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    Default Need help with Logic of a Tic Tac Toe game.

     
    /**
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     * Tic Tac Toe
     */
     
     
    public class TicTacToe
    {
     
     
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
     
     
     
        gameBoard(); 
     
    }
     
     
     
    public static void gameBoard( )
    {
     
        int[][] test = new int [3][3];
     
        int i, j;
     
        System.out.println( " Tic Tac Toe Game " );
     
        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) 
        {
            System.out.println("----------------");
            for(j = 0; j < 3; j++)
            {
                System.out.print("|    " );
            }
            System.out.println("|      ");
        }
        System.out.println( "----------------"); 
     
        System.out.println(" ");
     
    }
     
     
     
    }

    I need help problem solving. I'm really struggling with my logic on creating my Tic Tac Toe game. I have a game board but I need to take the next step of creating input for the game. Can anyone coach me? Thanks Again!


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    Default Re: Need help with Logic of a Tic Tac Toe game.

    step of creating input for the game.
    Please explain what that means? Are you trying to get input from the user? The Scanner class has methods that will read user input from the console.
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    Default Re: Need help with Logic of a Tic Tac Toe game.

    Thanks for the replay Norm appreciated as always!

    What I'm having trouble understanding is creating a logic for my tic tac toe game. I have a rough draft pesudo code on whats going to happen. So I would like if you could help me understand the logic when I create the application. Here is what I have?


    Display Game board

    -Choose cell array

    -display game board

    -Allow next player to choose cell

    -display game board

    -Repeat until cells equal each other

    or

    -Cells are all occupied.


    Am I on the right track of this?

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    Default Re: Need help with Logic of a Tic Tac Toe game.

    Where is the beginning of the loop that is being repeated?
    Where is a winning position tested for?
    Are there two players or does the computer play one side?
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    Default Re: Need help with Logic of a Tic Tac Toe game.

    Okay I will try to answer two of your questions. Cause I'm still trying to figure out the logic of my game. I learn a bit better when I write my code.
    Here is what I written so far I made a bit of progress since your last post.

    /**
     * 
     * CSC 225 - Online
     * Tic Tac Toe
     */
     
     
    import java.util.*;
     
    public class TicTacToe
    {
     
     
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
     
        int test[][] = new int[3][3];
     
     
        System.out.println( " Tic Tac Toe Game " );
     
        //Displays board for user
        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) 
        {
            System.out.println("----------------");
            for(int j = 0; j < 3; j++)
            {
                System.out.print("|    "  );
            }
            System.out.println("|      ");
        }
        System.out.println( "----------------"); 
        System.out.println(" ");
     
        //Runs method for move of player
        moveGame(test);
        gameLogic(test);
     
    }
     
       public static void moveGame( int [][] gameInput)
    {
     
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
     
        int test[][] = new int[3][3];
     
        System.out.print( " Please input your move. \" ROW first followed by SPACE and then COLUMN 2nd.\" " );
     
     
     
        for( int row = 0; row < gameInput.length; row++)
        {
            for(int col = 0; col < gameInput[row].length; col++)
            {
                gameInput[row][col] = scan.nextInt();
            }
        }
     
    } 
     
     
    public static void gameLogic(int moveArray[][])
    {
     
     
        System.out.println(moveArray[1][1] + "X");
     
     
     
     
     
    }
     
     
     
     
    public static void gameBoard( int a [] [])
    {
     
        int[][] test = new int [3][3];
     
        int i, j;
     
        System.out.println( " Tic Tac Toe Game " );
     
        for (i = 0; i < test.length; i++) 
        {
            System.out.println("----------------");
            for(j = 0; j < test[i].length; j++)
            {
                System.out.print("|    "  + a );
            }
            System.out.println("|      ");
        }
        System.out.println( "----------------"); 
     
        System.out.println(" ");
     
    }
     
     
     
    public static boolean checkForWinner(char[][] b)
       {
        // checkForWinner() method determines if a pattern of data stored
        // in the 2 D char array indicates the a player has won the game.
     
            boolean flag = false;
            boolean flag1 = false;
            boolean flag2 = false;
            boolean flag3 = false;
            boolean flag4 = false;
     
            // checks the contents of each row for matching data   
            for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
            {
                if ((b[i][0] == b[i][1] && b[i][1] == b[i][2]) && b[i][2] != ' ') 
                    flag1 = true;
            }
     
             // checks the contents of each column for matching data
            for (int j = 0; j <= 2; j++)
            {
                if ((b[0][j] == b[1][j] && b[1][j] == b[2][j]) && b[2][j] != ' ') 
                    flag2 = true;
            }
     
            // checks the contents of one diagonal for matching data
            if ((b[0][0] == b[1][1] && b[1][1] == b[2][2]) && b[2][2] != ' ') 
                    flag3 = true;
     
            // checks the contents of the other diagonal for matching data
            if ((b[0][2] == b[1][1] && b[1][1] == b[2][0]) && b[2][0] != ' ') 
                    flag4 = true;
     
