Tic-tac-toe is played by two players A and B on a 3 x 3 grid.
Here are the rules of Tic-Tac-Toe:
Players take turns placing characters into empty squares (" ").
The first player A always places "X" characters, while the second player B always places "O" characters.
"X" and "O" characters are always placed into empty squares, never on filled ones.
The game ends when there are 3 of the same (non-empty) character filling any row, column, or diagonal.
The game also ends if all squares are non-empty.
No more moves can be played if the game is over.
Given an array moves where each element is another array of size 2 corresponding to the row and column of the grid where they mark their respective character in the order in which A and B play.
Return the winner of the game if it exists (A or B), in case the game ends in a draw return "Draw", if there are still movements to play return "Pending".
You can assume that moves is valid (It follows the rules of Tic-Tac-Toe), the grid is initially empty and A will play first.
Example 1:
Input: moves = [[0,0],[2,0],[1,1],[2,1],[2,2]]
Output: "A"
Explanation: "A" wins, he always plays first.
"X " "X " "X " "X " "X "
" " -> " " -> " X " -> " X " -> " X "
" " "O " "O " "OO " "OOX"
Input: moves = [[0,0],[1,1],[2,0],[1,0],[1,2],[2,1],[0,1],[0,2],[2,2]]
Output: "Draw"
Explanation: The game ends in a draw since there are no moves to make.
"XXO"
"OOX"
"XOX"
Example 4:
Input: moves = [[0,0],[1,1]]
Output: "Pending"
Explanation: The game has not finished yet.
"X "
" O "
" "
Constraints:
1 <= moves.length <= 9
moves[i].length == 2
0 <= moves[i][j] <= 2
There are no repeated elements on moves.
moves follow the rules of tic tac toe.
Solution:
class Solution {
public String tictactoe(int[][] moves) {
int[][] board = new int[3][3];
boolean x = true;
for (int[] move : moves) {
fill(board, move, x);
x = !x;
}
String w = winner(board);
if (w.equals("Pending") && moves.length == 9) return "Draw";
return w;
}
private void fill(int[][] board, int[] move, boolean x) {
int i = move[0], j = move[1];
if (x) {
board[i][j] = 1;
} else {
board[i][j] = 2;
}
}
private String winner(int[][] board) {
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i ++) {
if (board[i][0] != 0 && board[i][0] == board[i][1] && board[i][1] == board[i][2]) {
return board[i][0] == 1 ? "A" : "B";
}
if (board[0][i] != 0 && board[0][i] == board[1][i] && board[1][i] == board[2][i]) {
return board[0][i] == 1 ? "A" : "B";
}
}
if (board[0][0] != 0 && board[0][0] == board[1][1] && board[1][1] == board[2][2]) {
return board[0][0] == 1 ? "A" : "B";
}
if (board[0][2] != 0 && board[0][2] == board[1][1] && board[1][1] == board[2][0]) {
return board[0][2] == 1 ? "A" : "B";
}
return "Pending";
}
}