plzzzzz help me on this java programming question?
hello people.. can u plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help me out with this java programm. its due tmrw....... and i havent even get started on this program. i dont want to cheat .... actually some hints of how to do this program and a brief skelton of this would be really great......
and i dont mind if u can give me the whole code for this program
by the way u are not supposed to use arrays in this question
This program represents the peg jumping puzzle.
The board starts out with a single blank position, represented by
the 'O'. To make a move, select the letter of the peg to be moved,
then the letter of the destination position. (e.g. the first move
might be: d a, meaning we move peg ‘d’ into blank position ‘a’.)
A peg must be able to jump over an adjacent peg into a blank for a
move to be valid. The jumped peg is then removed from the board.
The game is over when there are no valid moves left to be made, or
when there is a single peg left.
At any point enter 'x' to exit the program.
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Board Positions
o A
+ + B C
+ + + D E F
+ + + + G H I J
+ + + + + K L M N O
1. Enter your move: D a
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Board Positions
+ A
o + B C
o + + D E F
+ + + + G H I J
+ + + + + K L M N O
2. Enter your move: K D
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Board Positions
+ A
o + B C
+ + + D E F
o + + + G H I J
o + + + + K L M N O
3. Enter your move: i g
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Board Positions
+ A
o + B C
+ + + D E F
+ o o + G H I J
o + + + + K L M N O
4. Enter your move: n p
*** Invalid destination. Please retry ****
4. Enter your move: q n
*** Invalid source. Please retry ****
4. Enter your move: j h
*** Must jump a piece. Please retry. ***
4. Enter your move: b i
*** Source must have a piece. Please retry. ***
4. Enter your move: l n
*** Destination must be empty. Please retry. ***
4. Enter your move: g b
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Board Positions
+ A
+ + B C
o + + D E F
o o o + G H I J
o + + + + K L M N O
5. Enter your move: a d
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Board Positions
o A
o + B C
+ + + D E F
o o o + G H I J
o + + + + K L M N O
6. Enter your move: c h
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Board Positions
o A
o o B C
+ o + D E F
o + o + G H I J
o + + + + K L M N O
7. Enter your move: l e
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Board Positions
o A
o o B C
+ + + D E F
o o o + G H I J
o o + + + K L M N O
8. Enter your move: j c
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Board Positions
o A
o + B C
+ + o D E F
o o o o G H I J
o o + + + K L M N O
9. Enter your move: c h
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Board Positions
o A
o o B C
+ o o D E F
o + o o G H I J
o o + + + K L M N O
10. Enter your move: n l
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Board Positions
o A
o o B C
+ o o D E F
o + o o G H I J
o + o o + K L M N O
11. Enter your move: d m
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Board Positions
o A
o o B C
o o o D E F
o o o o G H I J
o + + o + K L M N O
12. Enter your move: l n
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Board Positions
o A
o o B C
o o o D E F
o o o o G H I J
o o o + + K L M N O
13. Enter your move: o m
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Board Positions
o A
o o B C
o o o D E F
o o o o G H I J
o o + o o K L M N O
# left Rating
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>4 Dufus
4 Poor
3 Mediocre
2 Good Job
1 Awesome Genius!
You had 1 left. Awesome Genius!
Thanks for playing. Exiting...
Notes:
1. Giving input of 'x' as the first input for every move must result in displaying the ratings table and then exiting the program.
2. As illustrated above, either lower case or upper case should be accepted for input. You may assume that the user gives exactly one character, one space, then a second character on each input line (unless they enter 'x' for exit).
