An Automated 4-Player Snakes and Ladders game

snek.java

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+/* This is an automated game of Snakes and Ladders */
+
+/* 4 Players compete on a 2-D array board
+
+with 0 representing absense of snakes or Ladders
+
+1 --> Snake!
+
+2 --> Ladder!
+
+No. of positions to be forward of backward are stored
+in another 2-D array which works in the background */ 
+
+
+
+
+import java.util.*;
+class snek
+{
+    int A[][], B[][], n;
+    snek(int n)
+    {
+        this.n = n;
+        A = new int[n][n];
+        B = new int[n][n];
+
+    }
+    public static void main(String args[])
+      {
+
+        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
+        System.out.println("Enter size of board");
+        int x = sc.nextInt();
+
+        snek obj = new snek(x);
+
+        obj.getdata();
+        obj.winna();
+
+  }
+
+  void winna()
+  {
+      int winner = 0;
+        int pos[] = {0,0,0,0};
+        int turn[] = {0,0,0,0};
+        int i,j;
+        while(true)
+        {
+          for(i=0; i<4; i++)
+          {
+            if(turn[i]<0) turn[i]=0;
+            turn[i]+= random();
+
+            if(turn[i]>=n*n) break;
+
+            pos[i] = A[turn[i]%n][turn[i]/n];
+
+            while(pos[i]!=0)
+            {
+              if(pos[i]==2)
+              {
+                turn[i]+=B[turn[i]%n][turn[i]/n];
+                if(turn[i]<0||turn[i]>=n*n) break;
+                pos[i] = A[turn[i]%n][turn[i]/n];
+              }
+              if(pos[i]==1)
+              {
+                turn[i]-=B[turn[i]%n][turn[i]/n];
+                if(turn[i]<0||turn[i]>=n*n) break;
+                pos[i] = A[turn[i]%n][turn[i]/n];
+              }
+              if(pos[i]==0) break;
+            }
+          }
+          for(j=0; j<4; j++)
+            if(turn[j]>=n*n)
+            {
+                winner = j;
+                break;
+            }
+        if(winner!=0)
+        break;
+    }
+
+    System.out.println("Winner is Player "+winner);
+  }
+
+  void getdata()
+  {
+      Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
+      System.out.println("Enter 0,1 and 2");
+        for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
+          for(int j=0; j<n; j++)
+            A[i][j] = sc.nextInt();
+        System.out.println("\n");
+        System.out.println("Enter steps forw or back");
+        for(int k=0; k<n; k++)
+          for(int l=0; l<n; l++)
+            B[k][l] = sc.nextInt();
+  }
+  int random()
+      {
+        Random random = new Random();
+        int a = 0;
+        while (true)
+        {
+            a = random.nextInt(7);
+            if(a !=0)
+            break;
+        }
+        return a;
+      }
+
+}