Can you make the following code much much smaller? Please use C only.

Question

https://github.com/J-Mark-Mascarenhas/Tic-Tac-Toe/blob/main/tictactoe.c

Answer 1

Have you learned about arrays? Using an array or two you can generalize the logic instead of repeating specific if statements. The concept could look like this code reduction:

    char board[10] = {0, '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'};
    int map[10] = {1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
    int x,y,z;
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    for(z=100;z>0;z--)
    {
        printf("\n\nPlayer 1: ");
        scanf("%d",&x);
        if(x>=1 && x<=9 && map[x]==0)
        {
            map[x]=x;
            board[x]='X';
            printf("You played\n %c | %c | %c \n __________\n %c | %c | %c \n __________\n %c | %c | %c \n", board[1], board[2], board[3], board[4], board[5], board[6], board[7], board[8], board[9]);
        }
        else
        {
            printf("You entered wrong value or the number is already taken\nYour turn is terminated\n\n");
        }
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Answer 2

Oh... Thanks bro