            // checks if any of the previous conditions evaluated to true        
            if (flag1 == true || flag2 == true || flag3 == true || flag4 == true)
                flag = true;
     
           // returns true if a winner was found; returns false is no winner     
           return flag;
       } // end of checkForWinner method
     
     
    }

    For the "winning position" our professor wrote the method for us. I guess she didn't want us to struggle to much on it. But my question is I need help creating a method to evaluate my move. For example I want to accept the users array input. From accepting the array input I want to associate a string input lets say "X" to my gameBoard. For example I chose an array input of 0[row] and 1[column]. I then want my string "X" to show on that gameBoard from that array position. Do you have any suggestions? By the way this is a two player game. We will work on that later.

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    Default Re: Need help with Logic of a Tic Tac Toe game.

    I have made great progress in my tic tac toe game. I need help creating a for loop for my game. I have many methods that I need to figure out how to make them work as one. I have a method for gameboard, playerOne, playerTwo and checkForWinner(Which my professor created for my class. She wanted us to use this method.). Do you have any suggestions on how I can finish my program? Or if I should modify my code a bit.

     
    /**
     * 
     * CSC 225 - Online
     * Tic Tac Toe
     */
     
     
    import java.util.*;
     
    public class TicTacToe
    {
     
     
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
      Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
     
        String board[][] = new String[3][3];
     
        for ( int x = 0 ; x < board.length; x++)
        {
            for( int y = 0; y < board[x].length; y++)
            {
                board[x][y] = "";
            }
        }
     
     
     
    }
     
     
     
    public static void playerOneMove (String gameInput[][])
       {
     
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
     
        String test[][] = new String [3][3];
     
        int row = 0;
        int column = 0;
     
        System.out.print( " Please input your row? " );
        row = scan.nextInt() - 1;
     
        System.out.print( " Please input your column? " );
        column = scan.nextInt() - 1;
     
        gameInput[row][column] = "X";
       } 
     
    public static void playerTwoMove( String [][] gameInput)
       {
     
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
     
        String test[][] = new String [3][3];
     
        int row = 0;
        int column = 0;
     
        System.out.print( " Please input your row? " );
        row = scan.nextInt() - 1;
     
        System.out.print( " Please input your column? " );
        column = scan.nextInt() - 1;
     
        gameInput[row][column] = "Y";
       } 
     
    public static void gameBoard( String a [] [])
        {
        String[][] test = new String [3][3];
     
        int i, j;
     
        System.out.println( " Tic Tac Toe Game " );
     
        for (i = 0; i < test.length; i++) 
        {
            System.out.println("----------------");
            for(j = 0; j < test[i].length; j++)
            {
                System.out.print("|    "  + a[i][j] );
            }
            System.out.println("|      ");
        }
        System.out.println( "----------------"); 
     
        System.out.println(" ");
        }
     
     
     
    public static boolean checkForWinner(char[][] b)
       {
        // checkForWinner() method determines if a pattern of data stored
        // in the 2 D char array indicates the a player has won the game.
     
            boolean flag = false;
            boolean flag1 = false;
            boolean flag2 = false;
            boolean flag3 = false;
            boolean flag4 = false;
     
            // checks the contents of each row for matching data   
            for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
            {
                if ((b[i][0] == b[i][1] && b[i][1] == b[i][2]) && b[i][2] != ' ') 
                    flag1 = true;
            }
     
             // checks the contents of each column for matching data
            for (int j = 0; j <= 2; j++)
            {
                if ((b[0][j] == b[1][j] && b[1][j] == b[2][j]) && b[2][j] != ' ') 
                    flag2 = true;
            }
     
            // checks the contents of one diagonal for matching data
            if ((b[0][0] == b[1][1] && b[1][1] == b[2][2]) && b[2][2] != ' ') 
                    flag3 = true;
     
            // checks the contents of the other diagonal for matching data
            if ((b[0][2] == b[1][1] && b[1][1] == b[2][0]) && b[2][0] != ' ') 
                    flag4 = true;
     
            // checks if any of the previous conditions evaluated to true        
            if (flag1 == true || flag2 == true || flag3 == true || flag4 == true)
                flag = true;
     
           // returns true if a winner was found; returns false is no winner     
           return flag;
       } // end of checkForWinner method
     
     
    }

    Thanks Again!

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    Default Re: Need help with Logic of a Tic Tac Toe game.

    The Move methods should test if the square is occupied before making the move.
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    Default Re: Need help with Logic of a Tic Tac Toe game.

    Everything is almost perfect but I when I go through my do while loop I'm having an unexpected problem. For some reason I can not make my do while loop terminate when going through the iterations. Here is my code.

