Nested looping in C - Im stuck

[Tbolt]

So I thought I had a pretty good understanding of looping even though I missed class the day it was taught. However now I am in a conceptual mind**** of how to approach this.

The assignment is to create a dynamic tic-tac-toe board using multidimensional arrays and functions (with array passing)

here is what the output should look like:
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here is what I have so far, focusing on the display board part

// INCLUDES
#include <stdio.h>

// DEFINES
#ifndef __TRUE_FALSE__
#define __TRUE_FALSE__
#define TRUE 1
#define FALSE 0
#endif

// ROWS and COLS
#define ROWS 7
#define COLS 7

#define MARKONE 'X'
#define MARKTWO 'O'
#define BLANK   ' '

// PROTOTYPES
void InitializeBoard(char[ROWS][COLS]);
void DisplayBoard(char[ROWS][COLS]);
int PlayerMove(int, int, char[ROWS][COLS], char);


// MAIN
int main() {
	// declare variables
	char board[ROWS][COLS];

	// initialize board
	InitializeBoard(board);
/*
	// populate the board with moves
	PlayerMove(1, 1, board, MARKONE);
	PlayerMove(1, 2, board, MARKONE);
	PlayerMove(4, 3, board, MARKONE);
	PlayerMove(1, 1, board, MARKTWO);
	PlayerMove(6, 2, board, MARKTWO);
	PlayerMove(4, 12, board, MARKTWO);
*/
	// display the board
	DisplayBoard(board);
	
	// exit program
	return 0;
}

// FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
void InitializeBoard(char board[ROWS][COLS]) {
	int i = 0, j = 0;
	for(i = 0; i < ROWS; i++) {
		for(j = 0; j < COLS; j++) {
			board[i][j] = BLANK;
		}
	}
}

void DisplayBoard(char board[ROWS][COLS]) {
	int i = 0, j = 0, k = 0;
	printf("**************TIC-TAC-TOE**************\n\n");

	for(i = 1; i <= COLS; i++) {
		printf("%2d", i);
	}
		printf("\n\n");    
		
        

}
			



/*
int PlayerMove(int row, int col, char board[ROWS][COLS], char symbol) {
	
}
*/

I feel like I am trying to approach this from the wrong angle, and because of that I can't comprehend how to do it. I imagine I will need to nest a loop within a loop within another loop.

Any advice would be great, not necessarily with this particular problem but anything with looping that would help me understand it better would be great.

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[XJ.]

For your DisplayBoard() function, just do it the same way you did the InitializeBoard() function. Just replace 'board[i][j] = BLANK' with the appropriate print function.

Good luck!

[Tbolt]

Alright, I am starting to get it. I just had to go back to the basics and play around a bit before tackling this.

Thanks though =p

[zapionics<alt>]

just on this "developers block" syndrome you seemed to be experiencing... I'm a big fan of design... ie: conceptualising the solution via a process of design which then gives you a skeletal structure in which to hang your code.

I tend to use "structure" charts for this... and use cases of course... and activity diagrams or even sequence diagrams...

I know this may be a trivial example for some ppl... coding top down has advantages (eg: speed) if you are very familiar and experienced with the solution domain... but otherwise... design!