TicTacToe invalid move method issue - ruby

Question

Below is my take for the TicTacToe game. So far it works, but it's not perfect. I'm having an issue with one of the methods - Game#invalid_move_check? after the game asked you "where to:"once choose the new destination , the game change the symbol like if it was a new turn .in fact not , suppose to keep the same player symbol until next turn.
P.S the code probably need some refactoring. I'm in a learning phase.
class Game
def initialize(symbol)
#board = Array.new(3){Array.new(3)}
# [0,1,2]
# [3,4,5]
# [6,7,8]
#symbol = ["X", "O"]
end
WINNING_COMBO = [
# Horizontal wins:
[0, 1, 2], [3, 4, 5], [6, 7, 8],
# Vertical wins:
[0, 3, 6], [1, 4, 7], [2, 5, 8],
# Diagonal wins:
[0, 4, 8], [2, 4, 6]
]
def create_players
# create both players
#names = []
print "Please enter the name of the first player: "
#player_1 =gets.chomp
#names << #player_1
print "Please enter the name of the second player: "
#player_2 = gets.chomp
#names << #player_2
puts "\n"
puts"welcome #{#player_1.upcase} and #{#player_2.upcase}"
puts"------------------------------------------------"
puts"\n"
puts "Randomizing who'll start..."
puts"\n"
# assign player by calling the player_assigment function that will determine who will start first
player_assigment
puts"\n"
end
def player_assigment
# merge the names array and symbol array
# with the zip method and return a nested array with player and symbol.
#choice = #names.zip(#symbol)
# iterate over the choice nested array and
# print out each player and their assigned symbol
#choice.each do |player, symbol|
puts "#{player.upcase} will use #{symbol}"
end
end
def current
#current = #names.first
#current
end
def switch_turn
#current = #names.last
#current
end
def first_turn
current
puts "#{#current.upcase} turn"
#marker = #symbol.first
make_move(#marker)
end
def next_turn
switch_turn
puts "#{#current.upcase} turn"
#marker = #symbol.last
make_move(#marker)
end
def check_win?(first_arr, second_arr)
WINNING_COMBO.select do |item|
if
item == first_arr
puts"#{#player_1} won!!"
elsif
item == second_arr
puts "#{#player_2} won!!"
end
end
end
def mapping(move, marker)
case move
when 0
arr_index = 0
index = 0
invalid_move_check?(arr_index,index)
#board[0][0] = marker
when 1
arr_index = 0
index = 1
invalid_move_check?(arr_index,index)
#board[0][1] = marker
when 2
arr_index = 0
index = 2
invalid_move_check?(arr_index,index)
#board[0][2] = marker
when 3
arr_index = 1
index = 0
invalid_move_check?(arr_index,index)
#board[1][0] = marker
when 4
arr_index = 1
index = 1
invalid_move_check?(arr_index,index)
#board[1][1] = marker
when 5
arr_index = 1
index = 2
invalid_move_check?(arr_index,index)
#board[1][2] = marker
when 6
arr_index = 2
index = 0
invalid_move_check?(arr_index,index)
#board[2][0] = marker
when 7
arr_index = 2
index = 1
invalid_move_check?(arr_index,index)
#board[2][1] = marker
when 8
arr_index = 2
index = 2
invalid_move_check?(arr_index,index)
#board[2][2] = marker
end
end
def invalid
puts"move invalid"
end
def invalid_move_check?(arr_index, index)
array = #board
if array[arr_index][index] == "X" ||
array[arr_index][index] == "O"
invalid
puts "Where to :"
#move = gets.chomp.to_i
mapping(#move,#marker)
end
end
def make_move(marker)
# after each turn the make_move method will called to place move on the board
puts "Where to :"
#move = gets.chomp.to_i
mapping(#move,#marker)
print_board
end
# display board in a matrix format
def print_board
#board.each_slice(1) { |a| p a }
puts"\n"
end
def instructions
puts "Instructions :Enter your first move by entering a number 1-9"
puts "corresponding to the grid on the bottom and press enter"
puts"\n"
puts "0 | 1 | 2 ",
"----------",
"3 | 4 | 5 ",
"----------",
"6 | 7 | 8 "
print"\n"
end
def self.start(symbol)
# start a new game
new_game =Game.new(symbol)
# create players
new_game.create_players
new_game.instructions
new_game.print_board
# Checking wining combo for matching patter if none
while new_game.check_win?(#move_first, #move_second) do
new_game.first_turn
# the player switch turn
new_game.next_turn
end
end
loop do
puts"------------------------------------------------"
puts" Welcome to tictactoe ".upcase
puts"------------------------------------------------"
print"\n"
Game.start(#symbol)
end
end

Answer 1

This should do the trick:
#will return true or false to check validity of move
def invalid_move_check?(arr_index, index)
array = #board
if array[arr_index][index] == "X" ||
array[arr_index][index] == "O"
invalid
puts "Where to :"
#move = gets.chomp.to_i
mapping(#move,#marker)
return true
end
return false
end
def mapping(move, marker)
case move
...
when 0
arr_index = 0
index = 0
unless invalid_move_check?(arr_index,index) #change all cases
#board[0][0] = marker #to have the assignment of board
#only if the move is valid
end
...
end
end
The reason of your bug is that the assignment happens even if the move is invalid.
This is just a band-aid solution to your current problem, as for refactoring ,there are things that can be done to optimize your code and make it better :) But you still have to fix first your 'ending'. Refactoring your own code would be a very good practice. I wish you a joyful ruby journey
!

Answer 2

After scratching the previous code and rethink the code i 've come up with this solution , not elegant as i will want it to be but it works .i move the symbol assignment in the if/else block code and therefore when a move is invalid next move will use the symbol of the current player
def mapping(move, symbol)
case move
when 0
if #board[0][0]=="X" || #board[0][0] == "O"
invalid
make_move
else
#board[0][0] = symbol
track_move(#move)
print_board
end
...
end
end