_348.java

package com.fishercoder.solutions;

/**
 * Design a Tic-tac-toe game that is played between two players on a n x n grid.

 You may assume the following rules:

 A move is guaranteed to be valid and is placed on an empty block.
 Once a winning condition is reached, no more moves is allowed.
 A player who succeeds in placing n of their marks in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row wins the game.

 Example:

 Given n = 3, assume that player 1 is "X" and player 2 is "O" in the board.

 TicTacToe toe = new TicTacToe(3);

 toe.move(0, 0, 1); -> Returns 0 (no one wins)
 |X| | |
 | | | |    // Player 1 makes a move at (0, 0).
 | | | |

 toe.move(0, 2, 2); -> Returns 0 (no one wins)
 |X| |O|
 | | | |    // Player 2 makes a move at (0, 2).
 | | | |

 toe.move(2, 2, 1); -> Returns 0 (no one wins)
 |X| |O|
 | | | |    // Player 1 makes a move at (2, 2).
 | | |X|

 toe.move(1, 1, 2); -> Returns 0 (no one wins)
 |X| |O|
 | |O| |    // Player 2 makes a move at (1, 1).
 | | |X|

 toe.move(2, 0, 1); -> Returns 0 (no one wins)
 |X| |O|
 | |O| |    // Player 1 makes a move at (2, 0).
 |X| |X|

 toe.move(1, 0, 2); -> Returns 0 (no one wins)
 |X| |O|
 |O|O| |    // Player 2 makes a move at (1, 0).
 |X| |X|

 toe.move(2, 1, 1); -> Returns 1 (player 1 wins)
 |X| |O|
 |O|O| |    // Player 1 makes a move at (2, 1).
 |X|X|X|

 Follow up:
 Could you do better than O(n2) per move() operation?

 Hint:

 Could you trade extra space such that move() operation can be done in O(1)?
 You need two arrays: int rows[n], int cols[n], plus two variables: diagonal, anti_diagonal.

 */
public class _348 {
    //credit: https://discuss.leetcode.com/topic/44548/java-o-1-solution-easy-to-understand
    /**Key: in order to win a TicTacToe, you must have the entire row or column,
     * thus, we don't need to keep track of the entire n^2 board.
     * We only need to keep a count for each row and column.
     * If at any time, a row or column matches the size of the board, then that player has won.*/
    public static class TicTacToe {

        private int diagonal;
        /**This is diagonal:
         |X| | |
         | |X| |
         | | |X|
         So, its condition is always like this: if (row == col)*/

        private int antidiagonal;
        /**This is antidiagonal:
         | | |X|
         | |X| |
         |X| | |
         So, its condition is always like this: if (col == size - row - 1)*/
        private int[] rows;
        private int[] cols;

        /** Initialize your data structure here. */
        public TicTacToe(int n) {
            rows = new int[n];
            cols = new int[n];
        }

        /** Player {player} makes a move at ({row}, {col}).
         @param row The row of the board.
         @param col The column of the board.
         @param player The player, can be either 1 or 2.
         @return The current winning condition, can be either:
         0: No one wins.
         1: Player 1 wins.
         2: Player 2 wins. */
        public int move(int row, int col, int player) {
            int toAdd = player == 1 ? 1 : -1;

            rows[row] += toAdd;
            cols[col] += toAdd;
            int size = rows.length;

            if(row == col){
                diagonal += toAdd;
            }
            if(col == (size - row - 1)){
                antidiagonal += toAdd;
            }

            if (Math.abs(rows[row]) == size
                    || Math.abs(cols[col]) == size
                    || Math.abs(antidiagonal) == size
                    || Math.abs(diagonal) == size)
                return player;

            return 0;
        }
    }
}