Thread: Connect 4 in c

Hey im trying to do a connect 4 game in c with multiD arrays
insert

Code:

void drawboard(int board[6][7])
{
int i;
int j;
printf(" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 \n");
for(i = 5; i >= 0; i = (i - 1))
{
for(j = 0; j < 7; j = (j + 1))
{
printf(" | ");
if(board[i][j] == 1)
{
printf("X");
}
else if(board[i][j] == 2)
{
printf("");
}
else if(board[i][j] == 3)
{
printf("4");
}
else if(board[i][j] == 0);
{
printf(" ");
}
}
printf(" | \n");
}
printf(" ------------------------ \n");
}]

All I really have is this function for drawing the board our teacher provided. Im just trying to find a place to start. Does anyone have advice on how I can fill the board
I want to be able to ask in a loop
printf("What column to place O");
"place that O in a column that will keep track of what has been put there"
and so on until I can check for wins

I'm not a pro but I just did this for university a few weeks ago. What you want to do is to break it down into separate tasks and write a shot function for each one. Then you call just call them all in order in the main body of code in a loop like this;

input form player one
check input
place move in the array
check to see if someone wins
check to see if draw
input form player two
check input
place move in the array
check to see if someone wins
check to see if draw

it can then just go round and round until someone wins or there is a draw.
You might want to do a few things to setup before this main loop like initializing the board array with black spaces.

Gotcha! thanks man

Actually not to harp you for answers but do you have an idea on how your checkwin function worked or the psuedocode for something like that if im doing multid arrays