Thread: array for teams

OK trying something to help out a local team....

total players = 2 - 30

each team (at first is equal players, unless there is an odd man, then they are in team two)

game is played....

at the end, losing team loses a player

game played again

losing team loses player, system repeats

when the admin decides, all the players are re suffled to two even teams, then cycle repeats...

using a 1d array, i can start the players, add a player, manually delete a player BUT onec a team loses too many, then probs start and players "dissapper" one teams...

is a 1d array the right way to go?

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <string.h> 
 
int main(void)
{    
 char array[30][255];
 int totalplayers;
 int choice;
 
 
 //GET TOTAL NUMBER OF PLAYERS//
 printf("Total Number of Players (1-30): ");
 scanf("%i",&totalplayers);
 
 //ENTER PLAYERS NAMES//
 for(int n=0;n<totalplayers;n++)
  {
   printf("Enter Player # %i`s Name: ",n+1);
   scanf("%s", &*array[n]);
  }
 //PRINT NAMES ENTERED//
 system("cls");
 printf("Current List of players\n");
 for(int n=0;n<totalplayers;n++)
  {
   printf("%s\n",array[n]);
  }
 system("pause");
 
 //PRINT MENU FOR CHOICES//
 do
  {
   system("cls");
   do
    {
     printf("Menu\n");
     printf("1.Randomize Teams\n");
     printf("2.Add Player to list\n");
     printf("3.View Teams\n");
     printf("4.Manually remove player\n");
     printf("5.Randomly Remove player from Team\n");
     printf("6.Exit\n");
     printf("Choice: ");
     scanf("%i",&choice);
    }while(choice>6||choice<1);
    switch(choice)
     {
      case 1://randomize teams
      srand ( time(NULL) );
      for (int i = totalplayers-1; i > 0; i--)     
       {         
        int j = rand() % (i+1);           
        if ((strcmp(array[j]," ")!=0)&&(strcmp(array[i]," ")!=0))
         {
          char temp[255]; 
          temp[0] = *array[i];     
          *array[i] = *array[j] ;     
          *array[j] = temp[0]; 
         }
        else
         {
          i=i-1;
         }
        
       }
      system("cls");
      printf("Team 1\t\t\tTeam2\n");
      for(int n=0;n<totalplayers;n++)
       {
        printf("%s\t\t\t",array[n]);
        n++;
        printf("%s\n",array[n]);
       }
      system("pause");
      break;
   
      case 2:
      
      if(totalplayers<30)
       {
        system("cls");
        totalplayers++;
        printf("Enter Player # %i`s Name: ",totalplayers);
        scanf("%s", &*array[totalplayers-1]);
 
        //PRINT NAMES ENTERED//
        system("cls");
        printf("Current List of players\n");
        for(int n=0;n<totalplayers;n++)
         {
          printf("%s\n",array[n]);
         }
        system("pause");
       }
      else
       {
        system("cls");
        printf("Already at max players!!!\n");
        system("pause");
       }
      break;
   
      case 3:
      system("cls");
      printf("Team 1\t\t\tTeam2\n");
      for(int n=0;n<totalplayers;n++)
       {
        printf("%s\t\t\t",array[n]);
        n++;
        printf("%s\n",array[n]);
       }
      system("pause");
      
      break;
   
      case 4://manually remove player from team
      system("cls");
      printf("Team 1\t\t\tTeam2\n");
      for(int n=0;n<totalplayers;n++)
       {
        printf("%i.%s\t\t\t",n+1,array[n]);
        n++;
        printf("%i.%s\n",n+1,array[n]);
       }
      
      
    
    
    
      do
       { 
        printf("Which player to delete (1-%i) ",totalplayers);
        scanf("%i",&choice);
       }while(choice<1||choice>totalplayers);
      *array[choice-1]=' ';
      for(int m=choice-1;m<totalplayers;m=m+2)
      *array[m]=*array[m+2];
      system("cls");
      printf("Team 1\t\t\tTeam2\n");
      for(int n=0;n<totalplayers;n++)
       {
        printf("%i.%s\t\t\t",n+1,array[n]);
        n++;
        printf("%i.%s\n",n+1,array[n]);
       }
      
       
      break;
      
      case 5:
      printf("5");
      break;
      
      case 6:
      printf("6");
      break;
     }
  }while(choice!=6);
 
 
 return 0;
}

Originally Posted by Salem

char temp[255];
temp[0] = *array[i];
*array[i] = *array[j] ;
*array[j] = temp[0];

Well this doesn't swap two strings, if that's what you were planning.

well so far, it has been.....

takes i (from a for loop 0 to total players-1) and switches that value from the array with the random one...

try it it works perfect.

my prob is seperating into two teams, where when one team still has lets say 15 people, and the second team starts losing people, the players dont start getting messed up

Huh, what you could do is use a linked list of player structures. Well, technically two. You keep track of the length of each structure (each element is a player) and you're trying to shoot for even teams. So when you lose a player you just take the modulo of that with respect to 2 and if its zero then cut one element of a structure and put it at the end of the other. That way you're just swapping around allocations and you can allow the memory to fit as is needed instead of being statically allocated.

@JOHN: the teams dont rebalance untill the option is chosen, so there COULD be 10 on one side and 4 on the other, i tried the idea of having every even go to one, and every odd goto the other, but once it gets so far down, it starts being screwy, so i am thinking the first X go on team 1, and the rest go on team 2.

@Salem: lol, i was a dumbass, i was TESTing it with all 30 players, and using a-z`s and 1-9`s. so i didnt notice the full names not working!!! my random code i used from another program with ints!!! And no, to both, debugging wasnt in all one shot, i make a section then test it debig it once it works i move on! and the second no was to the "wanting others to fix it" i have NEVER done that, nor will i ever! the code posted was for the group to see the idea of what i was doing, and how i was doing it, and hence the asking if this was a good way to go, and if not what would be the best.

@everyone: it looks like i am going to use one array with a "middle" split, first half on 1 and rest on 2. ill update this when i redo it all!

thanks all

fixed the swap, thank you never noticed it because i was testing with one char, not a whole word!

Code:

char temp[255];
strcpy(temp,array[i]);
strcpy(array[i],array[j]);
strcpy(array[j],temp);

yeah on emergency leave due to my grandma passing, so not noticing the little mistakes i was making, mind isnt all here 100%