Im creating a mini chess game, and for good practice, rather than do it procedurally, I wanted to do it in oop (python because Im lazy with syntax). I managed to created a class for the game board, as well as classes for pawns. The game board class has a method called create_board:
def create_board(self, empty_cell, player_pawn, computer_pawn):
for row in range(self.size):
if row == 0:
self.board.append([computer_pawn] * self.size)
if row == self.size - 1:
self.board.append([player_pawn] * self.size)
if row != 0 and row != self.size - 1:
self.board.append([empty_cell] * self.size)
return board
where computer_pawn, player_pawn and empty_cell are their own individual classes (right now they all look the same):
class player_pawn:
#player_pawn constructor
def __init__(self, value):
self.value = value
The issue is my print method in the game_board class:
def print_board(self):
self.board_string = ""
for row in range(self.size):
for col in range(self.size):
self.board_string += str(self.board[row][col]) + " "
self.board_string += "\n"
print self.board_string
instead of outputting a string of numbers in a square:
"2 2 2
0 0 0
1 1 1"
it outputs:
<main.computer_pawn instance at 0x107742cb0> <main.computer_pawn instance at 0x107742cb0> <main.computer_pawn instance at 0x107742cb0>
<main.empty_cell instance at 0x107742c20> <main.empty_cell instance at 0x107742c20> <main.empty_cell instance at 0x107742c20>
<main.player_pawn instance at 0x107742c68> <main.player_pawn instance at 0x107742c68> <main.player_pawn instance at 0x107742c68>
for reference, my current method calls and object creation looks like this:
board = game_board(3)
board.create_board(empty_cell(0), player_pawn(1), computer_pawn(2))
board.print_board()
Im trying to make it output the string style, so does anyone have any suggestions?
