#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $board = "123456789"; my @wins = qw/ 123 456 789 147 258 369 159 357 /; sub board { print "\n$_" for ($board =~ /(...)/g); if ($_ = shift) { print; exit; } } sub move { # Returns 0 for invalid move or piece, 1 for valid my $piece = shift; # X or O my $move = shift; # 1 through 9 return 0 if $piece !~ /^[XO]$/ or $move !~ /^[1-9]$/; return 0 unless $board =~ s/$move/$piece/; for (0..7) { board ("\n$piece wins!\n") if $wins[$_] =~ s/$move/$piece/ && $wins[$_] eq $piece x 3; } board ("\nTie!\n") if $board !~ /\d/; return 1; } sub check { my $piece = shift; # X or O my $move = shift; # 1 through 9 return 0 if $piece !~ /^[XO]$/ or $move !~ /^[1-9]$/; return grep { /$piece/ && /$move/ && /\d${piece}?\d/ } @wins; } sub player { my $retval = 0; my $move; until ( $retval ) { print "\nMove : "; chomp ($move = <>); $retval = move('X', $move); } } sub bot { return if move('O', 5); my $move; my @open = ($board =~ /(\d)/g); for $move (@open) { return move('O',$move) if grep {/$move/ && /O\d?O/} @wins; } for $move (@open) { return move('O',$move) if grep {/$move/ && /X\d?X/} @wins; } for (@open) { return move('O',$_) if ( check('O', $_) > 1 ); } for $move (@open) { if ( my @seq = check('O', $move) ) { my ($opposite) = $seq[0] =~ /([^O$move])/; return move('O', $move) if ( check('X', $opposite) < 2 ); } } move ('O', $open[0]); } while (1) { board; player; bot; }