     
    /**
     * 
     * CSC 225 - Online
     * Tic Tac Toe
     */
     
     
    import java.util.*;
     
    public class TicTacToe
    {
     
     
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
      Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
     
        char board[][] = new char[3][3];
     
        for ( int x = 0 ; x < board.length; x++)
        {
            for( int y = 0; y < board[x].length; y++)
            {
                board[x][y] = ' ';
            }
        }
     
     
        do
        {
            gameBoard(board);
            playerOneMove(board);
            System.out.println("");
            gameBoard(board);
            System.out.println("");
            playerTwoMove(board);
            System.out.println("");
            gameBoard(board);      
     
        }while( checkForWinner(board) != false);
     
     
     
    }
     
     
     
    public static void playerOneMove (char gameInput[][])
       {
     
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
     
        char test[][] = new char [3][3];
     
        int row = 0;
        int column = 0;
     
        System.out.print( "Player 1 : Please input your row? " );
        row = scan.nextInt() - 1;
     
        System.out.print( "Please input your column? " );
        column = scan.nextInt() - 1;
     
        gameInput[row][column] = 'X';
       } 
     
    public static void playerTwoMove( char [][] gameInput)
       {
     
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
     
        char test[][] = new char [3][3];
     
        int row = 0;
        int column = 0;
     
        System.out.print( "Player 2: Please input your row? " );
        row = scan.nextInt() - 1;
     
        System.out.print( "Player 2: Please input your column? " );
        column = scan.nextInt() - 1;
     
        gameInput[row][column] = 'Y';
       } 
     
    public static void gameBoard( char a [] [])
        {
        char[][] test = new char [3][3];
     
        int i, j;
     
        System.out.println( " Tic Tac Toe Game " );
     
        for (i = 0; i < test.length; i++) 
        {
            System.out.println("----------------");
            for(j = 0; j < test[i].length; j++)
            {
                System.out.print("|    "  + a[i][j] );
            }
            System.out.println("|      ");
        }
        System.out.println( "----------------"); 
     
        System.out.println(" ");
        }
     
     
     
    public static boolean checkForWinner(char[][] b)
       {
        // checkForWinner() method determines if a pattern of data stored
        // in the 2 D char array indicates the a player has won the game.
     
            boolean flag = false;
            boolean flag1 = false;
            boolean flag2 = false;
            boolean flag3 = false;
            boolean flag4 = false;
     
            // checks the contents of each row for matching data   
            for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
            {
                if ((b[i][0] == b[i][1] && b[i][1] == b[i][2]) && b[i][2] != ' ') 
                    flag1 = true;
            }
     
             // checks the contents of each column for matching data
            for (int j = 0; j <= 2; j++)
            {
                if ((b[0][j] == b[1][j] && b[1][j] == b[2][j]) && b[2][j] != ' ') 
                    flag2 = true;
            }
     
            // checks the contents of one diagonal for matching data
            if ((b[0][0] == b[1][1] && b[1][1] == b[2][2]) && b[2][2] != ' ') 
                    flag3 = true;
     
            // checks the contents of the other diagonal for matching data
            if ((b[0][2] == b[1][1] && b[1][1] == b[2][0]) && b[2][0] != ' ') 
                    flag4 = true;
     
            // checks if any of the previous conditions evaluated to true        
            if (flag1 == true || flag2 == true || flag3 == true || flag4 == true)
                flag = true;
     
           // returns true if a winner was found; returns false is no winner     
           return flag;
       } // end of checkForWinner method
     
     
    }

    Here is my output.

    Player 1 : Please input your row? 3
    Please input your column? 3

    Tic Tac Toe Game
    ----------------
    | X| Y| Y|
    ----------------
    | | X| |
    ----------------
    | | | X|
    ----------------


    Player 2: Please input your row? Tic Tac Toe Game
    ----------------
    | | | |
    ----------------
    | | | |
    ----------------
    | | | |
    ----------------

    Player 1 : Please input your row? 1
    Please input your column? 1

    Tic Tac Toe Game
    ----------------
    | X| | |
    ----------------
    | | | |
    ----------------
    | | | |
    ----------------


    Player 2: Please input your row? 3
    Player 2: Please input your column? 1

    Tic Tac Toe Game
    ----------------
    | X| | |
    ----------------
    | | | |
    ----------------
    | Y| | |
    ----------------

    The checkForWinner method was created by are professor. She wanted us to use it for are problem. When going though the loop I notice the loop will stop if I equal checkForWinner method to false. But when I use true the loop continues even after having tic tac toe and winning the game. My program basically never stops. It just continues. Any idea why norm?

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    Default Re: Need help with Logic of a Tic Tac Toe game.

    the loop continues even after having tic tac toe and winning the game
    Try some standalone testing of the method.
    Create an array with a winning position and call the checkForWinner() method and print out what it returns.
    Try it with lots of different winning positions to see if it works.
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    Default Re: Need help with Logic of a Tic Tac Toe game.

    okay let me try that

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    Default Re: Need help with Logic of a Tic Tac Toe game.

    Also use this for easy debugging:
        System.out.println("1 "+java.util.Arrays.deepToString(board));
    Add lots of them. Change the "1" to be unique in each println.
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