The game of Life - Conway

[manefist]

Hello everyone, I am trying to write a simple program which emulate the game of life following four different rules which decide in the next generation the status (dead/alive) of a cell.
These are the rule:

F = filled cell
E = empty cell

1. if F < 2 OR F > 3 the cell in the next generation die
2. if F = 2 OR F = 3 the cell in the next generation live
3. if E = 3 the cell in the next generation live

Now, I want to try with this file:

* * *

The expected output should be:

*
*
*
However my result is:

*
*


*
My output is wrong for some reason that I cannot really understand, I am stuck to this point for days, I will really appreciate if someone has an useful suggestion to share.
Here my code:

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.*;

class LifeGrid
{
	private int[][] grid, newGrid;
	private int generation = 0;

	public LifeGrid(int x, int y, String filename) throws FileNotFoundException 
	{ 
		grid = new int[x][y];
		newGrid = new int[x][y];

		int j = 0;
		
		Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new File(filename));

		while(scanner.hasNextLine() && j < x)
		{
			String line = scanner.nextLine();

			for(int i=0; i<line.length() && i<y; i++)
			{
				if(line.charAt(i) == '*')
					grid[j][i] = 1;
				else
					grid[j][i] = 0;
			}
			j++;
		}
		scanner.close();
	}

	public void show()
	{

		for(int i=0; i<grid.length; i++)
		{
			for(int j=0; j<grid[i].length; j++)
			{
				if(grid[i][j] == 1)
					System.out.print("*");
				else
					System.out.print(" "); 
			}
			System.out.println();			
		}
		System.out.println("Generation:" + generation);
	}

	//Getter methods

	public int getWidth()	    	  { return grid[0].length;  }
	public int getHeight()      	  { return grid.length;     }
	public int getGeneration()  	  { return this.generation; }
	public int getCell(int x, int y)  { return grid[x][y]; 	    }


	public static void main(String[] args)throws FileNotFoundException 
	{
		LifeGrid life = new LifeGrid(6, 10, args[0]);
		life.run(); 
    	}

	//Check neighbours
	
	public int neighbours(int x, int y)
	{
		int neighbours = 0;

		int top = (y > 0 ? y-1: getWidth()-1);
		int btm = (y < getWidth()-1 ? y+1: 0);
		int left = (x > 0 ? x-1: getHeight()-1);
		int right = (x < getHeight()-1 ? x+1: 0);

		if(grid[x][top] == 1)		{neighbours++;}
		if(grid[x][btm] == 1)		{neighbours++;}	
		if(grid[left][top]== 1)		{neighbours++;}
		if(grid[left][btm] == 1)	{neighbours++;}	
		if(grid[left][y] == 1)		{neighbours++;}
		if(grid[right][y] == 1)		{neighbours++;}
		if(grid[right][top] == 1)	{neighbours++;}
		if(grid[right][btm] == 1)	{neighbours++;}

		return neighbours;
	}
	public void run()
	{
		int n;

		for(int i=0; i<grid.length; i++)
		{
			for(int j=0; j<grid[i].length; j++)
			{
				n = neighbours(i,j);

				if(grid[i][j] == 1)
				{
					if(n < 2 || n > 3)				{generation = 0;}
					if(n == 2 || n == 3)				{generation = 1;}
				}
				else 
				{
					if(n == 3)					{generation = 1;}
					else						{generation = 0;}
				}

				newGrid[i][j] = generation;
			}
		}
		grid = newGrid.clone();
		show();

	}
}

[Norm]

reason that I cannot really understand

Have you tried debugging your code to see what the code is doing wrong?
Add some printlns to show the values of the variables as they change. You should know what you expect the values of the variables to be as the code executes. When you look at what is printed out, you will be able to find the problem.

[Norm]

Can you hard code values for the grid array for testing so the program will execute without the need for any external file?

[manefist]

But my purpose is to make the program independent, therefor I want the need of an external file.
However I tried to display any value but still I cannot find the error..

[Norm]

This is for testing only. Having everything in one file makes it easier for everyone to test with the same stuff.