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+//============================================================================
+// Name        : GrayCode.cpp
+// Author      : Imogen Cleaver-Stigum & Jyalu Wu
+// Version     : 11/11/19
+// Copyright   : 2019 IMGLU
+// Description : Hello World in C++, Ansi-style
+//============================================================================
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <math.h>
+#include "GrayCode.h"
+using namespace std;
+
+int main() {
+	int n = 6;
+
+	char* grayCodes = new char[(int) pow(2, n) - 1];
+
+	grayCodes = grayCodesAreFun(n);
+	for (int i = 0; i < pow(2, n) - 1; i++) {
+		cout << grayCodes[i];
+	}
+	cout << endl;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+//Generates recursively the binary reflected Gray code of order n
+//Input: A positive integer n
+//Output: A list of all bit strings of length n composing the Gray code
+char* grayCodesAreFun(int n) {
+	int size = (int) pow(2, n);
+	cout << "size " << size << endl;
+	char* grayCode = new char[size];
+	char* grayCodeLeft = new char[(size + 1) / 2];
+	char* grayCodeRight = new char[(size + 1) / 2];
+	int grayCodeIndex = 0;
+
+	if (n == 1) {
+		cout << "here!" << endl;
+//		make list L containing bit strings 0 and 1 in this order
+//		grayCode = new int[2];
+		grayCode[0] = '0';
+		grayCode[1] = '1';
+
+
+//
+//		for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+//			cout << grayCode[i];
+//		}
+//cout << endl;
+	}
+	else {
+		grayCodeLeft = grayCodesAreFun(n - 1);
+		// copy list L1 to list L2 in reversed order
+		for (int i = 0; i < (size + 1) / 2; i++) {
+			grayCodeRight[i] = grayCodeLeft[(size + 1) / 2 - i];
+		}
+		grayCode[grayCodeIndex++] = '0'; // add 0 in front of each bit string in list L1
+		for (int i = 0; i < (size + 1) / 2; i++) { // copy L1 to L
+			grayCode[grayCodeIndex++] = grayCodeLeft[i];
+		}
+		grayCode[grayCodeIndex++] = '1'; // add 1 in front of each bit string in list L2
+		for (int i = 0; i < (size + 1) / 2; i++) { // copy L2 to L after L1
+			grayCode[grayCodeIndex++] = grayCodeLeft[i];
+		}
+	}
+	return grayCode;
+}
diff --git a/GrayCode.h b/GrayCode.h
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+//============================================================================
+// Name        : GrayCode.h
+// Author      : Imogen Cleaver-Stigum & Jyalu Wu
+// Version     : 11/11/19
+// Copyright   : 2019 IMGLU
+// Description : Hello World in C++, Ansi-style
+//============================================================================
+#ifndef GRAYCODE_H_
+#define GRAYCODE_H_
+
+
+char* grayCodesAreFun(int n);
+
+#endif /* GRAYCODE_H_ */