So I'm starting to learn me some programming, and I decided to start with C++ as its the most prominent, Ive been watching some tutorials and reading up on some books i found, did a program from a tutorial from Xoax.net (http://www.youtube.c...38&feature=plcp) and I attempted to copy his game (Lesson 9 Tic Tac Toe) to see if I have an understanding of what Im doing (lol) I understand the program, but when i generate this code it comes up w/ an error msg: "The program cannot find the file specified." I've tried looking into it but it seems to be an error w/ Visual C++ Basic (2010) not being able to create a .exe file for the program, I've tried to reinstall multiple times but to no avail, any ideas? Or is it because of an error in my code? I've compared it to the Xoax code and I didnt see anything different...

Heres my code for a tic tac toe game in the console:

[source]#include <iostream>
int main() {
char cSquare1('1'); // Why not int? Char for letters/int for #'s?
char cSquare2('2');
char cSquare3('3');
char cSquare4('4');
char cSquare5('5');
char cSquare6('6');
char cSquare7('7');
char cSquare8('8');
char cSquare9('9');
int iPlayerTurn(1);
bool bGameOver(true);


//Main Game Loop
do {
// Board
std::cout << cSquare1 << "|" << cSquare2 << "|" << cSquare3 << std::endl;
std::cout << "-+-+-" << std::endl;
std::cout << cSquare4 << "|" << cSquare5 << "|" << cSquare6 << std::endl;
std::cout << "-+-+-" << std::endl;
std::cout << cSquare7 << "|" << cSquare8 << "|" << cSquare9 << std::endl;
//Player Mark 1 or 2
char cPlayerMark;
if (iPlayerTurn == 1) {
cPlayerMark = 'X';
} else {
cPlayerMark = 'O';
}
//Player Move
std::cout << "Player " << iPlayerTurn << "'s Turn" << std::endl;
bool bValidMove;
//needs valid move, if no valid move then loop until valid
do {
char cNextMove;
std::cin >> cNextMove;
bValidMove = true;
if (cNextMove == '1' && cSquare1 == '1') {
cSquare1 = cPlayerMark;
} else if (cNextMove == '2' && cSquare2 == '2') {
cSquare2 = cPlayerMark;
} else if (cNextMove == '3' && cSquare3 == '3') {
cSquare2 = cPlayerMark;
} else if (cNextMove == '4' && cSquare4 == '4') {
cSquare2 = cPlayerMark;
} else if (cNextMove == '5' && cSquare5 == '5') {
cSquare2 = cPlayerMark;
} else if (cNextMove == '6' && cSquare6 == '6') {
cSquare2 = cPlayerMark;
} else if (cNextMove == '7' && cSquare7 == '7') {
cSquare2 = cPlayerMark;
} else if (cNextMove == '8' && cSquare8 == '8') {
cSquare2 = cPlayerMark;
} else if (cNextMove == '9' && cSquare9 == '9') {
cSquare2 = cPlayerMark;
} else {
std::cout << "INVALID GO AGAIN" << std::endl;
bValidMove = false;
}
} while (!bValidMove);
bGameOver = false;
bool bWinGame = true;
// check if game over
if(cSquare1 != '1') {
if (cSquare2 == cSquare1 && cSquare3 == cSquare1) {
bGameOver = true;
}
if (cSquare4 == cSquare1 && cSquare7 == cSquare1) {
bGameOver == true;
}
}
if(cSquare5 != '5') {
if (cSquare1 == cSquare5 && cSquare9 == cSquare5) {
bGameOver == true;
}
if (cSquare2 == cSquare5 && cSquare8 == cSquare5){
bGameOver == true;
}
if (cSquare3 == cSquare5 && cSquare7 == cSquare5){
bGameOver == true;
}
if (cSquare4 == cSquare5 && cSquare6 == cSquare5){
bGameOver == true;
}
}
if(cSquare9 != '1'){
if(cSquare3 == cSquare9 && cSquare6 == cSquare9){
bGameOver == true;
}
if(cSquare7 == cSquare9 && cSquare8 == cSquare9){
bGameOver == true;
}
}
//Check for No Win Condition
if(cSquare1 != '1' && cSquare2 != '2' && cSquare != '3' &&
cSquare4 != '4' && cSquare5 != '5' && cSquare6 != '6' &&
cSquare7 != '7' && cSquare8 != '8' && cSquare9 != '9' && !bGameOver)
{
bGameOver = true;
bWinGame = false;
}
//Declare Winner
if(bGameOver)
{
if(bWinGame){
std::cout << "Player" << iPlayerMove << " is the victor!!" << std::endl;
}
//Print Endgame Board
std::cout << cSquare1 << "|" << cSquare2 << "|" << cSquare3 << std::endl;
std::cout << "-+-+-" << std::endl;
std::cout << cSquare4 << "|" << cSquare5 << "|" << cSquare6 << std::endl;
std::cout << "-+-+-" << std::endl;
std::cout << cSquare7 << "|" << cSquare8 << "|" << cSquare9 << std::endl;
std::cout << "Game Over" << std::endl;
std::cout << "Play Again? (y/n)" << std::endl;
char cPlayAgain;
std::cin >> cPlayAgain;
//Play Again? Yes
if(cPlayAgain == 'y'){
//Clear Board
bGameOver = false;
cSquare1 = '1';
cSquare2 = '2';
cSquare3 = '3';
cSquare4 = '4';
cSquare5 = '5';
cSquare6 = '6';
cSquare7 = '7';
cSquare8 = '8';
cSquare9 = '9';
}
iPlayer1 = 1;
} else {
//Alternate Player Turns
if(iPlayerTurn == 1) {
iPlayerTurn == 2;
} else {
iPlayerTurn == 1;
}
}
} while (!bGameOver);[/source]

Thanks guys really appreciate it, Swiftcoder, sorry bout that lol, I'll keep that in mind next time,

You should look into using arrays. They'll simplify your code greatly.

[edit]

Please elaborate briefly, arrays? (still learning so forgive me, I've only just started a few weeks ago, got a few books i read in my spare time)

SwiftCoder, apologies, i'll keep that in mind next time.