Chess game

[michail]

Hi guys.

I am making text based chess game [very simple] and I have managed to figure out arrays and objects. The problem is that when I display on screen, the strings are not in a 8x8 box, but all over the place. Basically if I drag the terminal horizontally the pieces will be in one horizontal line

import java.util.*;


public class chess{

public Pieces Baseboard[][];    //create a two dimensional array for the board
public boolean valid;   //is a move valid
public String display;
protected Pawn pawn;
protected Castle castle;
    //sets up game world
    public void createWorld()
    {
    Baseboard = new Pieces[8][8];
    for(int i = 0; i<8; i++)
    {
        for(int k= 0; k<8; k++)
        {
            Baseboard[i][k] = null;
        }
    }
    
    for(int i = 0; i<8; i++)
    {
        pawn = new Pawn();
        Baseboard[1][i] = pawn.Pawn(i, 1, false);
    }
    for(int i = 0; i<8; i++)
    {
        pawn = new Pawn();
        Baseboard[6][i] = pawn.Pawn(i, 6, true);
    }
    
    
    
        castle = new Castle();
        Baseboard[0][0] = castle.Castle(0, 0, false);
    
    
        castle = new Castle();
        Baseboard[7][7] = castle.Castle(7, 7, true);
    


//before print
    for(int i = 0; i<8; i++)
    {
        for(int k = 0; k<8;k++)
        {
                if (Baseboard[i][k]!= null)
                {
                System.out.print(Baseboard[i][k].toString()+"  ");   //toString //displays the type and position of a piece
                }
                else
                {
                    System.out.print(" Empty   ");
                }
        }
    }
    
    }
    
    void makemove (/*user input*/){
    //the 1s can be subbed for user values and the 2,1 is the new cords (x,y)
    //the method valid moves checks to see if move is legal
    Baseboard[1][1].validmoves (2,1);
    }
    
    

    public static void main (String args[]){
    // creating instance of game
    chess game = new chess();
    //creating game world
    game.createWorld();
    game.makemove();
    
    
    //while game running
    //while(true){
    //ask for moves
    //check validation
    //move piece
    //until game over, break
    
    //}
    }

}

If you can help I would be greatfull

[Fubarable]

You may wish to add a System.out.println() statement in the nested for loop, in the outer loop, just beneath the inner loop.

    for(int i = 0; i<8; i++)
    {
        for(int k = 0; k<8;k++)
        {
                if (Baseboard[i][k]!= null)
                {
                System.out.print(Baseboard[i][k].toString()+"  ");   
                }
                else
                {
                    System.out.print(" Empty   ");
                }
        }
        System.out.println();  // **** here 
    }

Do you understand why you need to do this?

[michail]

No, I don't know why it works this way. However I tried it and the "empty" squares stayed fixed but it still prints all over the place.
It looks sth like this

Class type Castle 0,0 Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Class type Pawn 0,1 Class type Pawn 1,1 Class type Pawn 2,1 Class type Pawn 3,1 Class type Pawn 4,1 Class type Pawn 5,1 Class type Pawn 6,1 Class type Pawn 7,1 Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Class type Pawn 0,6 Class type Pawn 1,6 Class type Pawn 2,6 Class type Pawn 3,6 Class type Pawn 4,6 Class type Pawn 5,6 Class type Pawn 6,6 Class type Pawn 7,6 Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Class type Castle 7,7 sddssds

Thanks for that

[JosAH]

Check your 'toString()' methods in your Pawn, Castle etc. classes; they don't print as you expected; b.t.w. you really do need that System.out.println() call as was suggested.

kind regards,

Jos

[michail]

That worked! I don't why the println helped!!
Next step is to ask player to move!!

Thanks.

P.S. Any little ideas will help me allot along the way