Instructions

You are going to write a connectBoard() method that takes a width, a height and a list of moves and builds the corresponding Connect-4 board. Not familiar with the game? Read this!

Write the body of the program.

Details of connectBoard() method

You will be creating a new method called connectBoard(). The main method input, method call and output have been taken care of for you.

Details of your new method are below:

Input: Parameters

The connectBoard() method will take the following parameters:

• an integer (width): the width of the board
• an integer (height): height of the board
• an integer array (moves): containing integers in the range of 1 to width (inclusive)

Processing

Create a width x height Connect-4 board represented by a 2D string array. Each of the integers in moves is gives the column where a piece is "dropped": 1 is the first column (from left to right), width is the last.

Output: Return value

The connectBoard() will output a 2D string array where a cell is null if no piece is present. Otherse, the cell will contain "*".

Sample input/output:

Sample connectBoard() input	Sample connectBoard() output	Resulting Board
4 4 1 3 2 3 1 1 4 1 3 4	{ {"*", , , }, {"*", ,"*", }, {"*", ,"*","*"}, {"*","*","*","*"} }	* * * * ** ****

STARTER CODE:

import java.util.Scanner;

/* Problem: Connect 4 Task: write a connectBoard() method that takes a width, a height, and list of moves and builds the corresponding Connect-4 board. Params: int width : width of the board int height : height of the board int [] moves : integers in the range 1 ... width (inclusive) Processing: Create a width x height Connect-4 board represented by a 2D String array. Each of the integers in moves is a column where to "drop" the piece: 1 is the first column, width is the last. Outout: String [][] : a 2D array where a cell is null if no piece is present, otherwise the cell contains the string "*"

Example: If the arguments to the function are 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 the resulting board will look like * * ** *** */

public class PoD {

/** * Takes a width, a height, and list of moves and builds the corresponding Connect-4 board. * @param width Integer width of the board * @param height Integer height of the board * @param moves Array of integers, each in the range 1 ... width (inclusive) * @return A 2D String array where a cell is null if no piece */ public static String[][] connectBoard( int width, int height, int[] moves ) { //Declare 2D string array to hold depiction of a width x height Connect-4 board String[][] board = new String[width][height]; //Integer array to hold count of pieces in each column int[] columnCount = new int[width]; // PLEASE START YOUR WORK HERE //PLEASE END YOUR WORK HERE return board; }

public static void main( String [] args ) { Scanner in = new Scanner( System.in ); int width = in.nextInt(); int height = in.nextInt(); int numberOfMoves = in.nextInt(); //Declare and initialize the moves array int[] moves = new int[numberOfMoves]; for (int i=0; i

//Generate the Connect-4 board String[][] board = connectBoard(width, height, moves); //Output a visual depiction of the Connect-4 board for (int y=height-1; y>= 0; y--) { for (int x=0; x

} } }