If you enter 3 1 you should get a hit and the game board would
be updated to have an H at the coordinates entered
at least that is how I thought it would work
What did I miss??
Thank you for your time.
be updated to have an H at the coordinates entered
at least that is how I thought it would work
What did I miss??
Thank you for your time.
char shipPosition[ROW][COLUMN] = { { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 }, { 0,0,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0 }, { 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0 }, { 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0 }, { 0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1 } }; //initialize game grid with '.' char gameBoard[ROW][COLUMN] = { { '.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.'}, { '.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.'}, { '.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.'}, { '.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.'}, { '.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.'} }; int rowGuess = 0; // which is ROW coordinate for player guess int columnGuess= 0; // which is COLUMN coordinate for player guess int hit = 219; // prints solid square int miss = 177; //prints light square //prints gameboard printf("\n\n\n\n\n"); //move board center screen for (int i = 0; i < ROW; i++) { printf(" "); //moves board center screen for (int j = 0; j < COLUMN; j++) { printf(" "); gameBoard[i][j] = '.'; printf("%c ", gameBoard[i][j]); } printf("\n"); } //get players guesses //store coordinates enter by user //or enter -1 to quit printf("Please enter 2 coordinates 1 - 5 or -1 to quit \n"); scanf("%d %d", &columnGuess, &rowGuess); // printf("%d\n", columnGuess);//stub stores and prints the users entry // printf("%d\n", rowGuess);//stub if (columnGuess == -1) //THIS KEEPS GIVING ME AN ERROR THAT SAYS ILLEGAL USE OF BREAK break; //compare coordinate to ships position board //insert 177 for hit or 219 for miss into the gameboard array if (shipPosition[rowGuess][columnGuess] == '1') { gameBoard[rowGuess][columnGuess] = 'H';//219; //NEVER GETS A HIT???? printf("That is a HIT!!\n"); //ALWAYS SAYS MISS EVEN IF YOU ENTER IN A COORDINATE } //WHERE THERE IS A 1 ON THE SHIPPOSITION board??? else { gameBoard[rowGuess][columnGuess] == 'M';//177; printf("That is a miss !!\n"); } //back to the top of the loop to display gameBoard after each guess hit or miss //will put this into a while loop once I get the rest working } // end main