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    Default Re: Array overwriting

    it overwrites the array even if there is a car already in that specific location.
    Can you use an if test to detect if the location is already occupied before changing it?

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    Default Re: Array overwriting

    That's the problem, I don't know how to implement that ..
    Thanks for your quick reply

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    How do you know there is a car in the location? What is in the array?
    The Arrays class's deepToString() method is useful for printing out the contents of a 2 dim array for debugging:
    System.out.println("an ID "+ java.util.Arrays.deepToString(theArrayName));
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    Default Re: Array overwriting

    03,03,00,00,00,04
    02,00,00,08,00,04
    02,01,01,08,00,04
    02,00,00,08,00,00
    05,00,00,00,07,07
    05,00,06,06,06,00

    --->

    03,03,00,00,00,04
    02,00,00,08,00,04
    02,00,01,01,00,04
    02,00,00,08,00,00
    05,00,00,00,07,07
    05,00,06,06,06,00

    This is my gameboard, When I move Car 01 to the right, it overwrites a part of 08.
    In the code you can find how I move the cars. Now i'm looking for a solution which makes overwriting impossible

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    Default Re: Array overwriting

    The numbers in the array have no meaning for me.

    Can you answer this question?
    What value(s) in the array means that it is OK to move a car there?

    Use a if statement to detect if the array at the location has that value. If the array does not have that value, do not move the car there.
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    Default Re: Array overwriting

    The zeroes are empty spaces, the number are all different cars.
    So it's ok to move a car to a zero. As you can see above i made some methodes which move the car.
    So now I woud like a if clause which checks if the location which im moving to is 0. If it's 0, it can move, otherwise it shouldn't.

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    Default Re: Array overwriting

    Are you asking how to write an if statement?
    See the tutorial: The if-then and if-then-else Statements (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Language Basics)

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