Next step in this program

[deathslice]

So I've decided that the next program that I'm going to make is a traditional checkered board game. The first thing that I knew I had to do was to display the board with the checkered pieces placed at the appropriate spots. The next thing I know I need to do is to set up the traditional rules of the game. What I'm asking is how should go about setting up the rules? should I do a separate class or a nested class? Much appreciated.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class CheckerBoard
{
public:
    void setBoard() // Initializes the board.
    {
        for(int x=0; x<8; x++)
        {
            for(int y=0; y<8; y++)
            {
                if ((x < 3) && ((y + x) % 2) == 0)
                {
                    board[x][y] = "R"; // Red Checkered piece

                }
                else if ((x > 4) && ((y + x) % 2) == 0)
                {
                    board[x][y] = "B"; // Black Checkered piece
                }
                else if(((y + x) % 2) == 0)
                {
                    board[x][y] = "+"; // white spot

                }
                else if ((y + x) % 2 == 1)
                {
                    board[x][y] = "-"; // black spot
                }

            }
        }
    }

    void PrintBoard() // Displays the board.
    {
        for(int x=0; x<8; x++)
        {
            for(int y=0; y<8; y++)
            {
                cout << board[x][y] << "    ";
            }
            cout << endl; // end line.
        }
    }

private:
    string board[8][8];
};

int main()
{
    CheckerBoard board;
    board.setBoard();
    board.PrintBoard();
    return 0;
}

[giblit]

You could make a function to get the players input (player 1 one turn, player 2 the next) and then another function to validate the move, and any other sub functions you may need for additional rules.

[Nezar]

the logic of the game.

[deathslice]

Is there any way to validate each players move without doing a lot of if/else if statements?

[giblit]

Depends what is being validated. You can probably use loops and ifs or switch

[deathslice]

I think I much rather use loops seeing as though as this is a big grid. Even though you're not allowing to move on every tile in checkers, that is still alot of tiles to check. Oh, and sorry for the late reply.