begin work on strategic my-player

numX, numO contains number of X/O stones

Makefile

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ othello : $(SRC_mcp:.cc=.o)
 example-player: players/example-player.o
 	$(CXX) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-my-player : players/my-player.o
+my-player : players/my-player.o players/playerlib.o
 	$(CXX) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
 random-player : players/random-player.o players/playerlib.o

players/my-player.cc

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 /* -*- Mode: C -*- */
+#define debugprint
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include <mcp.h>
 
+#include "playerlib.h"
+
 	static int
 send_move(int row, int col)
 {
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@ send_move(int row, int col)
 int main(void)
 {
 	int done = 0;
+	srandom(time(NULL));
 
 	while (!done) {
 		int turn_row = 0;
@@ -44,6 +49,34 @@ int main(void)
 
 		// 2. TODO: Strategie hier einfügen. Resultat in turn_row und turn_col speichern.
 		
+		//number of stones of X/O
+		unsigned int numX=0, numO=0;	//TODO: make it a property of field struct
+		if(!enemyc)
+		{
+			ownc = state_buffer[0];
+			enemyc = getEnemyChar(ownc);
+		}
+
+		auto field = new cell[fieldSize][fieldSize]();
+		readStateBuffer(state_buffer, field, &numX, &numO);	//stateBuffer ist Pointer auf char, field ist Pointer auf struct cell[]
+		movesList *moves = new movesList();
+
+		findMoves(field, moves);
+		if(!moves->movesNumber)
+		{
+			turn_row=0;
+			turn_col=0;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+
+		}
+
+
+#ifdef debugprint
+		printf("numX: %d, numO: %d\n", numX, numO);
+#endif
+
 		// 3. Return result
 		send_move(turn_row, turn_col);
 

players/playerlib.cc

@@ -39,13 +39,17 @@ getEnemyChar(char c) {
 }
 
 int
-readStateBuffer(char *stateBuffer, struct cell (*gameField)[fieldSize]) {
+readStateBuffer(char *stateBuffer, struct cell (*gameField)[fieldSize], unsigned int *numX, unsigned int *numO) {
 	for(size_t row=0; row < fieldSize; ++row)
 	{
 		for(size_t col=0; col< fieldSize; ++col)
 		{
 			int index = row*fieldSize+col+1;
 			gameField[row][col].content = stateBuffer[index];
+			if (stateBuffer[index] == 'X')
+				++(*numX);
+			if (stateBuffer[index] == 'O')
+				++(*numO);
 #ifdef debugprint
 			//printf("gameField %lu  %lu =stateBuffer %d = %c\n", row, col, index, gameField[row][col].content);
 #endif

players/playerlib.h

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct movesList {
 //returns the character used for the enemy's stones
 extern char getEnemyChar(char);
 //reads the stateBuffer string into a 2d matrix
-extern int readStateBuffer(char*, cell (*)[fieldSize]);
+extern int readStateBuffer(char*, cell (*)[fieldSize], unsigned int *, unsigned int *);
 
 //iterates through field in all directions, stores moves into movesList
 int findMoves(cell (*)[fieldSize], movesList *);

players/random-player.cc

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ int main(void)
 
 		// 2. TODO: Strategie hier einfügen. Resultat in turn_row und turn_col speichern.
 
+		//number of stones of X/O
+		unsigned int numX=0, numO=0;	//TODO: make it a property of field struct
+
 		if(!enemyc)
 		{
 			ownc = state_buffer[0];
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ int main(void)
 		//C++ version:
 		auto field = new cell[fieldSize][fieldSize]();
 
-		readStateBuffer(state_buffer, field);	//stateBuffer ist Pointer auf char, field ist Pointer auf struct cell[]
+		readStateBuffer(state_buffer, field, &numX, &numO);	//stateBuffer ist Pointer auf char, field ist Pointer auf struct cell[]
 		movesList *moves = new movesList();
 
 		findMoves(field, moves);