Battleship Gameboard

[apython1992]

That's better. Right now it has nothing to do with arrays, and everything to do with allowing the user to enter in a set of co-ordinates for ship placement. One of the first things you need is to ask for user input. Do you know how to do this?

[penny_k1994]

no i dont can you please help me with that?

[apython1992]

http://www.beens.org/turing/Turing_018___Get.htm

[penny_k1994]

ok thank you but when i run it it says "string literal ends at end of line" how do i fix that?

var ship:string
var coordinates:string
var score:int:=0
var A:array 1..10 of int
var B:array 1..10 of int
var C:array 1..10 of int
var D:array 1..10 of int
var E:array 1..10 of int
var F:array 1..10 of int
var G:array 1..10 of int
var H:array 1..10 of int
var column:int
var row:int
put "Place your 5 ships on the board while the opponent is placing theirs"
get coordinates
get coordinates
get coordinates
get coordinates
get coordinates
put ""
put "the locations of your ships are",coordinates"
put "A is the same as A(1)"
loop
put "Where are you going to shoot your cannon? Choose a row and column betwen A1 and H10"
put ""
if ship="A1" then
put "Is Correct!!! Great Job"
score:=score+0
elsif ship="A2" then
put "Is Incorrect Sorry"
score:=score+0
elsif ship="A3" then
put "Is Incorrect Sorry"
score:=score+1
end if
end loop

[Tony]

Quote:

put "the locations of your ships are",coordinates"

[penny_k1994]

that's what i did before and it still says "string literal ends at end of line" how do i fix that?

[apython1992]

He's quoting your code, where there is a mistake. All strings should be surrounded by quotation marks, right? Variable names are not strings, and so they don't need quotation marks. How many quotation marks do you have?

[8749236]

Tony @ Wed May 25, 2011 7:23 pm wrote:

penny_k1994 @ Wed May 25, 2011 7:12 pm wrote:

why isnt it running?

Because it highlights a line and says something along the lines of "syntax error". This is where you consult the documentation for the valid uses of that particular statement.

Also

Quote:

if ship="A1" then
put "You hit the ship go again "
elsif ship="A2" then
...

10x10 grid is 100 if statements, right? That does not seem like the right path to follow...

How about using "not ="
if it is not equal to the ship position then tell the player you didn't hit, and if is equal and tell the player you hit and you got next round of fire..
I think thats more better than using 100 if statement, that makes people crazy..

[tyuo9980]

read up on 2d arrays.

[penny_k1994]

yes thats a good idea thank you this is what I have so far can you please help me get started on the board i read up on 2d arrays i just need help getting started:

var ship:string
var coordinates:string
var hit:string
var shipplacement:array 1..10,1..10 of int
var score:int:=0
var A:array 1..10 of int
var B:array 1..10 of int
var C:array 1..10 of int
var D:array 1..10 of int
var E:array 1..10 of int
var F:array 1..10 of int
var G:array 1..10 of int
var H:array 1..10 of int
var column:int
var row:int
put "Place your 5 ships on the board while the opponent is placing theirs"
get coordinates
put "Pick a direction that you want to place your ship North, South, East and West"
get coordinates
put "Pick a direction that you want to place your ship North, South, East and West"
get coordinates
put "Pick a direction that you want to place your ship North, South, East and West"
get coordinates
put "Pick a direction that you want to place your ship North, South, East and West"
get coordinates
put ""
put "The locations of your ships are,coordinates"
put "A is the same as A(1)"
loop
put "Where are you going to shoot your cannon? Choose a row and column betwen A1 and H10"
put ""
if ship= hit then
put "You hit the opponents ship, fire again "
elsif ship not= hit then
put "You mised the opponents ship "
end if
end loop

[apython1992]

You are trying to store all of your information within a single variable (coordinates). Every time you have the line "get coordinates", you are overwriting what was previously stored there.

[Raknarg]

As tyuo9980 said before, I would strongly recommend using a 2D array for this. It will save you a lot of pain in the future.

Turing:

var tile : array 1 .. 8, 1 .. 10 of int