parsing state_buffer into an 2d array

.gitignore

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ my-player
 example-player
 random-player
 othello
+*.swp

Makefile

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ else
 CXXFLAGS += -Weverything -Wno-padded -Wno-weak-vtables
 endif
 
+CFLAGS += -I. -g
+
 all : $(TARGETS)
 
 othello : $(SRC_common:.cc=.o) $(ASM_common:.S=.o)

players/playerlib.cc

@@ -16,4 +16,18 @@ getEnemyChar(char c) {
             enemyc='X'; break;
     }
     return enemyc;
-}
+}
+
+int
+readStateBuffer(char *stateBuffer, struct cell (*gameField)[fieldWidth]) {
+	for(size_t row=0; row< fieldHeight; ++row)
+	{
+		for(size_t col=0; col< fieldWidth; ++col)
+		{
+			int index = row*fieldHeight+col+1;
+			gameField[row][col].content = stateBuffer[index];
+			//printf("gameField %lu  %lu =stateBuffer %d = %c\n", row, col, index, gameField[row][col].content);
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}

players/playerlib.h

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 #ifndef PLAYERLIB_H
 #define PLAYERLIB_H
 
+const unsigned int fieldHeight=8, fieldWidth=8;
 extern char enemyc;     //initially 0, contains char of enemy's stone
+struct cell {
+	char content = '.';
+	unsigned short int timesVisited = 0;
+};
 
 //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 (*)[fieldWidth]);
 
 #endif

players/random-player.cc

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ send_move(int row, int col)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-
 int main(void)
 {
   int done = 0;
@@ -49,8 +48,18 @@ int main(void)
     if(!enemyc)
         enemyc = getEnemyChar(state_buffer[0]);
     
+	//pure C:
+	//struct cell (*field) = malloc(fieldHeight*fieldWidth*sizeof(struct cell));
+	
+	//C++ version:
+	auto field = new cell[fieldHeight][fieldWidth]();
+	printf("%p\n", field);
+	
+	readStateBuffer(state_buffer, field);
+
     // 3. Return result
     //send_move(turn_row, turn_col);
+	delete field;
 
     /* END PLAYER-SPECIFIC CODE */