I work on a connect four game in c i compiled my code but i still have these 2 problems first this line on my terminal sh: cls: command not found i search on forum (may be an segmentation fault)but i don' know what to do to fix it enter code here and second when i compile the row don't appear on the screen can you help me please ?Thank you in advance :)
This is it :
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
void display();
bool check(int a, int b);
int drop(int b, char player);
char place[6][7];//available for the entire code
void display(){ //empty
printf(" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7\n");
int i,j;
for (i=0; i<6; i++) {
printf ("+");
for (j=0; j<7; j++)
printf("---+");
printf ("\n");
printf ("|");
for (j=0; j<7; j++)
printf(" |");
printf ("\n");
}
printf ("+");
for (j=0; j<7; j++)
printf("---+");
printf ("\n");
}
int drop(int b, char player){
if(b >=0 && b<= 6){
if(place[0][b] == ' '){
int i;
for(i = 0;place[i][b] == ' ';i++)
if(i == 5){place[i][b] = player;
return i;}
i--;
place[i][b] =player;
return i;
}else{
return -1;
}
}else{
return -1;
}
}
bool check(int a, int b){
int vertical = 1;//(|)
int horizontal = 1;//(-)
int diagonal1 = 1;//(\)
int diagonal2 = 1;//(/)
char player = place[a][b];
int i;//vertical
int ii;//horizontal
//check for vertical(|)
for(i = a +1;place[i][b] == player && i <= 5;i++,vertical++);//Check down
for(i = a -1;place[i][b] == player && i >= 0;i--,vertical++);//Check up
if(vertical >= 4)return true;
//check for horizontal(-)
for(ii = b -1;place[a][ii] == player && ii >= 0;ii--,horizontal++);//Check left
for(ii = b +1;place[a][ii] == player && ii <= 6;ii++,horizontal++);//Check right
if(horizontal >= 4) return true;
//check for diagonal 1 (\)
for(i = a -1, ii= b -1;place[i][ii] == player && i>=0 && ii >=0; diagonal1 ++, i --, ii --);//up and left
for(i = a +1, ii = b+1;place[i][ii] == player && i<=5 && ii <=6;diagonal1 ++, i ++, ii ++);//down and right
if(diagonal1 >= 4) return true;
//check for diagonal 2(/)
for(i = a -1, ii= b +1;place[i][ii] == player && i>=0 && ii <= 6; diagonal2 ++, i --, ii ++);//up and right
for(i = a +1, ii= b -1;place[i][ii] == player && i<=5 && ii >=0; diagonal2 ++, i ++, ii --);//up and left
if(diagonal2 >= 4) return true;
return false;
}
int main(){
for(int a =0;a <= 5; a++){ //fill place with whitespace
for(int b = 0; b<=6; b++) //
place[a][b] = ' '; //
} //
display();//Displays for first time so players can see the board
//declarations
int hold;//Will house user row choice
int hold2 = 0;//will hold drop value
int charsPlaced = 0;//Number of peices dropped so can end game if a draw
bool gamewon = false;//Will be changed to true when game is won and will exit while loop
char player = 15;//start as player 2 will change back 2 player 1
while(!gamewon){//will stop when game is won, ! means NOT makes the oppisite be checked
if(hold2 != -1){//check if there was a error in the last drop
if(player == 15){//if player 2 lasted dropped a piece so its player 1s turn
printf("player 1 drop where?");
player = 254;//char of players piece
}
else{
printf("player 2 drop where?");
player = 15;//char of player piece
}
}
while(true){//will run untill 'break;'
if(charsPlaced == 42) break;//if draw
// cin>>hold;//get user input
scanf("%d",&hold);
hold--;//take off 1 to account for arrays starting at 0 not 1
if(hold <=6 && hold>= 0) break;//if within valid range stop loop
else printf( "\nplease enter a value between 1 and 7 :");//ask for input and loop again
}
if(charsPlaced == 42) break;//if draw 6X7
hold2 = drop(hold,player);//drop the player store the row in hold2
if(hold2 == -1) printf("Column is full\nPlease enter anothor number between 1 and 7:");//if error -1 row is full
else{
gamewon = check(hold2,hold);//check if game is run
charsPlaced ++;//another character has been succesfully placed
system("cls");//This clears the screen works with windows, not nesscery to run game
display();//displayed updated board
}
}
system("clear");//this clears the screen
if(charsPlaced == 42){//if draw
printf("No winner, Game was draw\n");
system("pause");
return 0;
}
if(player == 15)//if won by player 2
printf("gamewon by : player 2\n");
else printf("gamewon by : player 1\n");//Else won by player 1
system("pause");//pauses before exit so players can see who won, works with windows
return 0;//Exit application
}
