how could I break this loop?

I want to break the loop after Xwin() finds a winner

Code:

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        for(;;)
        {
        Board();      // game board
        printf("X's turn\n");
        RnC();        //  requests for user's row and column number                              
        if(board[row][column] != 0)
        {
                printf("That space is already filled");
                Sleep(700);
                continue;
        }
        board[row][column] = 1;
        Xwin();      // Checks for winning combinations of X
        turns++;
        if(turns > 8)
                {
                        printf("It's a tie");
                        Sleep(1500);
                        break;
                }
        }

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You mean you want to break the loop inside Xwin?
If so, have it return a bool if the user wins, and check the return of the function and break if true.
And you indentation is messed up, plus you mixed spaces and tabs, which is bad. Stick to one.

Code:

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if ( Xwin() )
    break;

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You mean like this?

Code:

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int Xwin()
{
        for
      {
        if(winning combinations)
                {
                printf("X wins!!!");
                break;
                return 1;
                }
        }

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Trafalgar Law

You mean like this?

Code:

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int Xwin()
{
        if(winning combinations)
                {
                printf("X wins!!!");
                break;
                return 1;
                }

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You want EITHER break or return. Break will jump out of [to the point just after the end of the loop] the current loop at that point, return will "jump back to where you came from" at that point.

If you use break, you need to use a "is a win" variable that is initialized to "not winning", and if it's a win, you set it to "winning". At the end of the function, you return the "is a win" variable.

As to which is "better" is pretty much a matter of style.

When I recently wrote a Tic-Tac-Toe program, I made a function called "isWin", which returns: Noone, X, O or Draw - it is generic, it just tries to see if there is a row of 3 in a row in some way - or if the board is full, it will return "draw".

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Mats

Thanks.