chess game

[leeba]

I have a program that asks for a knights coordinates and prints
out all possible moves. That works. What doesn't work is if it is not a legal place for the knight (i.e. off the board) it prints an error but also prints coordinates for -1,-2. not sure why.
Any help would be appreciated.
here is the code i used:

/**
 * The program accepts a knight's coordinates and returns all possible moves. 
 * 
 * @author (Leeba) 
 */
import java.util.Scanner;

public class knight
{ 
    public static void main()
    {
        Scanner k = new Scanner(System.in);

        int xCoordinate, yCoordinate,newYCoordinate, newXCoordinate;

        //requests coordinates of knight
        System.out.println("Please enter knight's x and y coordinates.");
        xCoordinate = k.nextInt();
        yCoordinate = k.nextInt();

        // check if x and y coordinates are legally off chessboard
        if ((xCoordinate <= 0) || (xCoordinate >= 9) || (yCoordinate <= 0) || (yCoordinate >= 9))
            {
                System.out.println("You entered a number that is off the chess board");
            }
        else
            {
                // print all possible moves after checking if they are legal
               System.out.println("The following are your possible moves");
               newXCoordinate = xCoordinate+1;
                newYCoordinate = yCoordinate+2;
                if  ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
                    System.out.println ("("  + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");
             newXCoordinate = xCoordinate-1;
             newYCoordinate = yCoordinate+2;
                if  ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
                    System.out.println ("("  + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");
              newXCoordinate = xCoordinate+1;
              newYCoordinate = yCoordinate-2;
              if  ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
                    System.out.println ("("  + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");}
            newXCoordinate = xCoordinate-1;
                newYCoordinate = yCoordinate-2;
                if  ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
                    System.out.println ("("  + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");
                newXCoordinate = xCoordinate+2;
                newYCoordinate = yCoordinate+1;
                if  ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
                    System.out.println ("("  + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");
                newXCoordinate = xCoordinate+2;
                newYCoordinate = yCoordinate-1;
                if  ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
                    System.out.println ("("  + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");
                newXCoordinate = xCoordinate-2;
                newYCoordinate = yCoordinate+1;
                if  ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
                    System.out.println ("("  + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");
                newXCoordinate = xCoordinate-2;
                newYCoordinate = yCoordinate-1;
                if  ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
                    System.out.println ("("  + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");
                }
            }

[VernonDozier]

Code tags and formatting please.

[code]

// paste code here

[/code]

It looks at first glance that you have a brackets problem. If the code to execute if an if statement is true is more than one line, you need to surround that code with brackets.

[leeba]

Sorry about teh formatting.
All the ifs have only one line of code. I also to be sure that was not the problem added the {} and it did not help.
Also it only prints one possible move as if not all which is stranger.
Leeba

Code tags and formatting please.

[code]

// paste code here

[/code]

It looks at first glance that you have a brackets problem. If the code to execute if an if statement is true is more than one line, you need to surround that code with brackets.

[VernonDozier]

// check if x and y coordinates are legally off chessboard
if ((xCoordinate <= 0) || (xCoordinate >= 9) || (yCoordinate <= 0) || (yCoordinate >= 9))
{
     System.out.println("You entered a number that is off the chess board");
}
else
{
     // print all possible moves after checking if they are legal
     System.out.println("The following are your possible moves");
     newXCoordinate = xCoordinate+1;
     newYCoordinate = yCoordinate+2;
     if ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
          System.out.println ("(" + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");
     newXCoordinate = xCoordinate-1;
     newYCoordinate = yCoordinate+2;
     if ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
          System.out.println ("(" + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");
     newXCoordinate = xCoordinate+1;
     newYCoordinate = yCoordinate-2;
     if ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
          System.out.println ("(" + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");}

The formatting will look better if you paste it into a word processor or IDE. Note that lines 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19 always execute and are not part of an if statement. Also note the ending } on line 21 that ends your else statement.

[leeba]

// check if x and y coordinates are legally off chessboard
if ((xCoordinate <= 0) || (xCoordinate >= 9) || (yCoordinate <= 0) || (yCoordinate >= 9))
{
     System.out.println("You entered a number that is off the chess board");
}
else
{
     // print all possible moves after checking if they are legal
     System.out.println("The following are your possible moves");
     newXCoordinate = xCoordinate+1;
     newYCoordinate = yCoordinate+2;
     if ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
          System.out.println ("(" + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");
     newXCoordinate = xCoordinate-1;
     newYCoordinate = yCoordinate+2;
     if ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
          System.out.println ("(" + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");
     newXCoordinate = xCoordinate+1;
     newYCoordinate = yCoordinate-2;
     if ((newXCoordinate >=1) && (newXCoordinate <= 8) && (newYCoordinate<=8) && (newYCoordinate >=1))
          System.out.println ("(" + newXCoordinate + "," + newYCoordinate+ ")");}

The formatting will look better if you paste it into a word processor or IDE. Note that lines 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19 always execute and are not part of an if statement. Also note the ending } on line 21 that ends your else statement.

Sorry i am very new to this.
I know that the lines you noted are performed always. (but they are in the else so it should only be if the knight is on a legal space).

You were right about the } on row 21. I missed that. Thanks so much.
Now I need to go on to my next exercise question. YOu will probably see me again.

[VernonDozier]

Sorry i am very new to this.
I know that the lines you noted are performed always. (but they are in the else so it should only be if the knight is on a legal space).

You were right about the } on row 21. I missed that. Thanks so much.
Now I need to go on to my next exercise question. YOu will probably see me again.

OK, I see the logic better now. I misread those lines. Yes, I understand now why you want them to always be executed. I wasn't sure before so I pointed them out. Does it work now?

[leeba]

Yes it does. thank you again.