passing a false boolean value into functions, then return it as true to stop program?

I want to pass a boolean value, bool gameover(false), into the function check_winning_condition, and then pass it to function
ask_rematch. Then in ask_rematch, if the user's input is "no", then return the boolean gameover as true to stop the game.

How do I do this? Or is there a better alternative to this? Am I making things harder?

Code:

#include <iostream>


using namespace std;


void show_board(char board[][3]);






int ask_rematch(char board[][3], bool gameover)
{   string rematch;
    std::cout << "Would you like a rematch? yes/no \n";
    std::cin >> rematch;
    if ( rematch == "yes")
    {
         board[0][0] = '1'; board[0][1] = '2'; board[0][2] = '3';
         board[1][0] = '4'; board[1][1] = '5'; board[1][2] = '6';
         board[2][0] = '7'; board[2][1] = '8'; board[2][2] = '9';
    }
    else if ( rematch == "no")
    {
        gameover = true;
        return gameover;
    }


}


int check_winning_condition(char board[][3],string player[],bool gameover)
{
    if ((board[0][0] ==  'X' && board[0][1] == 'X' && board[0][2] == 'X')||
        (board[1][0] ==  'X' && board[1][1] == 'X' && board[1][2] == 'X')||
        (board[2][0] ==  'X' && board[2][1] == 'X' && board[2][2] == 'X')||
        (board[0][0] ==  'X' && board[1][0] == 'X' && board[2][0] == 'X')||
        (board[0][1] ==  'X' && board[1][1] == 'X' && board[2][1] == 'X')||
        (board[0][2] ==  'X' && board[1][2] == 'X' && board[2][2] == 'X')||
        (board[2][0] ==  'X' && board[1][1] == 'X' && board[0][2] == 'X')||
        (board[0][0] ==  'X' && board[1][1] == 'X' && board[2][2] == 'X'))
        {
            std::cout << player[0] << " WINS!\n";
            show_board(board);
            ask_rematch(board,gameover);
            return gameover;


        }
        else if
       ((board[0][0] ==  'O' && board[0][1] == 'O' && board[0][2] == 'O')||
        (board[1][0] ==  'O' && board[1][1] == 'O' && board[1][2] == 'O')||
        (board[2][0] ==  'O' && board[2][1] == 'O' && board[2][2] == 'O')||
        (board[0][0] ==  'O' && board[1][0] == 'O' && board[2][0] == 'O')||
        (board[0][1] ==  'O' && board[1][1] == 'O' && board[2][1] == 'O')||
        (board[0][2] ==  'O' && board[1][2] == 'O' && board[2][2] == 'O')||
        (board[2][0] ==  'O' && board[1][1] == 'O' && board[0][2] == 'O')||
        (board[0][0] ==  'O' && board[1][1] == 'O' && board[2][2] == 'O'))
        {
            std::cout << player[1] << " WINS!\n";
            show_board(board);
            ask_rematch(board,gameover);
            return gameover;


        }
















}


void get_player_names(string player[])
{   string player1, player2;
    std::cout << "Player 1's name: ";
    std::getline(cin, player1);
    std::cout << "\n";
    std::cout << "Player 2's name: ";
    std::getline(cin, player2);
    std::cout << "\n";


    player[0] = player1;
    player[1] = player2;


}


int  game_start(char board[][3],string player[])
{
    bool gameover(false);






    int turn = 0; //players' turn


    do{


                char mark;
    show_board(board);
    std::cout << player[turn] << "'s move.\n";
    std::cout << "Pick the number to mark. \n";
    std::cin  >> mark;






        for ( int row=0;row<3;row++ )
        {
            for (int column=0;column<3;column++)
            {
                if(turn == 0 && mark == board[row][column] && mark != 'O')
                { board[row][column] = 'X';
                  turn = 1;
                  }
                else if (turn == 1 && mark == board[row][column] && mark != 'X')
                { board[row][column] = 'O';
                  turn = 0;
                  }
            }


         }
         check_winning_condition(board,player,gameover);




    }
    while(!gameover);


}


void show_board(char board[][3])
{
    for (int row=0;row<3;row++)
    {
        for (int column=0;column<3;column++)
        {
            std::cout << board[row][column] << " ";
        }
        std::cout << endl << endl;
    }
}


int main()
{
    char board[3][3] = { {'1','2','3'} ,
                         {'4','5','6'} ,
                         {'7','8','9'}  };
   string player[2];
   get_player_names(player);
   game_start(board,player);


   return 0;
}

It seems to me that ask_rematch should return a bool, and this value is then assigned to gameover. There is no need to pass gameover to ask_rematch because if you are calling ask_rematch, then obviously gameover must be false.

but the bool gameover is declared in game_start, then passed to check_winning_condition, then passed to ask_rematch, to change its value to true. sorry I still can't comprehend.

even after I type "no", and make change the gameover from false to true, the loop still continues. Am I doing it right?

Originally Posted by Meerul264

but the bool gameover is declared in game_start, then passed to check_winning_condition, then passed to ask_rematch, to change its value to true. sorry I still can't comprehend.

If you want to do it that way, then you should pass gameover by reference. Personally, I would prefer to return a value because it might not be necessary to have the gameover variable to begin with, depending on how you structure your code. Thus, this gives flexibility to either assign to the gameover variable in the caller, or directly use the function's return value.

Originally Posted by Meerul264

even after I type "no", and make change the gameover from false to true, the loop still continues. Am I doing it right?

No, because you are assigning to a copy of gameover in ask_rematch.

If you want to do it that way, then you should pass gameover by reference.

You mean to add the & before bool gameover? I had read this somewhere but was not sure how to use it.

Code:

int ask_rematch(char board[][3], bool &gameover)

Code:

int check_winning_condition(char board[][3],string player[],bool &gameover)

After this it ran the way I want it to be. After I type "no", the program exits. Thanks.