Question

I am trying to print out an 8 by 8 "chess board". My first step is to set all values in the board to 0. I made a function to do so but it isn't working, and i can't figure out why. I'm trying to, for now, simply print out an 8 by 8 of zero values. This is what I have: (C++)

// set all of board to 0 as a function
// bool function to check for valid moves
// bool function to check if on board
// bool function to check if visited (is 0 if block has not been visited)

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

void setToZero(int board[8][8]);

int main()
{
   // chess board 8x8
   int board[8][8];

   // all of the possible moves of the knight
   int moves[8][2] = { {2,-1}, {1,-2}, {-1,-2}, {-2,-1}, {-2,1}, {-1,2}, {1,2}, {2,1} };

   // function call to set values to 0
   setToZero(board);
   cout << board;

   cin.get();
   cin.get();
   return 0;
}

void setToZero(int board[8][8])
{
   for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
   for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
           board[i][j] = 0;

}

Answer 1

CODE IN C++:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

void setToZero(int board[8][8]);

int main()
{
// chess board 8x8
int board[8][8];

// all of the possible moves of the knight
int moves[8][2] = { {2,-1}, {1,-2}, {-1,-2}, {-2,-1}, {-2,1}, {-1,2}, {1,2}, {2,1} };

// function call to set values to 0
setToZero(board);
//displaying the board
int i,j;
for(i=0;i<8;i++){
for(j=0;j<8;j++){
cout<<" "<<board[i][j]<<" ";
}
cout<<""<<endl;
}
  

return 0;
}

void setToZero(int board[8][8])
{
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
board[i][j] = 0;

}

OUTPUT: