Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 01:48:49 06/20/02
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As far as I know, this is how the 16x16 board is layed out:
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The O's are the board, and the X's are the illegal squares. I don't know how
this differs much from a 12x12, or a 12x10 board, but if Christophe says so,
then I have no reason to believe it's not true.
To test if a square is out of bounds, you would just set the X's to -1 or 0 or
whatever value you choose to stand for "out of bounds". So you could say:
#define OUT_OF_BOUNDS -1
// ...
if(squares[x][y] != OUT_OF_BOUNDS)
MakeMove(x,y);
That's pretty simple, but maybe you get the idea. If you just use an 8x8 array,
you'd have to test more and it would be a little slower. Unless Christophe has
some secret that none of the rest of us know about, I don't think this is very
important as long as you choose one that is reasonably efficient.
Russell
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