import java.u l.
Scanner;
class Main {
public sta c void main(String[] args) {
// Variable to represent the size of our c tac toe board
int n = 3;
// nxn array that represents our c tac toe board
char[][] board = new char[n][n];
//Ini alize our board with dashes (empty posi ons)
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
for(int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
board[i][j] = '-';
//Create a Scanner for asking the players for their names
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Tic Tac Toe is ready for play!\n");
System.out.print("What is your name?, player 1: ");
String p1 = in.nextLine();
System.out.print(" What is your name?, player 2:");
String p2 = in.nextLine();
//Create a player1 boolean that is true if it is player 1's turn and false if it is player 2's turn
boolean player1 = true;
//Create a gameEnded boolean and use it as the condi on in the while loop
boolean gameEnded = false;
while(!gameEnded) {
//Draw the board
drawBoard(board);
//Print whose turn it is
if(player1) {
System.out.println(p1 + "'s Turn (x):");
} else {
System.out.println(p2 + "'s Turn (o):");
//Create a char variable that stores either 'x' or 'o' based on what player's turn it is
char c = '-';
if(player1) {
c = 'x';
} else {
c = 'o';
//Create row and col variables which represent indexes that correspond to a posi on on our board
int row = 0;
int col = 0;
//Only break out of the while loop once the user enters a valid posi on
while(true) {
//Ask the user for what posi on they want to place their x or o
System.out.print("Enter a row number: ");
row = in.nextInt();
System.out.print("Enter a column number: ");
col = in.nextInt();
//Check if the row and col are outside of the board
if(row < 0 || col < 0 || row >= n || col >= n) {
System.out.println("This posi on is off the bounds of the board! Try again.");
//Check if the posi on on the board the user entered is empty (has a -) or not
} else if(board[row][col] != '-') {
System.out.println("Someone has already made a move at this posi on! Try again.");
//Otherwise, the posi on is valid so break out of the while loop
} else {
break;
//Set the posi on on the board at row, col to c
board[row][col] = c;
//Check to see if either player has won
if(playerHasWon(board) == 'x') {
System.out.println(p1 + " has won!");
gameEnded = true;
} else if(playerHasWon(board) == 'o') {
System.out.println(p2 + " has won!");
gameEnded = true;
} else {
//If neither player has won, check to see if there has been a e (if the board is full)
if(boardIsFull(board)) {
System.out.println("It's a e!");
gameEnded = true;
} else {
//If player1 is true, make it false, and vice versa; this way, the players alternate each turn
player1 = !player1;
}
}
//Draw the board at the end of the game
drawBoard(board);
//Make a func on to draw the c tac toe board
public sta c void drawBoard(char[][] board) {
System.out.println("Board:");
for(int i = 0; i < board.length; i++) {
//The inner for loop prints out each row of the board
for(int j = 0; j < board[i].length; j++) {
System.out.print(board[i][j]);
System.out.println();
public sta c char playerHasWon(char[][] board) {
for(int i = 0; i < board.length; i++) {
boolean inARow = true;
char value = board[i][0];
if(value == '-') {
inARow = false;
} else {
for(int j = 1; j < board[i].length; j++) {
if(board[i][j] != value) {
inARow = false;
break;
if(inARow) {
return value;
}
}
for(int j = 0; j < board[0].length; j++) {
boolean inACol = true;
char value = board[0][j];
if(value == '-') {
inACol = false;
} else {
for(int i = 1; i < board.length; i++) {
if(board[i][j] != value) {
inACol = false;
break;
if(inACol) {
return value;
boolean inADiag1 = true;
char value1 = board[0][0];
if(value1 == '-') {
inADiag1 = false;
} else {
for(int i = 1; i < board.length; i++) {
if(board[i][i] != value1) {
inADiag1 = false;
break;
if(inADiag1) {
return value1;
boolean inADiag2 = true;
char value2 = board[0][board.length-1];
if(value2 == '-') {
inADiag2 = false;
} else {
for(int i = 1; i < board.length; i++) {
if(board[i][board.length-1-i] != value2) {
inADiag2 = false;
break;
if(inADiag2) {
return value2;
return ' ';
public sta c boolean boardIsFull(char[][] board) {
for(int i = 0; i < board.length; i++) {
for(int j = 0; j < board[i].length; j++) {
if(board[i][j] == '-') {
return false;
return true;
