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Thread: Beginner - Help with my code.

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    Default Beginner - Help with my code.

    Basically, I have a program that simulates a game of Kalah, I have an AI player that evaluates each mvoe possible to see if it is a good move.

    Here is the code for this:

    package kalah;
     
    public class IntelligentPlayer extends KalaPlayer {
     
        public IntelligentPlayer() {
        }
     
        public int chooseMove(KalaGameState gs) throws NoMoveAvailableException {
     
            for (int move = 1; move < 7; move++) {
                int evalValue[] = new int[7];
                int maxEval = 0;
                int maxEvalMove = 0;
     
     
                KalaGameState clone = (KalaGameState) gs.clone();
                if (clone.getNumStones(move - 1) > 0) {
                    clone.getTurn();
                    try {
                        clone.makeMove(move);
                    } catch (IllegalMoveException ex) {
                    }
                    int firstScore = clone.getScore(0);
                    int secondScore = clone.getScore(1);
                    if (clone.playerTurn == 0) {
                        evalValue[move] = firstScore - secondScore;
                    } else {
                        evalValue[move] = secondScore - firstScore;
                    }
     
                    if (evalValue[move] > evalValue[move - 1]) {
                        maxEval = evalValue[move];
                        maxEvalMove = move;
                    }
     
                }}
     
            return maxEvalMove;}

    This is probably a retarded question, but like I said I am a beginner.

    It doesn't seem to be able to find the maxEvalMove variable even though it is defined in the for loop. Any quick solutions, I tried to move the declaration of the variables outside the for loop, but the computer just plays move 0 every time.

    Thanks for your help!


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    Default Re: Beginner - Help with my code.

    Local variables only exist in the block they are declared in (including any sub-blocks of that block). So declaring the variable in the for-loop block means that once you exit the for-loop, that variable will cease to exist. Note: Declaring != initializing.

    Try moving the declaration of maxEvalMove outside the for loop into the main method block.

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    Default Re: Beginner - Help with my code.

    Hi, thanks for your reply.

    I have done that. It seems to remove the error but it returns an incorrect value, I belive it is 0 from when it is initialised.

    I think my code is wrong to calculate the correct move. Would you suggest any changes to my code?

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