help with 3D tic-tac-toe diagonal checking

i need some help with figuring out how to check diagonals in my 3D Tic-Tac-Toe board. i have the horizontal, vertical and depth done fine but i cant figure out how to get diagonals. i only put in the check part since the full code is really long. the problem is that im making it to that you choose what cubic dimensions you want and i dont know how to go through the board and only check diagonal. i can put more code up if you need it too.

Code:

template <class TYPE>
class Grid : public Darray<TYPE> {
private:
	int currentRow,
		currentDepth,
		currentCol;
public:
	Grid();
	Grid(TYPE depth, TYPE row, TYPE col);
	void arrow_keys(Player *player);
	bool win();
	void clear_screen(void);
	void draw ();
	void draw (TYPE d);
	void topBorder();
	void bottomBorder();
	bool winHorizontal(Player* player);
	bool winVertical(Player* player);
	bool winDiagonal(Player* player);
	bool winCubic(Player* player);
};

template <class TYPE>
bool Grid<TYPE>::winHorizontal(Player* player)
{
	int count;
	for(int d = 0; d <DEPTH; d++){
		for(int r = 0; r<ROW; r++){
			for(int c = 0; c< COL; c++)
			{
				if(*player == *array[d][r][c].getPlayer())
					count++;
			}
			if(count == COL)
				return true;
			count = 0;	
		}
	}	
		cout << "Player " << symbol << " Wins!!" << endl;
		return false;
}
template <class TYPE>
bool Grid<TYPE>::winVertical(Player* player)
{
	int count;
	for(int d = 0; d <DEPTH; d++){
		for(int r = 0; r<ROW; r++)
		{
			if(*player == *array[d][r][c].getPlayer())
				count++;
		}
		if(count == ROW)
			return true;
		count = 0;
	}
	cout << "Player " << symbol << " Wins!!" << endl;
	return false;
}
template <class TYPE>
bool Grid<TYPE>::winDiagonal(Player* player)
{
	int count;
	for(int d = 0; d <DEPTH; d++){
		for(int r = 0; r<ROW; r++){
			for(int c = 0; c< COL; c++)
			{
				if(*player == *array[d][r][c].getPlayer() || *player == *array[d][r][c].getPlayer() )
					count++;
			}
			if()
				return true;

		}
	}
	cout << "Player " << symbol << " Wins!!" << endl;
	return false;
}
template <class TYPE>
bool Grid<TYPE>::winCubic(Player* player)
{
	int count;
	for(int d = 0; d < DEPTH; d++)
	{
		if(*player == *array[d][r][c].getPlayer())
			count++;
	}
	if(count == DEPTH)
		return true;
	count  = 0;

	cout << "Player " << symbol << " Wins!!" << endl;
	return false;
}
template <class TYPE>
bool Grid<TYPE>::win()
{
	if(winHorizontal())
		return true;
	if(winVertical())
		return true;
	if(winDiagonal())
		return true;
	if(winCubic())
		return true;
	else
		return false;
}

Well, without looking at your code yet (hint: too long methinks!), I'd suggest something along the lines the following:

Code:

Dimensions x,y,z
Foreach(x)
    test diagonal in plane x
Foreach(y)
    test diagonal in plane y
Foreach(z)
    test diagonal in plane z

ie. you could extract each plane from each dimension (3 * n times where n is cube length) and test for winDiagonal() on each of them.

Why is your board a template? What could you possible store in a tic tac toe board other than integers and why?

You've got a mess there.

Suggestion:

1. Make a board class that encapsulate everything possible a board should/can do.
2. Make another class to encapsulate the layers of boards. Use a std vector or list to maintain the boards or if you know how many boards, create an array of class Board.
3. Dump the nested loop. It's hideous.

its a template cause thats what the assignment is suppose to have. right now im just trying to get it working then i worry about making the code look perty.

jafet could u elaborate a little more i dont quite understand what u mean by multiply by 3*n how would that work?