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One of the first things I do in the program is declare and initialize an array for the tic-tac-toe board.
char board[ROWS][COLUMNS] = { {’O’, ’X’, ’O’},
{’X’, ’O’, ’O’} };
The preceding code declares a 3 3 (since ROWS and COLUMNS are both 3) two- dimensional character array. It also initializes all of the elements.
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It’s possible to simply declare a multidimensional array without initializing it. Here’s an example:
char chessBoard[8][8];
The preceding code declares an 8 8, two-dimensional character array, chessBoard. By the way, multidimensional arrays aren’t required to have the same size for each dimension. The following is a perfectly valid declaration for a game map represented by individual characters:
char map[12][20];
