Thread: How do I pop off only the unwanted moves?

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    How do I pop off only the unwanted moves?

    Hi,
    this little function is finally able to solve the maze. However it prints out all the moves (even the once that lead nowhere). I can't figure out where to pop of the moves in order to print out only the right moves that lead to the end of the maze.

    Code:
    .
    
    bool SolveMaze(char array[][40], position pos)
    
    {
    
    	stack<position> s;
    
    	position curr_pos, next_pos;
    
    	bool checked[40][40];
    
    
    
    
    
    	for(int i = 0; i < LENGTH; i++)
    
    		for(int j = 0; j < WIDTH; j++) {
    
    			checked[i][j] = false;
    
    		}
    
    
    
    	s.push(pos);
    
    	while(!s.empty())
    	{
    
    		curr_pos = s.top();
    
    		s.pop();
    		
    
    		if(array[curr_pos.x][curr_pos.y] == 'X')
    
    			return true;
    
    
    
    		// visit the current position
    
    		if(array[curr_pos.x][curr_pos.y] == '0' || array[curr_pos.x][curr_pos.y] == 'E')
    		{
    
    			if(array[curr_pos.x][curr_pos.y] == '0') 
    
    				array[curr_pos.x][curr_pos.y] = '*';
    
    			else if(checked[curr_pos.x][curr_pos.y] == true)
    
    				return false;
    
    
    
    			if(checked[curr_pos.x][curr_pos.y] == false)
    			{
    
    				next_pos.x = curr_pos.x;
    
    				next_pos.y = curr_pos.y + 1;
    
    				s.push(next_pos);
    
    
    
    				next_pos.x = curr_pos.x;
    
    				next_pos.y = curr_pos.y - 1;
    
    				s.push(next_pos);
    
    
    
    				next_pos.x = curr_pos.x + 1;
    
    				next_pos.y = curr_pos.y;
    
    				s.push(next_pos);
    
    
    
    				next_pos.x = curr_pos.x - 1;
    
    				next_pos.y = curr_pos.y;
    
    				s.push(next_pos);
    
    			} 
    			else
    			{ 
    
    				checked[curr_pos.x][curr_pos.y] = true;
    
    			}
    
    		}
    		
    	}
    
    	return false;
    
    }
    .

    Can someone please help me?
    Thanks.

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    I'd help, but I have no idea about what is going on in your code. For example I have no idea what the different map symbols mean ('E','X', '0','*'), don't know what you are printing since nowhere in this function is anything printed, nor completely understand some of your code like why you have something like:
    Code:
    if (checked[curr_pos.x][curr_pos.y] == false)
    {
       ...
    }
    else
        checked[curr_pos.x][curr_pos.y] == true;  // isn't it already true?? otherwise it wouldn't get here
    Could you supply the entire code and explain more what you are trying to do? Also, if the function returns true or false, what does that mean?

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