This is a very rudimentary code that my team has developed for a connect 4 game in Matlab. We can currently display the board, ask for user input and correctly display the chips, but are having issues writing code that says who the winner is. We are currently trying loops within each case to check, but are still running into problems.
Code:
clear;close all;
load Connect
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array = zeros(6,7);
Player = 1;
Winner = 0;
row1 = 6;
row2 = 6;
row3 = 6;
row4 = 6;
row5 = 6;
row6 = 6;
row7 = 6;
while sum(sum(Array == 0)) > 0 && Player == 1
switch Player
%%%%%%%% Player 1 %%%%%%%%%%
case 1
choice = menu('Player 1: Choose a column','Col 1','Col 2','Col 3','Col 4','Col 5','Col 6','Col 7');
switch choice
case 1
if(Array(row1,1))~=0
row1=row1-1;
end
if(row1 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row1,1} = blackchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row1,1) = 1;
case 2
if(Array(row2,2))~=0
row2= row2-1;
end
if(row2 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row2,2} = blackchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row2,2) = 1;
case 3
if(Array(row3,3))~=0
row3= row3-1;
end
if(row3 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row3,3} = blackchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row3,3) = 1;
case 4
if(Array(row4,4))~=0
row4= row4-1;
end
if(row4 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row4,4} = blackchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row4,4) = 1;
case 5
if(Array(row5,5))~=0
row5= row5-1;
end
if(row5 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row5,5} = blackchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row5,5) = 1;
case 6
if(Array(row6,6))~=0
row6 = row6-1;
end
if(row6 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row6,6} = blackchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row6,6) = 1;
case 7
if(Array(row7,7))~=0
row7= row7-1;
end
if(row7 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row7,7} = blackchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row7,7) = 1;
check = 0;
while check == 0
if(row7 < 1)
fprintf('Please select another column');
if(Array(row7,7))~=0
row7 = row7-1;
end
Board{row7,7} = redchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row7,7) = -1;
else
check = 1;
end
end
end
%%%%%%%%%% Player 2 %%%%%%%%%%%
Player = 2;
while sum(sum(Array == 0)) > 0 && Player == 2
switch Player
case 2 %Player 1
choice = menu('Player 2: Choose a column:','Col 1','Col 2','Col 3','Col 4','Col 5','Col 6','Col 7');
switch choice
case 1
if(Array(row1,1))~=0
row1= row1-1;
end
if(row1 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row1,1} = redchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row1,1) = -1;
case 2
if(Array(row2,2))~=0
row2= row2-1;
end
if(row2 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row2,2} = redchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row2,2) = -1;
case 3
if(Array(row3,3))~=0
row3= row3-1;
end
if(row3 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row3,3} = redchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row3,3) = -1;
case 4
if(Array(row4,4))~=0
row4= row4-1;
end
if(row4 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row4,4} = redchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row4,4) = -1;
case 5
if(Array(row5,5))~=0
row5 = row5-1;
end
if(row5 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row5,5} = redchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row5,5) = -1;
case 6
if(Array(row6,6))~=0
row6 = row6-1;
end
if(row6 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row6,6} = redchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row6,6) = -1;
case 7
if(Array(row7,7))~=0
row7 = row7-1;
end
if(row7 < 1)
error('Column is full. Choose a new column.');
end
Board{row7,7} = redchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row7,7) = -1;
check = 0;
while check == 0
if(row7 < 1)
fprintf('Please select another column');
if(Array(row7,7))~=0
row7 = row7-1;
end
Board{row7,7} = redchip;
imshow([Board{1,:};Board{2,:};Board{3,:};Board{4,:};Board{5,:};Board{6,:}])
Array(row7,7) = -1;
else
check = 1;
end
end
end
end
Player = 1;
end
end
end
Output: Displays board, asks the player which column they want to drop the chip, places the chip, and then asks the next player. Currently, the board fills up until there are no more spaces, because we can't figure the code out to choose a winner.
