Tic Tac Toe In C++ programming

C++ Program to create a Tic Tac Toe Game

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Tic Tac Toe also known as Noughts and Crosses is a two-player paper-and-pencil game. Each player takes turns marking either an “X” or an “O” in one of the nine squares on a 3×3 grid. The player who succeeds in placing three of their marks in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row is the winner.

If all nine squares are filled and neither player has three in a row, the game is considered a draw. The game is simple yet can be challenging as each player tries to outsmart the other and get three in a row.

C++ Program to create a Tic Tac Toe Game

Now, Let’s look at the code below.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <array>

constexpr int kBoardSize = 3;

// Function to draw the board
void DrawBoard(const std::array<std::array<char, kBoardSize>, kBoardSize>& board) {
  std::cout << "Tic Tac Toe\n\n";
  for (int i = 0; i < kBoardSize; ++i) {
    for (int j = 0; j < kBoardSize; ++j) {
      std::cout << board[i][j] << "  ";
    }
    std::cout << '\n';
  }
  std::cout << '\n';
}

// Function to check if the board is full
bool IsBoardFull(const std::array<std::array<char, kBoardSize>, kBoardSize>& board) {
  for (int i = 0; i < kBoardSize; ++i) {
    for (int j = 0; j < kBoardSize; ++j) {
      if (board[i][j] == ' ') {
        return false;
      }
    }
  }
  return true;
}

// Function to check if a player has won
bool HasWon(const std::array<std::array<char, kBoardSize>, kBoardSize>& board, char player) {
  // Check rows
  for (int i = 0; i < kBoardSize; ++i) {
    bool row_win = true;
    for (int j = 0; j < kBoardSize; ++j) {
      if (board[i][j] != player) {
        row_win = false;
        break;
      }
    }
    if (row_win) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  
  // Check columns
  for (int j = 0; j < kBoardSize; ++j) {
    bool col_win = true;
    for (int i = 0; i < kBoardSize; ++i) {
      if (board[i][j] != player) {
        col_win = false;
        break;
      }
    }
    if (col_win) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  
  // Check diagonal (top-left to bottom-right)
  bool diag_win = true;
  for (int i = 0; i < kBoardSize; ++i) {
    if (board[i][i] != player) {
      diag_win = false;
      break;
    }
  }
  if (diag_win) {
    return true;
  }
  
  // Check diagonal (top-right to bottom-left)
  diag_win = true;
  for (int i = 0; i < kBoardSize; ++i) {
    if (board[i][kBoardSize - i - 1] != player) {
      diag_win = false;
      break;
    }
  }
  if (diag_win) {
    return true;
  }
  
  return false;
}

DrawBoard: This function takes a 2D array of characters representing the Tic Tac Toe board and outputs it to the console.

IsBoardFull: This function takes a 2D array of characters representing the Tic Tac Toe board and returns true if all the squares are filled and false otherwise.

HasWon: This function takes a 2D array of characters representing the Tic Tac Toe board and a character representing a player (‘X’ or ‘O’) and returns true if the player has won and false otherwise.

The game board is represented as a 2D array of characters, with each square either filled with an ‘X’, ‘O’, or a space character representing an empty square. The functions check various win conditions (rows, columns, diagonals) to determine if a player has won.

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