C++ beginner question regarding chars
- by Samwhoo
I'm just messing around with some C++ at the moment trying to make a simple tic-tac-toe game and I'm running into a bit of a problem. This is my code:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class Square {
public:
char getState() const;
void setState(char);
Square();
~Square();
private:
char * pState;
};
class Board {
public:
Board();
~Board();
void printBoard() const;
Square getSquare(short x, short y) const;
private:
Square board[3][3];
};
int main() {
Board board;
board.getSquare(1,2).setState('1');
board.printBoard();
return 0;
}
Square::Square() {
pState = new char;
*pState = ' ';
}
Square::~Square() {
delete pState;
}
char Square::getState() const {
return *pState;
}
void Square::setState(char set) {
*pState = set;
}
Board::~Board() {
}
Board::Board() {
}
void Board::printBoard() const {
for (int x = 0; x < 3; x++) {
cout << "|";
for (int y = 0; y < 3; y++) {
cout << board[x][y].getState();
}
cout << "|" << endl;
}
}
Square Board::getSquare(short x, short y) const {
return board[x][y];
}
Forgive me if there are blatantly obvious problems with it or it's stupidly written, this is my first program in C++ :p However, the problem is that when I try and set the square 1,2 to the char '1', it doesn't print out as a 1, it prints out as some strange character I didn't recognise.
Can anyone tell me why? :)
Thanks in advance.
