Help! TicTacToe problem!

The program keeps saying invalid input, even though I input it onto the '*'!
Any help??

Thanks!

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  #include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;

const int row = 3;
const int col = 3;

class TicTacToe
{
    public:
        void printBoard();
        void printBoardGame(int, int, char);
        void playGame();
        void endGame(char);
        int inputR();
        int inputC();
        bool checkWin(char);
        bool check(int, int);
        char playerTurn(int, int);
    private:
        char board[3][3];
};

void TicTacToe::printBoard()
{
    int i, j, k, l;
    for (k = 0; k < row; k++)
    {
        for (l = 0; l < col; l++)
        {
            board[k][l] = '*';
        }
    }
    for (i = 0; i < row; i++)
    {
        for (j = 0; j < col; j++)
        {

            cout << board[i][j];
        }
        cout << endl;
    }
}

char TicTacToe::playerTurn(int i, int j)
{
    char player;
    if (((i+j) % 2) == 0)
        player = 'X';
    else
        player = 'O';
    cout << "Player "<<player<<"'s turn."<<endl;
    return player;
}

int TicTacToe::inputR()
{
    int x;
    cout << "Input X coordinate(1-3): ";
    cin >> x;
    while ((x < 1)||(x>3))
    {
        cout << "Invalid number. Try again: ";
        cin >> x;
    }
    return x-1;
}

int TicTacToe::inputC()
{
    int y;
    cout << "Input Y coordinate(1-3): ";
    cin >> y;
    while ((y < 1)||(y>3))
    {
        cout << "Invalid number. Try again: ";
        cin >> y;
    }
    return y-1;
}

void TicTacToe::printBoardGame(int x, int y, char player)
{
    int i, j;
    for (i = 0; i < row; i++)
    {
        for (j = 0; j < col; j++)
        {
            board [x][y] = player;
            cout << board[i][j];
        }
        cout << endl;
    }
}

bool TicTacToe::check(int x, int y)
{
    if (board[x][y] != '*')
        return false;
    else return true;
}

void TicTacToe::playGame()
{
    int i, j, x, y;
    char t;
    bool z, q;
    printBoard();
    for (i = 0; i < row; i++)
    {
        for (j = 0; j < col; j++)
        {
            t = playerTurn(i, j);
            x = inputR();
            y = inputC();
            q = check(x,y);
            while(q == false)
            {
                cout << "Invalid input!"<<endl;
                inputR();
                inputC();
                check(x,y);
            }
            printBoardGame(x, y, t);
            z = checkWin(t);
            if (z == true)
            {
                j = col+1;
                i = row+1;
            }
        }
    }
    if (j == col)
        cout << "Game over! It's a tie!";
}


bool TicTacToe::checkWin(char player)
{
    if (((board[0][0]) == (board[0][1])) && ((board[0][1]) == (board[0][2])) &&((board[0][0]) != '*'))
        {endGame(player); return true;}
    else if (((board[1][0]) == (board[1][1])) && ((board[1][1]) == (board[1][2])) &&((board[1][1]) != '*'))
        {endGame(player); return true;}
    else if (((board[2][0]) == (board[2][1])) && ((board[2][1]) == (board[2][2])) &&((board[2][2]) != '*'))
        {endGame(player); return true;}
    else if (((board[0][0]) == (board[1][0])) && ((board[1][0]) == (board[2][0])) &&((board[0][0]) != '*'))
        {endGame(player); return true;}
    else if (((board[0][1]) == (board[1][1])) && ((board[1][1]) == (board[2][1])) &&((board[0][1]) != '*'))
        {endGame(player); return true;}
    else if (((board[0][2]) == (board[1][2])) && ((board[1][2]) == (board[2][2])) &&((board[0][2]) != '*'))
        {endGame(player); return true;}
    else if (((board[0][0]) == (board[1][1])) && ((board[1][1]) == (board[2][2])) &&((board[2][2]) != '*'))
        {endGame(player); return true;}
    else if (((board[0][2]) == (board[1][1])) && ((board[1][1]) == (board[2][0])) &&((board[0][2]) != '*'))
        {endGame(player); return true;}
    else return false;
}

void TicTacToe::endGame(char player)
{
    cout << "Game Over! Player "<<player<<" wins!";
}


int main()
{
    TicTacToe object;
    object.playGame();
    return 0;
}


Your while loop at line 117 is an infinite loop which you never breakout off because you are not changing the values of x, y and q anymore.
Gotcha.
Thanks a lot!
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