[RHY-07]

well i hope it is, basically i am created a game of reversi/othello in college using VB.net and i am using a two-dimensional array grid for the game board. checked help and a few websites n cant seem to find what i need.

what i need to know is how i could check the surrounding tiles when a tile is placed on the game board. basically i need the code to tell the program to check where the sleected tile is on the grid, then check whats to the left, right, above and below it. I realise this would be done by telling the program to minus/add one to the co-ords of the selected tile but im not sure how to code this. any pointers?

if you need any more info for whatever just leave a message and ill reply asap

thanks in advance.

[pjhutch]

Try this (pseudo code): xpos and ypos are your current positions

For x=-1 to 1
For y=-1 to 1
' ignore current position
If not (x=0 and y=0) then
' check if position used
if board(xpos + x, ypos + y) <> 0 then
print "This position is used"
end if
end if
next y
nexy x