#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
/*
* initializeBoard:
* - Sets all values in the 8x8 array to zero
* - For each row:
* * randomly selects one column (0–7)
* * places a random integer (1–100) in that column
*
* Uses:
* - memset for efficient zeroing
* - rand() for random column and value
*/
void initializeBoard(int board[8][8]) {
// Seed the random number generator once per program run
srand((unsigned)time(NULL));
for (int row = 0; row < 8; row++) {
// Efficiently set all 8 integers in this row to zero
memset(board[row], 0, sizeof(board[row]));
// Choose a random column index
int col = rand() % 8;
// Choose a random value between 1 and 100
int value = (rand() % 100) + 1;
board[row][col] = value;
}
}
/*
* printBoard:
* - Prints the 8x8 board in a readable grid format
*/
void printBoard(const int board[8][8]) {
for (int row = 0; row < 8; row++) {
for (int col = 0; col < 8; col++) {
printf("%d ", board[row][col]);
}
printf("\n");
}
}
int main(void) {
int board[8][8] = {{0}}; // Uninitialized; will be filled by initializeBoard()
initializeBoard(board);
printBoard(board);
return 0;
}
/*
run:
0 0 0 0 0 0 75 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0
0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0
0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0
0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0
0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0
92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*/
