Hello there,
I am having problems with this code i have written and it is a tic tac toe program. It runs and everything but it doesn't get a winner when i call the method getWinner. this method is suppose to return 'x', 'o' , or ' ' depending onwhether X, O or no one is the winner. Oh yeah a player wins only if they have three-in-a-row, in a row, a column, or a diagonal.. ?? I am just stuck on what to do.. i need your advice or something.. Oh yeah i'm using BlueJay.. thanks ..
JT ....
/**
* A class that represents a tic-tac-toe board
*
*
* @author J T ...
*/
public class TicTacToe {
private char[][] board;
private static final int ROWS = 3;
private static final int COLUMNS = 3;
/**
* Build an empty tic-tac-toe board
*/
public TicTacToe() {
board = new char[ROWS][COLUMNS];
// fill board with spaces
for ( int i = 0; i < ROWS; i++ ) {
for ( int j = 0; j < COLUMNS; j++ ) {
board[j] = ' ';
}
}
}
/**
* Put an X or an O on the board at position i,j
*
* @param i The row number
* @param j The column number
* @param player the current player (either X or O)
*
* @return true if the player made a mark at position i,j
* false if that position already contained a mark
*/
public boolean set( int i, int j, char player ) {
if ( ( i < 0 ) || ( i > 2 ) || ( j < 0 ) || ( j > 2 ) )
return false;
if ( board[j] != ' ' )
return false;
board[j] = player;
return true;
}
/**
* Evaluate the board to determine a winner
*
* @return 'x' if X is the winner, 'o' if O is the winner, ' ' if no one
* is the winner.
*/
public char getWinner()
{
int Xrow = 0;
int Orow = 0;
int Xcol = 0;
int Ocol = 0;
for ( int row = 0; row < 3; row++ ) {
for ( int col = 0; col < 3; col++ ) {
if ( board[row][col] == 'X' )
Xrow += 1;
if ( board[row][col] == 'O' )
Orow += 1;
}
}
for ( int col = 0; col < 3; col++){
for ( int row = 0; row < 3; row++){
if ( board[row][col] == 'X' )
Xcol += 1;
if ( board[row][col] == 'O' )
Ocol += 1;
}
}
if ( (Xrow > 3) || (Xcol > 3) )
return 'x';
if ( (Ocol > 3) || (Ocol > 3) )
return 'o';
if ( (board[0][0] == 'X') && (board[1][1] == 'X') && (board[2][2] == 'X') )
return 'x';
if ( (board[0][0] == 'O') && (board[1][1] == 'O') && (board[2][2] == 'O') )
return 'o';
if ( (board[0][2] == 'X') && (board[1][1] == 'X') && (board[2][0] == 'X') )
return 'x';
if ( (board[0][2] == 'O') && (board[1][1] == 'O') && (board[2][0] == 'O') )
return 'o';
else {
return ' ';
}// no one has won
}
/**
* Return a String representation of the board
*
* @return The current board represented as a String
*/
public String toString() {
String s = "";
for ( int i = 0; i < ROWS; i++ ) {
s += "|";
for ( int j = 0; j < COLUMNS; j++ ) {
s += board[j];
}
s += "|\n";
}
return s;
}
}
If you need to view the board class.. here it is..
this uses the tictactoe class..
import javax.swing.*;
/**
* Play tic-tac-toe.
*
* Game derived from Big Java, by Cay Horstmann, pages 545-547.
*
* @author Cay Horstmann
*
* @version 1.0
*/
public class TicTacToeGame {
private TicTacToe game;
/**
* Play a game of tic-tac-toe
*/
public TicTacToeGame()
{
game = new TicTacToe();
int numMoves = 0;
char player = 'x';
while ( numMoves < 9 ) {
// display board
System.out.println( game );
makeMove( player );
numMoves++;
player = switchPlayer( player );
}
System.out.println( game );
System.exit(0);
}
/**
* Let a player make a move. Ask the player for the row and column
* position where he wishes to put his mark, and then place the mark
* at that position on the board.
*
* @param player The player whose turn it is.
*/
private void makeMove( char player )
{
boolean goodMove = false;
while( goodMove == false ) {
int row = getRow( player );
int column = getColumn( player );
// try to place an X or O at that position
goodMove = game.set( row, column, player );
}
}
/**
* Switch from 'x' to 'o' or vice versa
*
* @param player The current player
* @return The new player
*/
private char switchPlayer( char player )
{
if ( player == 'x' )
return 'o';
else
return 'x';
}
/**
* Get a row number for where the given player wants to place a mark
*
* @param player the player who wants to place a mark
* @return the row number of the row where the player wants to put a mark
*/
private int getRow( char player )
{
String input =
JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter row for '" + player + "'" );
if ( input == null || input.equals("") )
System.exit( 0 );
return Integer.parseInt( input );
}
/**
* Get a column number for where the given player wants to place a mark
*
* @param player the player who wants to place a mark
* @return the column number of the row where the player wants to put a mark
*/
private int getColumn( char player )
{
String input =
JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter column for '" + player + "'" );
if ( input == null || input.equals("") )
System.exit( 0 );
return Integer.parseInt( input );
}
}