Tic Tac Toe help

[destin]

I haven't even looked at what you're doing but I already know it's wayyy simpler than that. You don't even need to create a method to check for a tie. Use the turn variable.

if (turn == 9 && winner().equals(EMPTY)) {
    System.out.println("Tie!");
}

[rupa]

I haven't even looked at what you're doing but I already know it's wayyy simpler than that. You don't even need to create a method to check for a tie. Use the turn variable.

if (turn == 9 && winner().equals(EMPTY)) {
    System.out.println("Tie!");
}

This code saves so much space and really makes sense but System.out.println("Tie!"); doesnt work, it doesnt outprint the actual word "Tie", may be i put it in the place where its not supposed to be, but i think i should be in the last Public Static...
Im sorry for such dumb things, but i really appreciate your help
Thank You

[destin]

static public void main(String[] args) {
    boolean tie = false;
    init();
    
    System.out.println("Welcome to Tic-Tac-Toe.");
    
    do {
        int row = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
            "Enter the row you wish to move in."));
        int column = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
            "Enter the column you wish to move in."));
        getMove(row, column);
        printBoard();
        
        if (turn == 9 && winner().equals(EMPTY)) {
            tie = true;
            break;
        }
    } while(winner().equals(EMPTY));
        
    if (tie) {
        System.out.println("TIE!");
    } else {
        System.out.println("PLAYER " + ((turn - 1) % 2 + 1) + " WINS!");
    }
}

[sjalle]

Isn't a tie the situation when the board is full but has no winner lines ?

Anyway rupa, you said my solution was too complicated, and I agree that it may be so if you need to resort GUI-less and (nearly) sequantial programming (non-oop) methods.

My method is a combination of oop/tabledriven programming and a GUI. The whole game is controlled by the winLine matrix and the fact that player1 & 2 are awarded different scores for the placements (1 & 4).

As a java program, its not complicated at all, but hey, its your game.

[destin]

Isn't a tie the situation when the board is full but has no winner lines ?

Well, if turn == 9, the board is full, and if winner().equals(EMPTY), then there's no winner.

[sjalle]

...I will still argue that my tabledriven approach is more 'generic'; if I wanted to make a bigger gameboard and more complicated win patterns, and allow more players, I would only have to plot in these patterns into the win matrix and allocated a wider spectre of awards (so that no player sum could be equal).

As for problem analysis, my solution has dealt with the general concept of a game where players place dices in turn, and the object it to get some pattern first. Expanding the games complexity craves no programming effort and if it is supplied with a GUI for plotting in the win matrix, the player can make his 'own' game. And thats rather cool.

[rupa]

I just want to THANK everyone for helping me, especially Destin!

Thank U Guys!