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//Tic-tac-toe playing AI. Exhaustive tree-search. WTFPL
//Matthew Steel 2009, www.www.repsilat.com
#include <stdio.h>
char gridChar(int i) {
switch(i) {
case -1:
return 'X';
case 0:
return ' ';
case 1:
return 'O';
}
}
void draw(int b[9]) {
printf(" %c | %c | %c\n",gridChar(b[0]),gridChar(b[1]),gridChar(b[2]));
printf("---+---+---\n");
printf(" %c | %c | %c\n",gridChar(b[3]),gridChar(b[4]),gridChar(b[5]));
printf("---+---+---\n");
printf(" %c | %c | %c\n",gridChar(b[6]),gridChar(b[7]),gridChar(b[8]));
}
int win(const int board[9]) {
//determines if a player has won, returns 0 otherwise.
unsigned wins[8][3] = {{0,1,2},{3,4,5},{6,7,8},{0,3,6},{1,4,7},{2,5,8},{0,4,8},{2,4,6}};
int i;
for(i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
if(board[wins[i][0]] != 0 &&
board[wins[i][0]] == board[wins[i][1]] &&
board[wins[i][0]] == board[wins[i][2]])
return board[wins[i][2]];
}
return 0;
}
int minimax(int board[9], int player) {
//How is the position like for player (their turn) on board?
int winner = win(board);
if(winner != 0) return winner*player;
int move = -1;
int score = -2;//Losing moves are preferred to no move
int i;
for(i = 0; i < 9; ++i) {//For all moves,
if(board[i] == 0) {//If legal,
board[i] = player;//Try the move
int thisScore = -minimax(board, player*-1);
if(thisScore > score) {
score = thisScore;
move = i;
}//Pick the one that's worst for the opponent
board[i] = 0;//Reset board after try
}
}
if(move == -1) return 0;
return score;
}
void computerMove(int board[9]) {
int move = -1;
int score = -2;
int i;
for(i = 0; i < 9; ++i) {
if(board[i] == 0) {
board[i] = 1;
int tempScore = -minimax(board, -1);
board[i] = 0;
if(tempScore > score) {
score = tempScore;
move = i;
}
}
}
//returns a score based on minimax tree at a given node.
board[move] = 1;
}
void playerMove(int board[9]) {
int move = 0;
do {
printf("\nInput move ([0..8]): ");
scanf("%d", &move);
printf("\n");
} while (move >= 9 || move < 0 && board[move] == 0);
board[move] = -1;
}
int main() {
int board[9] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
//computer squares are 1, player squares are -1.
printf("Computer: O, You: X\nPlay (1)st or (2)nd? ");
int player=0;
scanf("%d",&player);
printf("\n");
unsigned turn;
for(turn = 0; turn < 9 && win(board) == 0; ++turn) {
if((turn+player) % 2 == 0)
computerMove(board);
else {
draw(board);
playerMove(board);
}
}
switch(win(board)) {
case 0:
printf("A draw. How droll.\n");
break;
case 1:
draw(board);
printf("You lose.\n");
break;
case -1:
printf("You win. Inconceivable!\n");
break;
}
}
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