ok so have been assigned to make a 2 player tic tac toe game for my final project this year in school. However since this is a fisrt year java course we are using like "fake java" just to get the hang of it. Except now i have to work on the program from home cause i have been sick and the java compiler at my house doesnt understand the "fake java". so basically my question is how do u display a 3 by 3 grid of buttons? because at the moment i have a line of nine buttons that actually allow you to play the game correctly if you take the 4,5, and 6 buttons and make them the second row and the 7,8, and 9 and make it the thrid row, but i cant figure out how to do that
Hockeyfreak889
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Jump to PostWhat do you mean by "fake Java"? Do you mean Processing? if that is the case than you can simply download it as it is free.
If it is not processing, and you can't go back to what your used to, than please post your code.
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Jump to PostUse a GridLayout. If you have 3x3 grid, that's 3 rows and 3 columns. So Gridlayout whatever = new GridLayout (3,3). Problem hopefully solved. And..
Good luck.
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sciwizeh
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What do you mean by "fake Java"? Do you mean Processing? if that is the case than you can simply download it as it is free.
If it is not processing, and you can't go back to what your used to, than please post your code.
If I had to give you one suggestion on how to layout the buttons in a grid, you might want to look into the GridLayout, which should be what your looking for.
Hockeyfreak889
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ya i dont think its processing and i cant go back to what i am used to. The code i have i copied and pasted from an old progam to get the basic set up so thats y i have a lot of un used variable but here is what i have:
public class client extends JPanel {
private final static long serialVersionUID = 2000L;
Server g1 = new Server();
BufferedImage image1, image2, image3, image4, image5, image6, image7, image8,image9;
private JLabel playerLabel, dealerLabel;
private int[][] board = new int[3][3];
private String message = "";
private int dealing = 1, dealerHandValue = 0, playerHandValue = 0;
JButton oneButton, twoButton, threeButton, fourButton, fiveButton, sixButton, sevenButton, eightButton, nineButton;
JPanel labelDisplayArea = new JPanel ();
public client() {
oneButton = new JButton(" ");
twoButton = new JButton(" ");
threeButton = new JButton(" ");
fourButton = new JButton(" ");
fiveButton = new JButton(" ");
sixButton = new JButton(" ");
sevenButton = new JButton(" ");
eightButton = new JButton(" ");
nineButton = new JButton(" ");
for(int x=0;x<3;x++){
for(int j=0;j<3;j++){
board[x][j]=0;
}
}
oneButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
oneButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
oneButton.setEnabled(false);
board[0][0] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
}
}
});
twoButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
twoButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
twoButton.setEnabled(false);
board[0][1] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
}
}
});
threeButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
threeButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
threeButton.setEnabled(false);
board[0][2] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
}
}
});
fourButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
fourButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
fourButton.setEnabled(false);
board[1][0] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
}
}
});
fiveButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
fiveButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
fiveButton.setEnabled(false);
board[1][1] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
}
}
});
sixButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
sixButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
sixButton.setEnabled(false);
board[1][2] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
}
}
});
sevenButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
sevenButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
sevenButton.setEnabled(false);
board[2][0] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
}
}
});
eightButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
eightButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
eightButton.setEnabled(false);
board[2][1] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
}
}
});
nineButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
nineButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
nineButton.setEnabled(false);
board[2][2] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
}
}
});
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
buttonPanel.add(oneButton);
buttonPanel.add(twoButton);
buttonPanel.add(threeButton);
buttonPanel.add(fourButton);
buttonPanel.add(fiveButton);
buttonPanel.add(sixButton);
buttonPanel.add(sevenButton);
buttonPanel.add(eightButton);
buttonPanel.add(nineButton);
add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
add (buttonPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
setSize(700,700);
}
/**
* Creates and displays the GUI
*/
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tick Tack Toe");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add( new client());
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setSize(500,200);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}
BestJewSinceJC
700
Posting Maven
Without spending too much time looking at this because I need sleep, it looks like its Java code at first glance. The JButton and Jpanel etc are part of a part of java called Swing. What version of Java do you have? You might want to update.
