Thread: Help with embedded loops and if statements. Please!

Hello, I am trying to code a basic battleship game and need help with nested loops. I am trying to use stored values in first loop in the second loop to put an * instead of an X for the last row and column number.


This is my code so far...

import java.util.Random;

public class createBoard {
 
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		int squareRow = 0; // declares variable squareRow, location of row coordinate
		int squareColumn = 0; // declares variable squareColumn, location of column coordinate
		int direction = 0; // declares variable direction, direction of ship 1=north, 2=east, 3=south, 4=west
		int length = 0; // declares variable length, length of each ship
		String directionName = ""; // declares string variable directionName
		Random generator =  new Random(); // declares new random variable generator
 
			for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)  // for loop generates random number for variables: loops 5 times
			{
				squareRow = generator.nextInt(10) + 1;  // generates random number between 1 and 10 for row
				squareColumn = generator.nextInt(10) + 1; // generates random number between 1 and 10 for column
				direction = generator.nextInt(4) + 1; // generates random number between 1 and 4 for direction
				length = generator.nextInt(5) + 1; // generates random number between 1 and 5 for length
				System.out.println("Row: " + squareRow + ", Column: " + squareColumn + ", Direction: " + directionName + ", Length: " + length);
 
				if(direction == 1)
					directionName = "North";  // sets direction if 1 to north
				if(direction == 2)
					directionName = "East"; // sets direction if 2 to east
				if(direction == 3)
					directionName = "South"; // sets direction if 3 to south
				if(direction == 4)
					directionName = "West"; // sets direction if 4 to west
			}
				System.out.println();
				System.out.println("   ABCDEFGHIJ");
 
			int a = 0; 
			for(int x = 1; x <= 10; x++)
			{
				a++;
				if(x == 1 || x == 2 || x == 3 || x == 4 || x == 5 || x == 6 || x == 7 || x == 8 || x == 8 || x == 9)
					System.out.print(a + "  ");
				if(x == 10)
					System.out.print(a + " ");
 
				for(int y = 1; y <= 10; y++)
					{
						System.out.print("X");
					}
				System.out.println();	
			}	
	}
}

This is the output....


Row: 1, Column: 9, Direction: South, Length: 4
Row: 10, Column: 5, Direction: West, Length: 4
Row: 6, Column: 9, Direction: West, Length: 1
Row: 1, Column: 1, Direction: West, Length: 3
Row: 3, Column: 3, Direction: East, Length: 2

ABCDEFGHIJ
1 XXXXXXXXXX
2 XXXXXXXXXX
3 XXXXXXXXXX
4 XXXXXXXXXX
5 XXXXXXXXXX
6 XXXXXXXXXX
7 XXXXXXXXXX
8 XXXXXXXXXX
9 XXXXXXXXXX
10 XXXXXXXXXX

This is how the out put should look. There should be an * corresponding with the row and column numbers.



Row: 1, Column: 9, Direction: South, Length: 4
Row: 10, Column: 5, Direction: West, Length: 4
Row: 6, Column: 9, Direction: West, Length: 1
Row: 1, Column: 1, Direction: West, Length: 3
Row: 3, Column: 3, Direction: East, Length: 2

ABCDEFGHIJ
1 *XXXXXXX*X
2 XXXXXXXXXX
3 XX*XXXXXXX
4 XXXXXXXXXX
5 XXXXXXXXXX
6 XXXXXXXX*X
7 XXXXXXXXXX
8 XXXXXXXXXX
9 XXXXXXXXXX
10 XXXX*XXXXX

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