Hi everyone can anyone help me debug this code apparently it works on my mac and doesnt work on windows and codepad.org. Thanks in advance:

//Tic_Tac_Toe game

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/************************************
 function prototype
 ***********************************/
void displayBoard();

int verifySelection(int, int);

void checkForWin();

/************************
 gloobal variables
 ***********************/

char board[9];
char cWhoWon = ' ';
int iCurrentPlayer= 0;

/**************************************
 Begin main function
 ************************************/

int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    int x;
    int iSquareNum = 0;

    for( x = 0; x < 9; x++)
        board[x] = ' ';

    displayBoard();

    while (cWhoWon == '  '){

        printf("\n%c\n", cWhoWon);

        if (iCurrentPlayer == 1 || iCurrentPlayer == 0){

            printf("\nPlayer X\n");
            printf("Enter an available square number (1-9): ");
            scanf("%d", &iSquareNum);

            if ( verifySelection(iSquareNum, iCurrentPlayer) == 1)
                iCurrentPlayer = 1;
            else
                iCurrentPlayer = 2;
        }

        else {
            printf("\nPlayer 0\n");
            printf("Enter an available square number(1-9): ");
            scanf("%d", &iSquareNum);

            if(verifySelection( iSquareNum, iCurrentPlayer ) == 1)
                iCurrentPlayer = 2;
            else
                iCurrentPlayer = 1;

        } //end if

        displayBoard();
        checkForWin();

    } // end loop

       return 0;
} //end main function

/****************************************************************************************
 begin function definition
 ****************************************************************************************/
void displayBoard()
{

    system("clear");
    printf("\n\t\t|\t\t\t|\n");
    printf("\t\t|\t\t\t|\n");
    printf("\t%c\t|\t%c\t\t|\t%c\n", board[0], board[1], board[2]);
    printf("------- | --------- | --------\n");
    printf("\t\t|\t\t\t|\n");
    printf("\t%c\t|\t%c\t\t|\t%c\n", board[3], board[4], board[5]);
    printf("------- | --------- | --------\n");
    printf("\t\t|\t\t\t|\n");
    printf("\t%c\t|\t%c\t\t|\t%c\n", board[6], board[7], board[8]);
    printf("\t\t|\t\t\t|\n");
} //end function definition

/****************************************************************************************
 begin function definition
 ****************************************************************************************/

int verifySelection (int iSquare, int iPlayer) {

    if( board[iSquare -1] == ' ' && (iPlayer ==1 || iPlayer == 0) ){
        board[iSquare - 1] = 'X';
        return 0;
    }
    else if ( board[iSquare - 1] == ' ' && iPlayer == 2 ) {
       board[iSquare - 1] = 'O';
        return 0;
    }
    else
        return 1;
}

void checkForWin()

{

    int catTotal = 0;
    int x;

    if      (board[0] == 'X' && board[1] == 'X' && board[2] == 'X')
       cWhoWon = 'X';
    else if (board[3] == 'X' && board[4] == 'X' && board[5] == 'X')
        cWhoWon = 'X';
    else if (board[6] == 'X' && board[7] == 'X' && board[8] == 'X')
        cWhoWon = 'X';
    else if (board[0] == 'X' && board[3] == 'X' && board[6] == 'X')
       cWhoWon = 'X';
    else if (board[1] == 'X' && board[4] == 'X' && board[5] == 'X')
        cWhoWon = 'X';
    else if (board[2] == 'X' && board[5] == 'X' && board[8] == 'X')
        cWhoWon = 'X';
    else if (board[0] == 'X' && board[4] == 'X' && board[8] == 'X')
        cWhoWon = 'X';
    else if (board[2] == 'X' && board[4] == 'X' && board[6] == 'X')
        cWhoWon = 'X';
    else if (board[0] == 'O' && board[1] == 'O' && board[2] == 'O')
        cWhoWon = 'O';
    else if (board[3] == 'O' && board[4] == 'O' && board[5] == 'O')
        cWhoWon = 'O';
    else if (board[6] == 'O' && board[7] == 'O' && board[8] == 'O')
        cWhoWon = 'O';
    else if (board[0] == 'O' && board[3] == 'O' && board[6] == 'O')
        cWhoWon = 'O';
    else if (board[1] == 'O' && board[4] == 'O' && board[5] == 'O')
        cWhoWon = 'O';
    else if (board[2] == 'O' && board[5] == 'O' && board[8] == 'O')
        cWhoWon = 'O';
    else if (board[0] == 'O' && board[4] == 'O' && board[8] == 'O')
        cWhoWon = 'O';
    else if (board[2] == 'O' && board[4] == 'O' && board[6] == 'O')
        cWhoWon = 'O';

    if (cWhoWon == 'X'){

        printf("\nX Wins!!!\n");
        return;
    }
    if (cWhoWon == 'O'){
        printf("\nO Wins!!!\n");
        return;
    }

    //check for CAT / draw game

    for ( x = 0; x < 9; x++){

        if (board[x] != ' ')
            catTotal += 1;

    }//end for loop

    if ( catTotal == 9 ) {

        cWhoWon = 'C';

        printf("\nCAT Game!\n");

        return;

    }//end if
}//end function definition

The only obvious potential issue at a glance is this:

while (cWhoWon == '  '){

Your character literal is two spaces rather than one.

Hey yes I had noticed but can you explain to me what that does this mean ? I figured it makes all the slots empty is that correct? Thanks in Advance.

for( x = 0; x < 9; x++)
        board[x] = ' ';

I figured it makes all the slots empty is that correct?

Presumably, yes. I take it you didn't write all of that code yourself?

I am reading from a book. Its the last example in arrays. When I tried it printed a loop of 32's so I thought maybe I made an error or the author made an error

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