Author: Andrew Dados
Date: 00:40:47 10/27/99
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On October 27, 1999 at 03:26:52, Les Fernandez wrote: >On October 27, 1999 at 02:55:27, Andrew Dados wrote: > >> Hey there, KarinsDad! Long time... >> >> There is something I don't get with your schema. Suppose we're at some point >>parsing that bit sequence and bits reading there are '0100...'. Is it a black >>pawn followed by 2 empty squares, black N followed by one empty sq, or just >>black rook? Or is it just 3 a.m. here ? :) >> >>-Andrew- > >Hello Andrew, > >I guess I am not the only nut up at this NY hour <s>. Yes it is 3:00am <s> and >you must be a bit (excuse the pun) sleepy. Just kidding. No the 0100 only >involves the description of the piece at the particular square position. ie the >0100 which appears say on the 7th square is represented by the following method: > The first bit (0) tells us it is a black piece and the next three bits is the >rook which according to my key is equal to a "4". Therefore on square 7 we have >a black rook. What you need to keep in mind is that each line of binary >represents 1 square of the chess board. Thanks so much for the quick response >and let me know if yo have any other questions or comments. Would love to hear >them. Time for me to get some sleep. See you hopefully tomorrow. > >Les 'each line of binary represents 1 square of the chess board.' Duh... that means you need to store line breaks somehow... (title of post has 'storing' in it). Or is it already 4 a.m. :) -Andrew-
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