Thread: Draw a grid using the following characters?

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Originally Posted by programmingnewb

Hi again! Quiiick question
...
How do I use ASCII characters instead of letters (A, D)?
I tried to use a heart but everything got messed up

I wouldn't recommend it. ASCII is not defined such that it is entirely printable. However, everything from 32 ' ' to 127 (exclusive) is.

> and it says there are too many arguments for my randbetween function?
Your compiler is correct.
The function expects 2 arguments, and you passed 5.

You've got two hands, I throw 5 tennis balls at you and say "catch", what are you going to do?

Bejeweled is the same as Candy Crush (if you've played it before):
-You are given a grid with (let's say) 4 different symbols, and they are randomly printed in such a way that no 3, 4, or 5 symbols of the same type are printed side by side.
-The goal is to match 3, 4, or 5 symbols of the same type, and once a match has been made, the matched symbols are cleared out and new, random symbols are put in their place.

Hopefully that's understandable?

I want my program NOT to print symbols of the same type side by side each other, like the 3 A's in the second row:

ABCDA
BDAAA
CDABC
DABCD

I want it the program to print a grid, such that no 3, 4, or 5 symbols are printed side by side like this:

ABCDA
BCDAA
ABDCB
CABDA

This is what I have so far:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>


#define GRIDWIDTH 6
#define GRIDHEIGHT 6
#define NUMSYMBOLS 5


void clearscreen();
int randbetween(int min, int max);
void drawgrid(char grid[]);


int main()
  {
	  /* Initialize environment */
		time_t seconds;
		int iter;
		char grid[GRIDWIDTH][GRIDHEIGHT];
		char outgrid[GRIDWIDTH][GRIDHEIGHT];
		int rowchoice;
		int colchoice;
		char matchfound;
		char maxzeroes;
		char foundzeroes;
		int eliminated;
		int i;
		int j;
		int k;


		time(&seconds);
		srand((unsigned int) seconds);


		drawgrid(outgrid[randbetween(0,4)]);
		printf("\nEnter a choice, 1 for up, 2 for down, 3 for left, 4 for right");
		scanf ("%c",&rowchoice );
	}


void clearscreen()
  {
	  if (system("cls"))
		  {
			  system("clear");
			}
	}


int randbetween(int min, int max)
  {
	int i;
	i = rand() % (max - min + 1) + min;
	  
	 if( i == 0 )
	{
		return 'K';
	}
	
	else if( i == 1 )
	{
		return 'L';
	}
	else if( i == 2 )
	{
			return 'E';
	}
	
	else if( i == 3 )
	{
		return 'X';
	}
	
	else( i == 4 );
	{
			return 'S';
	}
}
	


void drawgrid(char grid[])
  {
	int i;
	int j;


    for (i = -1; i < GRIDHEIGHT; i++)
		  {
			printf("\n");
			  for (j = -1; j < GRIDWIDTH; j++)
				  {
					  printf("%c", randbetween(0,4) ); 
					  
					}
			}
	}

A simple idea would be to make your game grid up initially with letters (in any order), and then use a while loop to keep making swaps, until you have no repeats in the same row, next to each other.

I don't believe that it would take too many swaps to randomize it as you want.