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Created this connect 4 game following a guide online but the guide didn't explain how to make it computer vs player it only explained how to make it player vs player. I've tried adding a computer variable that generated a random number 1..8 for the columns but it wasn't working was just sitting there asking player two to pick a location.
Here's the player code below how do i implement player vs computer ?
class Board
attr_accessor :board
attr_reader :turn, :identifier
def initialize
#board = [
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
]
#turn = 0
#identifier = 1
end
def choose_column(col)
7.downto(0) do |i|
if board[i][col-1] == 0
board[i][col-1] = identifier
break
end
end
false
end
def win?
return true if check_rows?
return true if check_columns?
return true if check_diagonal?
end
def check_validity(sum,num)
if num == 1
sum = 0 if sum < 0
sum += 1
elsif num == -1
sum = 0 if sum > 0
sum -= 1
else
sum = 0
end
end
def check_rows?
8.times do |i|
board[i].inject(0) do |sum, num|
sum = check_validity(sum,num)
return true if sum.abs == 4
sum
end
end
false
end
def check_columns?
8.times do |i|
column = []
board.each { |row| column.push(row[i]) }
column.inject(0) do |sum, num|
sum = check_validity(sum,num)
return true if sum.abs == 4
sum
end
end
false
end
def check_diagonal?
board[0..2].each_with_index do |row, row_i|
row.each_with_index do |column, col_i|
if col_i <=3
sum = board[row_i][col_i]
1.upto(3) { |i| sum += board[row_i+i][col_i+i] }
return true if sum.abs == 4
end
if col_i >= 3
sum = board[row_i][col_i]
1.upto(3) { |i| sum += board[row_i+i][col_i-i] }
return true if sum.abs == 4
end
end
end
false
end
def new_game
#turn = 1
end
def game_flow
new_game
while turn < 43
assign_player
player = #identifier == 1 ? 1 : 2
puts draw_board
print "Round #{#turn}. Player #{player}'s turn. Choose column (1-8): "
input = gets.chomp
while !validate_input(input) || check_full?(input)
print "Invalid Pick. Try again: "
input = gets.chomp
end
input = validate_input(input)
choose_column(input)
if win?
puts draw_board
puts "Congratulations. Player #{player} won"
break
end
#turn += 1
end
puts "Draw!" unless win?
return true
end
def assign_player
#identifier = #turn.odd? ? 1 : -1
end
def validate_input(input)
return input !~ /^[1-8]$/ ? false : input.to_i
end
def check_full?(column)
column = column.to_i
column -= 1
return board[0][column] != 0
end
def draw_board
print "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8\n"
rep = { 0 => ".", 1 => "O", -1 => "X" }
board.each do |row|
print "#{rep[row[0]]} #{rep[row[1]]} #{rep[row[2]]} #{rep[row[3]]} #{rep[row[4]]} #{rep[row[5]]} #{rep[row[6]]} #{rep[row[7]]}\n"
end
print " "
end
end
board = Board.new
board.game_flow

Answer 1

Like Ken White says, if you want the computer to select a choice, you need to detect when it is the computer's turn. It looks like in your example this is encoded in the #player variable. You can have a simple if branch which only prompts for input when it is the human player's turn. Everything else could remain the same, but you would update your game_flow method to consider this other case:
if player == 1
print "Round #{#turn}. Player #{player}'s turn. Choose column (1-8): "
input = gets.chomp
while !validate_input(input) || check_full?(input)
print "Invalid Pick. Try again: "
input = gets.chomp
end
input = validate_input(input)
else
input = rand(1..8)
end
Hope this helps.