Task-3
Date: 05-Oct-20
Codes: task3_arnabsen1729
Problem Statement
CLI Tic Tac Toe
CLI based Tic Tac Toe with 2 players.
My Approach
Since, there are only two users, and no centralised server, the game logic will reside in each file. So I created a TicTacToe class. The class has the following methods:
| METHODS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
p1Move() |
Ask Player 1's move and will keep asking untill it gets a valid input |
p2Move() |
Ask Player 2's move and will keep asking untill it gets a valid input |
find_winner() |
Will find the winner at the current state of the game and return the value |
display_board() |
Display's the board neatly |
isGameOver() |
will decide if the game is over |
Now, let's discuss how I have decided the logic of the game. I am storing the board in a linear array of 9 elements, initially they have 0 else if p1 made a move it will be +1 else for p2 it will be -1. Now to check we will check if the rows, cols, diagonals and anti-diagonals have +3 or -3 if so then there is a winner else no winner.
One optimisation instead of going through the entire board every single time, I am looking at the corresponding rows, and cols, and diagonals of the last move, because only that will decide the game.
For the client and server script its simple socket programming.
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Thanks to @lugnitdgp for their awesome guidance <3
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