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Tic-Tac-Toe Game in Python

Introduction

Tic-Tac-Toe is a very simple two-player game. So only two players can play at a time. This game is also known as Noughts and Crosses or Xs and Os game. One player plays with X and the other player plays with O. In this game we have a board consisting of a 3X3 grid. The number of grids may be increased.

Game Rules
Traditionally the first player plays with "X". So you can decide who wants to go with "X" and who wants to go with "O".
Only one player can play at a time.
If any of the players have filled a square then the other player and the same player cannot override that square.
There are only two conditions that may match will be draw or may win.
The player that succeeds in placing three respective marks (X or O) in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row wins the game.
Winning condition

Whoever places three respective marks (X or O) horizontally, vertically, or diagonally will be the winner.

The code for the game is as follows,

import os

import time

board = [' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ']

player = 1

##win Flags##########

Win = 1

Draw = -1

Running = 0

Stop = 1

#####################

Game = Running

Mark = 'X'

This Function Draws Game Board

def DrawBoard():

print(" %c | %c | %c " % (board[1],board[2],board[3]))

print("||")

print(" %c | %c | %c " % (board[4],board[5],board[6]))

print("
||")

print(" %c | %c | %c " % (board[7],board[8],board[9]))

print(" | | ")

This Function Checks position is empty or not

def CheckPosition(x):

if(board[x] == ' '):

return True

else:

return False

This Function Checks player has won or not

def CheckWin():

global Game

#Horizontal winning condition

if(board[1] == board[2] and board[2] == board[3] and board[1] != ' '):

Game = Win

elif(board[4] == board[5] and board[5] == board[6] and board[4] != ' '):

Game = Win

elif(board[7] == board[8] and board[8] == board[9] and board[7] != ' '):

Game = Win

#Vertical Winning Condition

elif(board[1] == board[4] and board[4] == board[7] and board[1] != ' '):

Game = Win

elif(board[2] == board[5] and board[5] == board[8] and board[2] != ' '):

Game = Win

elif(board[3] == board[6] and board[6] == board[9] and board[3] != ' '):

Game=Win

#Diagonal Winning Condition

elif(board[1] == board[5] and board[5] == board[9] and board[5] != ' '):

Game = Win

elif(board[3] == board[5] and board[5] == board[7] and board[5] != ' '):

Game=Win

#Match Tie or Draw Condition

elif(board[1]!=' ' and board[2]!=' ' and board[3]!=' ' and board[4]!=' ' and board[5]!=' ' and board[6]!=' ' and board[7]!=' ' and board[8]!=' ' and board[9]!=' '):

Game=Draw

else:

Game=Running

print("Tic-Tac-Toe Game Designed By Sourabh Somani")

print("Player 1 [X] --- Player 2 [O]\n")

print()

print()

print("Please Wait...")

time.sleep(3)

while(Game == Running):

os.system('cls')

DrawBoard()

if(player % 2 != 0):

print("Player 1's chance")

Mark = 'X'

else:

print("Player 2's chance")

Mark = 'O'

choice = int(input("Enter the position between [1-9] where you want to mark : "))

if(CheckPosition(choice)):

board[choice] = Mark

player+=1

CheckWin()

os.system('cls')

DrawBoard()

if(Game==Draw):

print("Game Draw")

elif(Game==Win):

player-=1

if(player%2!=0):

print("Player 1 Won")

else:

print("Player 2 Won")

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