I need help with Connect-Four Game Board

[niiakoadjei]

# TIC-TAC-TOE FIELD

#| | | | | | | |0
#| | | | | | | |1
#| | | | | | | |2
#| | | | | | | |3
#| | | | | | | |4
#| | | | | | | |5
#012345678911111
#          01234

# We create a function to Draw a Tic-Tac-Toe field
# Let's use out temporary variable field as defined in the moves function
def drawField(field):
    for row in range(6):
        #i.e. 0,1,2,3,4
                # We map:      0,.,1,.,2
        #if row%2 == 1:
        #newRow = 6  # to convert any float number to integer
        # print(" | | ")
        for column in range(1,16):  # i.e. 0,1,2,3,4
                                # We map:  0,.,1,.,2 to match our moves columns and rows

            if column % 2 == 1:
                newColumn = int(column / 2)  # to convert any float number to integer

                if column != 16:
                    print("|", end="")
                else:
                    print("")

            else:
                print(field[newColumn][row], end="")

        else:
            print("")

Player = 1

currentField = [[" "," "," "," "," "," "],[" "," "," "," "," "," "],[" "," "," "," "," "," "],[" "," "," "," "," "," "],[" "," "," "," "," "," "],[" "," "," "," "," "," "],[" "," "," "," "," "," "]]

print(currentField)

#moveRow = 5
drawField(currentField)
while(True): # means while(True == True)
    print("Player's Turn: ",Player)

    moveColumn = int(input("Please enter a column number (Hint: 0 - 6): \n"))

    if Player == 1:
        moveRow = 6
        for i in reversed(range(moveRow)):
            moveRow = i
        # Make move for Player 1

            if currentField[moveColumn][moveRow] == " ":
                currentField[moveColumn][moveRow] = "X"
                break

            else:
                if currentField[moveColumn][0] == "X" or "O":
                    print("Column is full. Select another column: ")

        #print(currentField)

        drawField(currentField)
        Player = 2


    else:
        moveRow = 6
        # # Make move for Player 2
        for i in reversed(range(moveRow)):
            moveRow = i
            if currentField[moveColumn][moveRow] == " ":
                currentField[moveColumn][moveRow] = "O"
                break

            else:
                print("Column is full. Select another column: ")
                continue

        drawField(currentField)
        Player = 1

#I need help connecting the checkForWin function to the board. I know there are more efficient ways but I am a novice and want to follow the topics covered so far in order to deliver this project

def checkForWin(field):
    # Checking for horizontal tiles
    boardHeight = len(currentField[0])
    boardWidth = len(currentField)
    
    for y in range(boardHeight):
        for x in range(boardWidth - 3):
            if field[x][y] == field[x + 1][y] == field[x + 2][y] == field[x + 3][y]:
                print("PLAYER",Player,"WINS!")
                return
            # else:
            #     continue

    # Checking for vertical tiles
    for x in range(boardWidth):
        for y in range(boardHeight - 3):
            if field[x][y] == field[x][y + 1] == field[x][y + 2] == field[x][y + 3]:
                print("PLAYER",Player,"WINS")
                return


    # Checking for positive diagonal tiles (/)
    for x in range(boardWidth - 3):
        for y in range(3, boardHeight):
            if field[x][y] == field[x + 1][y - 1] == field[x + 2][y - 2] == field[x + 3][y - 3]:
                print("PLAYER",Player,"WINS")
                return
            # else:
            #     continue

    # Checking for positive diagonal tiles (\)
    for y in range(boardHeight - 3):
        for x in range(3, boardWidth):
            if field[x][y] == field[x + 1][y + 1] == field[x + 2][y + 2] == field[x + 3][y + 3]:
                print("PLAYER 1 WINS")

Larz60+ write May-26-2021, 01:57 AM:
Please post all code, output and errors (it it's entirety) between their respective tags. Refer to BBCode help topic on how to post. Use the "Preview Post" button to make sure the code is presented as you expect before hitting the "Post Reply/Thread" button.

Fixed for you this time. Please use bbcode tags on future posts.

[ilikedofs]

i ran it through my interpreter. i don't know if it just it have. here it is

Error:
File "main.py", line 54
    def drawField(field):
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

i don't know why. but if this is for homework please send it to the homework forum where more people can help
and please put your code in a tag and please read this link if you plan to use this site more
https://python-forum.io/misc.php?action=help&hid=25

[jefsummers]

OP - what error or behavior are you getting? Posting error message (in entirety) would be helpful