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xanderman2113

Sun Dec 14, 2014 10:15 pm


Tic Tac Toe Game

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Ok, so I have been tasked with the creation of a simple tic tac toe game. I have brainstormed some and figured out how to draw the board and get the game going, but am semi stuck from here on. I just need to know how I can get the user's input into the board and from there I think it should be fairly easy to determine the winner, and the computer generated move. I also need to do these in their own methods. 

Here's what I have so far:
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//12/14/2014
//The purpose of this program is to play a tic tac toe game against the computer
//The TicTacToe class.

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class TicTacToe
{
    
    public static char DrawBoard (char [] [] Board)        //DrawBoard Method
    {
        char DrawBoard = '-' ;
        
        System.out.println("-------------");
		
        for (int row = 0 ; row < 3 ; row = row + 1) 
        {
            System.out.print ("| ") ;
            for (int column = 0 ; column < 3 ; column = column + 1) 
            {
                System.out.print (Board [row] [column] + " | ") ;
                DrawBoard = Board [row] [column] ;
            }
            System.out.println () ;
            System.out.println ("-------------") ;
        }
        return (DrawBoard) ;
    }
    
    //public static int Winner ()        //Winner Method
    //{
        
    //}
    
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
    //Variable declaration
    Scanner kbReader = new Scanner(System.in);
    char [] [] Board = new char [3] [3] ;
    String MenuInput ;
    int BoardOutput ;
    
    //Welcome
    System.out.println ("Welcome to Tic Tac Toe game!.") ;
    System.out.println ("") ;
    System.out.println ("If you wish to play, type 'Play'") ; 
    System.out.println ("If you wish to read the instructions, type 'Instructions'") ;
    System.out.println ("If you wish to exit, type 'Exit'") ;
    MenuInput = kbReader.next () ;
    
    if (MenuInput.equals ("Play") || MenuInput.equals ("play")) 
    {
        System.out.println ("\f") ;
        System.out.println (" Tic Tac Toe") ;
        BoardOutput = DrawBoard (Board) ;
        
        System.out.println ("Please enter the coordinates you wish to place your move.") ;
        
    }
    
    else if (MenuInput.equals ("Instructions") || MenuInput.equals ("instructions")) 
    {
        System.out.println ("\f") ;
        System.out.println ("You will be playing the game of Tic Tac Toe against the computer.") ;
        System.out.println ("The object of this game is to get three of your own x's or o's in a line.") ;    
        System.out.println ("You take turns placing the x's and o's and whoever gets three in a row first wins.") ;
        System.out.println ("Good Luck!") ;
        System.out.println ("") ;
        System.out.println ("If you wish to play, type 'Play'") ;
        System.out.println ("If you wish to exit, type 'Exit'") ;
        MenuInput = kbReader.next () ;
    }
    
    else if (MenuInput.equals ("Exit") || MenuInput.equals ("exit")) 
    {
        System.out.println ("Thank you for using   Tic Tac Toe game!") ;
        System.exit (0) ;
    }
    
    else 
    {
        System.out.println ("Sorry, that is not a valid choice.") ;
        System.out.println ("If you wish to play, type 'Play'") ; 
        System.out.println ("If you wish to read the instructions, type 'Instructions'") ;
        System.out.println ("If you wish to exit, type 'Exit'") ;
        MenuInput = kbReader.next () ;
    }

    } // main method
    
} // TicTacToe class
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Thanks!