mazeio.cpp

/* 
mazeio.cpp

Author: Rhea Koparde

Short description of this file:
reads the maze file and prints it out
*/

#include <iostream>
#include "mazeio.h"

using namespace std;

/*************************************************
 * read_maze:
 * Read the maze from cin into a dynamically allocated array.
 * 
 * Return the pointer to that array.
 * Return NULL (a special address) if there is a problem, 
 * such as integers for the size not found.
 *
 * We also pass in two pointers to integers. Fill 
 * the integers pointed to by these arguments
 * with the number of rows and columns 
 * read (the first two input values).
 *
 *************************************************/
char** read_maze(int* rows, int* cols) {
   // FILL THIS IN

	cin >> *rows;
	cin >> *cols;
	char** readMaze =new char* [*rows];

	for(int i=0; i<*rows; i++){
		readMaze[i]= new char [*cols];
	}

	for(int i=0; i<(*rows); i++){
		for(int j=0; j<(*cols); j++){
			cin >> readMaze[i][j];
		}
	}

	return readMaze;
}

/*************************************************
 * Print the maze contents to the screen in the
 * same format as the input (rows and columns, then
 * the maze character grid).
 *************************************************/
void print_maze(char** maze, int rows, int cols) {
   // FILL THIS IN
	cout << rows << " " << cols << endl;
	for(int i=0; i<rows; i++){
		for(int j=0; j<cols; j++){
			cout << maze[i][j];
		}
		cout << endl;
	}

}