}, {1, 1}, {0, 1}, {-1, 1}, {-1, 0}, {-1, -1}, {0, -1}}; final int[][][] nbrGroups = {{{0, 2, 4}, {2, 4, 6}}, {{0, 2, 6}, {0, 4, 6}}}; List toWhite = new ArrayList<>(); char[][] grid; start-thread { grid = new char[image.length][]; for (int r = 0; r < image.length; r++) grid[r] = image[r].toCharArray(); thinImage(); } void thinImage() { boolean firstStep = false; boolean hasChanged; do { hasChanged = false; firstStep = !firstStep; for (int r = 1; r < grid.length - 1; r++) { for (int c = 1; c < grid[0].length - 1; c++) { if (grid[r][c] != '#') continue; int nn = numNeighbors(r, c); if (nn < 2 || nn > 6) continue; if (numTransitions(r, c) != 1) continue; if (!atLeastOneIsWhite(r, c, firstStep ? 0 : 1)) continue; toWhite.add(new Point(c, r)); hasChanged = true; } } for (Point p : toWhite) grid[p.y][p.x] = ' '; toWhite.clear(); } while (firstStep || hasChanged); printResult(); } int numNeighbors(int r, int c) { int count = 0; for (int i = 0; i < nbrs.length - 1; i++) if (grid[r + nbrs[i][1]][c + nbrs[i][0]] == '#') count++; return count; } int numTransitions(int r, int c) { int count = 0; for (int i = 0; i < nbrs.length - 1; i++) if (grid[r + nbrs[i][1]][c + nbrs[i][0]] == ' ') { if (grid[r + nbrs[i + 1][1]][c + nbrs[i + 1][0]] == '#') count++; } return count; } boolean atLeastOneIsWhite(int r, int c, int step) { int count = 0; int[][] group = nbrGroups[step]; for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) for (int j = 0; j < group[i].length; j++) { int[] nbr = nbrs[group[i][j]]; if (grid[r + nbr[1]][c + nbr[0]] == ' ') { count++; break; } } return count > 1; } void printResult() { for (char[] row : grid) print(str(row)); } }