How Do I make a regulation scrabble board in C++ that meets the following requir

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How Do I make a regulation scrabble board in C++ that meets the following requirements:

1) Size board is 15 x 15 with one additional row to show the tiles on your rack, note the asterick is a wild card, the following 15 rows will contain 15 characters in each.

2) Capital Letters represent played Tiles

3) 'A' represents all empty spaces

4) 2 is a double letter

5) 3 is a triple letter

6) 4 is a double word

7) 9 is a triple word

Here is an example a board:

RIFLOX->(this should be at the center of first row) 9--2---9---2-NO -4---3---3JOLE- --4---2-2---I-- 2--4---2--MUD-2 ----4----MA---- -3---3-GROWTHS- --2-G-DIED--2U- 9--CAVES---2-QI --2-ZA2-2---T-N -3--EN---3-BULK -T--R-----TAR-- 2HUES--2--EYNE2 WAP---2-2---I-- IT---3---3--P4- G--2---9---2SIB

Explanation / Answer

// SCRABBLE GAME // by jephthah // // develops standard english scrabble board and allows user to 'place' // tiles on board ... checks validity of word placement according to // boundaries and existing tiles ... calculates word scores based on tile // values, word and letter multipliers, and existing tiles' face value // // to do:    //    score parallel tiles that incidentally form cross-words with placed tiles //    allow variable number of players //    assign random tiles to players per standard distribution //    validate words to "official dictionary" //                   // #include #include #include #define FLUSH_STDIN(x) {if(x[strlen(x)-1]!=' '){do fgets(Junk,16,stdin);while(Junk[strlen(Junk)-1]!=' ');}} char Junk[16]; // buffer for discarding excessive user input, used by "FLUSH_STDIN" macro // Globals typedef struct {     char tile;      // current tile at board position     int letter;     // letter multiplier (2 or 3), 0 if none     int word;       // word multiplier (2 or 3), 0 if none } board_t; // board geometry 15x15 // add one extra column for print border board_t Board[15][16]; // tile values are A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z int TileScore[26]={1,3,3,2,1,4,2,4,1,8,5,1,3,1,1,3,10,1,1,1,1,4,4,8,4,10}; // Functions // initialize blank board with word and letter // multipliers for each space, if any void init_board(void) {     int i, j;     for (i=0; i 15)     {         printf("not valid, try again. ");         return 0;    }     return 1; } // scores a word at the indicated board placement if word is a valid //    placement according to existing letters // input word,row,col,dir previously indicated, plus 'accept' //    argument which indicates whether word is written // output score of word // returns 1 if successful //         0 if unsuccessful, and output will be undefined //         -1 if user opts to quit int score_word(char *word, int *score, int row, int col, int dir, int accept) {     char *temp = word;     int tempscore, valid=0, wordmult=1, r=row, c=col, index;     tempscore = 0;     *score = 0;     while(*temp)     {         if (r == 7 && c == 7) // first valid move uses center square             valid = 1;         index = *temp - 0x41; // find zero-based index for alpha tile score         if (Board[r][c].tile != ' ') // if letter was already placed...         {             if (Board[r][c].tile != *temp) // make sure it matches             {                 printf("not valid, try again. ");                 return 0;             }             valid = 1; // valid moves use previously placed letter             tempscore += TileScore[index]; // tile score has no multipliers         }         else         {       // new tiles get letter and/or word multiplier, if any             tempscore += (TileScore[index] * ((Board[r][c].letter > 1)?Board[r][c].letter:1));             if (Board[r][c].word > 1)                 wordmult *= Board[r][c].word;         }             // increment row or col index appropriately         if (dir) r++;         else c++;             // increment pointer for next letter         temp++;     }     if (valid == 0)     {         printf("not valid, try again. ");         return 0;     }        // calculate final word score     *score = tempscore * wordmult;     if (accept) // add word to board if accepted     {         r=row;         c=col;         temp=word;         while (*temp)         {             Board[r][c].tile=*temp++;             if (dir) r++;             else c++;         }     }     return 1; } int main() {     int row, col, direction, player=1, score_p1=0, score_p2=0, tempscore, result;     char word[17], prompt[8];     init_board();     while(1)     {       // display current board and scores         draw_board();         printf("SCORE Player 1: %-4d            Player 2: %d ",score_p1, score_p2);             // indicate which player's turn         printf(" -- PLAYER #%d -- ",player);             // get location of where to start word insertion, or quit game         do result = get_location(&row, &col);         while (result == 0);         if (result == -1)             break;             // get direction (Horiz, Vert) to place word, or restart location         do result = get_direction(&direction);         while (result == 0);         if (result == -1)             continue;             // get word to be inserted, or restart location         do result = get_word(word, row, col, direction);         while (result == 0);         if (result == -1)             continue;             // test validity and score word on board         tempscore=0;         while (1)         {             result = score_word(word, &tempscore, row, col, direction, 0);             if (result == 1)                 break;             do result = get_word(word, row, col, direction);             while (result == 0);             if (result == -1)                 break;         }             // restart new location if user opts out         if (result == -1)             continue;             // display score for valid word allow accept or reject         printf("score is %d. accept word? (Y/N): ",tempscore);         fflush(stdout);         fgets(prompt,sizeof(prompt),stdin);         prompt[0] &= 0x5F; //converts alpha to UPPERCASE         FLUSH_STDIN(prompt);             // write word to memory, or allow new word/location         if (prompt[0]=='Y')             result = score_word(word, &tempscore, row, col, direction, 1);         else             continue;             // unknown error, word was not written to board memory         if (result == 0)             printf("ERROR: word was not entered! ");             // score word to player's total         else if (player == 1)             score_p1 += tempscore;         else             score_p2 += tempscore;         player ^= 3; // XOR function toggles Player1 Player2     }     return 0; }

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