So i am writing a program that plays the old memory card game (ie you have a 4x4 block of playing cards, flip 2, if they match they stay up, if not they flip back over).
I am having trouble generating the random pairs of cards (i got the 4x4 working and the choosing and flipping of 2 cards working, something is broken after that but ill come to that later)
I realized that i was generating single numbers, not pairs in my current code. My idea for a fix is to take another array and give it the numbers 1 to 8 then iterate through it twice and put it in the card array. however im not sure how to either randomly iterate or randomly place the numbers in the card array.
some sudo code that i think might work but not sure how to check for empty spots
rowNum= rand(1,4)
colNum=rand(1,4)
array[rowNum][colNum] = digitmy current code (maybe you can figure out why it only goes through the guess once....)
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
char comma;
int row1, column1, row2, column2, cards[4][4];
srand((unsigned)time(NULL));
//fill board
for (int r=0; r<4; r++)
{
for (int c=0; c<4; c++)
{
cards[r][c]=rand()%8+1;
cout<<cards[r][c];
}
cout<<endl;
}
//display board
cout<<" 1 2 3 4\n";
cout<<" ";
for (int i=0; i<=8; i++)
{
cout<<"-";
}
cout<<endl;
for (int r=0; r<4; r++)
{
cout<<r+1<<" | ";
for (int c=0; c<4; c++)
{
cout<<"* ";
}
cout<<endl;
}
cout<<endl;
//selection
cout<<"Please insert the first card row and column seperated by a comma.\n";
cin>>row1>>comma>>column1;
cout<<"Please insert the second card row and column seperated by a comma.\n";
cin>>row2>>comma>>column2;
//fix
row1--;
column1--;
row2--;
column2--;
//reveal
cout<<" 1 2 3 4\n";
cout<<" ";
for (int i=0; i<=8; i++)
{
cout<<"-";
}
cout<<endl;
for (int r=0; r<4; r++)
{
cout<<r+1<<" | ";
for (int c=0; c<4; c++)
{
if ((r==row1)&&(c==column1))
{
cout<<cards[r][c]<<" ";
}
else if((r==row2)&&(c==column2))
{
cout<<cards[r][c]<<" ";
}
else
{
cout<<"* ";
}
}
cout<<endl;
}
//match?
if (cards[row1][column1]==cards[row2][column2])
{
}
else
{
}
//this pushes the next board onto a blank screen
for (int b=0; b<=20; b++)
cout<<endl;
//repeat
return 0;
}