How to create a battleship grid?

I'm trying to create a console version of battleship but I am having trouble creating the grid. Any suggestions on where to start?

The grid is 8 x 8 and should look like this:

012345678
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0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |

A nested loop.

The easiest way I can think of would be a two dimensional array.

Code:

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public class Shipgrid
{
       
        public static void main(String[] args){
                int[][] shipGrid = new int[8][8];

                for (int i = 0; i < shipGrid.length; i++){
                        for ( int j = 0; j < shipGrid[i].length; j++){
                                shipGrid[i][j] = 0;
                        }
                }
               
                for (int i = 0; i < shipGrid.length; i++){
                        System.out.println();
                        for ( int j = 0; j < shipGrid[i].length; j++){
                                System.out.print(shipGrid[i][j]);
                        }
                }
        }
}

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That will just print the array out as a block of 8x8 0's. This could just as easily be an 8x8 array of objects be it battleships, cruisers etc.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by cupOJava

I'm trying to create a console version of battleship but I am having trouble creating the grid. Any suggestions on where to start?

The grid is 8 x 8 and should look like this:

012345678
------------
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |

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That grid is a (deformed) 9x9 grid ...

kind regards,

Jos