I really need help.

[alyssnyx]

I need to write a connect 4 game against an AI using arrays and I really don't know what to do. I have spent hours on it and I can't figure it out

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;
const int ROWS = 6;

const int COLUMNS = 7;

char table[ROWS][COLUMNS];
int charplaced=0;
void initialize()
{

    for (int i=0; i<ROWS; i++)
    {

        for (int j=0; j<COLUMNS; j++)
            table[i][j] = ' ';
    }

}

void displayConfig()
{

    cout << endl;

    cout << "   1 2 3 4 5 6 7" ;

    for (int i=0; i<ROWS; i++)
    {

        cout << endl<<(ROWS-i) << ": " ;

        for (int j=0; j < COLUMNS; j++)
        {

            cout << table[i][j] << " ";

        }

    }
    cout << endl;
}
int userTurn(){
    int column1;
    cout<<"Where do you want to go?";
    cin>>column1;



	}
    int drop(int b, char player){
	if(b >=0 && b<= 6)
	{
		if(table[0][b] == ' '){
			int i;
			for(i = 0;table[i][b] == ' ';i++)
				if(i == 5){table[i][b] = player;
			return i;}
			i--;
			table[i][b] =player;
			return i;

		}
		else{
			return -1;
		}
}}
int computerTurn(){
 int column;{

        column = rand() % 6;

return column;

} }
int checkConfiguration(){
}
int checkRow1();
 int checkLeftDiagonal();
 int checkRightDiagonal();
        char checkRow(int i)
        {
                            string temp = "";
                for(int j=0; j<7 ; j++)
                    temp += table[i][j];

                //temp looks like "RR BBBB"
                if (temp.find("BBBB") != string::npos)
                    return 'B';
                if (temp.find("RRRR") != string::npos)
                    return 'R';

                return ' ';
        }
    int main(){

        initialize();

        displayConfig();
        do
        {
            userTurn();
            displayConfig();
            if (checkConfiguration() != 1)
                break;
            computerTurn();
            while (checkConfiguration() == 1);


            char table[6][7];



            initialize();

            displayConfig();



int i;
            checkRow(i);


int k;
           checkRow1(k)
            {
                //build a string
                string temp = "";
                for(int j=0; j<7 ; j++)
                    temp += table[k][j];

                //temp looks like "RR BBBB"
                if (temp.find("BBBB") != string::npos)
                    return USER_WINS;
                if (temp.find("RRRR") != string::npos)
                    return COMPUTER_WINS;

                return CONTINUE;
            }

            checkConfiguration():
                for(int row=0; row<6 ; row++)
            {
                int result = checkRow(row);
                if (result != CONTINUE)
                    return result;
            }
            for(int column=0; column<7 ; column++)
            {
                int result = checkColumn(column);
                if (result != CONTINUE)
                    return result;
            }


                    checkRightDiagonal(int i, int j)
                {
                    string temp = "";

                    while (i<6 && j<7)
                    {
                        temp += table[i][j];
                        i++;
                        j++;
                    }

                }
            checkLeftDiagonal(int i, int j)
            {
                string temp = "";

                while (i<6 && j>=0)
                {
                    temp += table[i][j];
                    i++;
                    j--;
                }

            }
        }
    }

[G30GNwbp]

1.) This program does not compile; so you are not even at the step where you can see what logic problems you have.
2.) stop -- test each function individually to ensure they compile and return what you expect.
3.) When you have a problem with a specific function; either why it won't compile or why it is doing something other than what you expected--post that question.
4.) It is always best to break big problems into little ones first.