beginner Tic Tac Toe Game

so basically what im trying to do is set the private variable that is printed in the grid function to a value that is specified by the user. I can change any variable i want statically (changing string x in the set_box function) to a user input (string y), but i'd like to let the user input two strings, the first to identify a variable, and a second to specify what you want the identified variable to be set equal to.

it seems like there should be a really easy way to do this, but i just cant think of it. im pretty new to programming and this forum, so i apologize if this question is either ignorant, or misplaced.
thanks
-nick

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  #include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;




class board{
public:
    void set_box(string, string);

    void grid();



private:
string a1 = " ";
string a2 = " ";
string a3 = " ";
string b1 = " ";
string b2 = " ";
string b3 = " ";
string c1 = " ";
string c2 = " ";
string c3 = " ";
};

int main()
{
 string a;
 string b;
board grid;
cout << ":::::  ";
cin >> a >> b;

grid.set_box(a, b);
grid.grid();



}

void board:: grid (){
cout << "___________________________" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "|   ";
cout << a1;
cout << "    |    ";
cout << a2;
cout << "   |   ";
cout << a3;
cout << "   |" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "___________________________" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "|   ";
cout <<b1;
cout << "    |    ";
cout << b2;
cout << "   |   ";
cout << b3;
cout << "   |" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "___________________________" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "|   ";
cout << c1;
cout << "    |    ";
cout << c2;
cout << "   |   ";
cout << c3;
cout << "   |" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "___________________________" << endl;
}

void board::set_box(string x, string y){
    x = y;




}

closed account (1v5E3TCk)
I hope that works:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;



class board{
public:

    board();

    void set_box( int );

    void grid();



private:
string a1;
string a2;
string a3;
string b1;
string b2;
string b3;
string c1;
string c2;
string c3;

int cur_play;

};

int main()
{
 string a;
 string b;
board grid;

grid.grid();

cout << ":::::  ";
cin >> a;

grid.set_box( a );


}

void board:: grid (){
cout << "___________________________" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "|   ";
cout << a1;
cout << "    |    ";
cout << a2;
cout << "   |   ";
cout << a3;
cout << "   |" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "___________________________" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "|   ";
cout <<b1;
cout << "    |    ";
cout << b2;
cout << "   |   ";
cout << b3;
cout << "   |" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "___________________________" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "|   ";
cout << c1;
cout << "    |    ";
cout << c2;
cout << "   |   ";
cout << c3;
cout << "   |" << endl;
cout << "|        |        |       |" << endl;
cout << "___________________________" << endl;
}

void board::set_box( int x )
{
    string sign;

    if( cur_play == 1 )
    {
        sign = "X";

        cur_play = 2;
    }

    if( cur_play == 2 )
    {
        sign = "O";

        cur_play = 1;
    }

    switch( x )
    {
        case 1:
                a1 = sign;
                break;

        case 2:
                a2 = sign;
                break;

        case 3:
                a3 = sign;
                break;

        case 4:
                b1 = sign;
                break;

        case 5:
                b2 = sign;
                break;

        case 6:
                b3 = sign;
                break;

        case 7:
                c1 = sign;
                break;

        case 8:
                c2 = sign;
                break;

        case 9:
                c3 = sign;
                break;

    }

}

board::board()
{

     a1 = "1";
     a2 = "2";
     a3 = "3";
     b1 = "4";
     b2 = "5";
     b3 = "6";
     c1 = "7";
     c2 = "8";
     c3 = "9";

     cur_play = 1;

}


EDIT: I am so sleepy that I dont know what I have coded so excuse me if there is any problem with that code.
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