Hockeyfreak889
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ok ya i kno that is java swing i have been teaching myself it recently ... and for school we have a library that basically does all the formatting and what not for us so its still java just simplier. And i actually figured out how to do it but it wasnt very efficient. I used a GridBagLayout which worked as a mentioned just tediuos. my friend mentions a boxLayout with three panels, one for each row but i didnt try it as i already had done it this way. But heres wat i got:
public class client extends JPanel {
private final static long serialVersionUID = 2000L;
Server g1 = new Server();
private int[][] board = new int[3][3];
private String message = "";
JButton oneButton, twoButton, threeButton, fourButton, fiveButton, sixButton, sevenButton, eightButton, nineButton, endButton;
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
final static boolean shouldFill = true;
final static boolean shouldWeightX = true;
final static boolean RIGHT_TO_LEFT = false;
//reset the button so that they are enabled and have no text
public void reset(){
oneButton.setText("");
twoButton.setText("");
threeButton.setText("");
fourButton.setText("");
fiveButton.setText("");
sixButton.setText("");
sevenButton.setText("");
eightButton.setText("");
nineButton.setText("");
oneButton.setEnabled(true);
twoButton.setEnabled(true);
threeButton.setEnabled(true);
fourButton.setEnabled(true);
fiveButton.setEnabled(true);
sixButton.setEnabled(true);
sevenButton.setEnabled(true);
eightButton.setEnabled(true);
nineButton.setEnabled(true);
message = "";
for(int x=0;x<3;x++){
for(int j=0;j<3;j++){
board[x][j]=0;
}
}
}
//generate grid
public client() {
if (RIGHT_TO_LEFT) {
buttonPanel.setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
}
buttonPanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
if (shouldFill) {
//natural height, maximum width
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
}
oneButton = new JButton("");
if (shouldWeightX) {
c.weightx = 4;
}
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.ipady = 50; //height
c.gridx = 0; //grid location
c.gridy = 0;//grid location
buttonPanel.add(oneButton,c); //add to panel
twoButton = new JButton("");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.gridx = 1;
c.gridy = 0;
buttonPanel.add(twoButton,c);
threeButton = new JButton("");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.gridx = 2;
c.gridy = 0;
buttonPanel.add(threeButton,c);
fourButton = new JButton("");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.gridx = 0;
c.gridy = 1;
buttonPanel.add(fourButton,c);
fiveButton = new JButton("");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.gridx = 1;
c.gridy = 1;
buttonPanel.add(fiveButton,c);
sixButton = new JButton("");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.gridx = 2;
c.gridy = 1;
buttonPanel.add(sixButton,c);
sevenButton = new JButton("");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.gridx = 0;
c.gridy = 2;
buttonPanel.add(sevenButton,c);
eightButton = new JButton("");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.gridx = 1;
c.gridy = 2;
buttonPanel.add(eightButton,c);
nineButton = new JButton("");
c.gridx = 2;
c.gridy = 2;
buttonPanel.add(nineButton,c);
endButton = new JButton("End the game");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.weighty = 1.0; //request any extra vertical space
c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.PAGE_END; //bottom of space
c.insets = new Insets(10,0,0,0); //top padding
c.gridwidth = 3;
c.ipady = 0;
c.gridx = 0;
c.gridy = 3;
buttonPanel.add(endButton,c);
//set the board array to all 0s
for(int x=0;x<3;x++){
for(int j=0;j<3;j++){
board[x][j]=0;
}
}
//if button 1 is clicked
oneButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
oneButton.setText(g1.getPlayer()); //set the text of the button
oneButton.setEnabled(false); // disable button
board[0][0] = g1.getBoard(); //set the array to the specific player
message = g1.checkWin(board); // check if someone won
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message); //output if someone won or tied
reset(); //reset
g1.reset();
}
}
});
//if click two button
twoButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
twoButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
twoButton.setEnabled(false);
board[0][1] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
reset();
g1.reset();
}
}
});
//if click three button
threeButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
threeButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
threeButton.setEnabled(false);
board[0][2] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
reset();
g1.reset();
}
}
});
//if click four button
fourButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
fourButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
fourButton.setEnabled(false);
board[1][0] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
reset();
g1.reset();
}
}
});
//if click five button
fiveButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
fiveButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
fiveButton.setEnabled(false);
board[1][1] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
reset();
g1.reset();
}
}
});
//if click six button
sixButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
sixButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
sixButton.setEnabled(false);
board[1][2] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
reset();
g1.reset();
}
}
});
//if click seven button
sevenButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
sevenButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
sevenButton.setEnabled(false);
board[2][0] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
reset();
g1.reset();
}
}
});
//if click eight button
eightButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
eightButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
eightButton.setEnabled(false);
board[2][1] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
reset();
g1.reset();
}
}
});
//if click nine button
nineButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
nineButton.setText(g1.getPlayer());
nineButton.setEnabled(false);
board[2][2] = g1.getBoard();
message = g1.checkWin(board);
if(message.equals("")){
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
reset();
g1.reset();
}
}
});
//if click end button
endButton.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You have ended the game. Goodbye");
System.exit(0);//end
}
});
add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
add (buttonPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
setSize(700,700);
}
/**
* Creates and displays the GUI
*/
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tick Tack Toe");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add( new client());
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setSize(150,310);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}
BestJewSinceJC
700
Posting Maven
Use a GridLayout. If you have 3x3 grid, that's 3 rows and 3 columns. So Gridlayout whatever = new GridLayout (3,3). Problem hopefully solved. And..
Good luck.
sciwizeh
commented:
That's what I suggested, he wouldn't have had to use gridbag if he had payed attention in the first place
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