I am working on a program that will solve find a path in a maze. The maze is represented by 0's, 1's and an E to represent the Exit. The maze is represented by a 20x30 (0's represent the path, 1's represent walls). I am using a stack to keep track of a previous usable location.
I think I have most of the code figured out, but whenever i try to run it, i get an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException. I think the main problem is that there are no defined walls around the border. Maybe surround the maze with a border of 1's?
My code is as follows:
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class MazeGenerator {
//main
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
int userRow, userCol;
MazeGenerator maze = new MazeGenerator();
maze.fillArray();
maze.print();
System.out.println();
//asking for user starting position
System.out.print("What row would you like to start in?: " );
userRow = sc.nextInt();
while(userRow > 29 || userRow < 0) {
System.out.print("INVALID INPUT! PLEASE ENTER VALUES BETWEEN 0 - 29 INCLUSIVE: " );
userRow = sc.nextInt();
}
System.out.println();
System.out.print("What column would you like to start in? ");
userCol = sc.nextInt();
while(userCol > 19 || userCol < 0) {
System.out.print("INVALID INPUT! PLEASE ENTER VALUES BETWEEN 0 - 19 INCLUSIVE: " );
userCol= sc.nextInt();
}
System.out.println("\n\nFind a path using a stack: ");
//maze.userStart(userRow,userCol);
maze.setUserRow(userRow);
maze.setUserColumn(userCol);
maze.solveStack();
}
//methods for creating maze
public static final int ROW = 30;
public static final int COLUMN = 20;
public int userRow = 0;
public int userColumn = 0;
private static String[][] maze = new String[ROW][COLUMN];
public void fillArray() throws IOException {
File file = new File("maze.txt");
FileReader reader = new FileReader(file);
BufferedReader buff = new BufferedReader(reader);
for(int counter1 = 0; counter1 < ROW; counter1++) {
String l = buff.readLine();
for(int counter2 = 0; counter2 < COLUMN; counter2++) {
maze[counter1][counter2] = String.valueOf(l.charAt(counter2));
}
}
buff.close();
}
public void print() throws IOException {
System.out.printf("%-4s", ""); //spaces column
for (int counter = 0; counter < COLUMN; counter++){
System.out.printf("%-4d",counter); //print the column number
}
System.out.println();
for(int counter1 = 0; counter1 < maze.length; counter1++) { //loop for printing rows
System.out.printf("%-4d",counter1); //print row number
for(int counter2 = 0; counter2 < maze[counter1].length; counter2++) { //loop for printing columns
System.out.printf("%-4s", maze[counter1][counter2]); //printing values of maze
}
System.out.println(); // new line
}
}
public int size() {
return maze.length;
}
public void setUserRow (int userRow) {
this.userRow = userRow;
}
public void setUserColumn (int userColumn) {
this.userColumn = userColumn;
}
public int getUserRow() {
return userRow;
}
public int getUserColumn() {
return userColumn;
}
public String mark(int row, int col, String value) {
assert(inMaze(row,col));
String temp = maze[row][col];
maze[row][col] = value;
return temp;
}
public String mark (MazePosition pos, String value) {
return mark(pos.row(), pos.col(), value);
}
public boolean isMarked(int row, int col) {
assert(inMaze(row,col));
return (maze[row][col].equals("+"));
}
public boolean isMarked(MazePosition pos) {
return isMarked(pos.row(), pos.col());
}
public boolean Clear(int row, int col) {
assert(inMaze(row,col));
return (maze[row][col] != "1" && maze[row][col] != "+");
}
public boolean Clear(MazePosition pos) {
return Clear(pos.row(), pos.col());
}
//true if cell is within maze
public boolean inMaze(int row, int col) {
if (row >= 0 && col<size() && row>= 0 && col<size()) {
return true;
}
else if (row < 0 && col<size() && row >= 0 && col<size()) {
return false;
}
else return false;
}
//true if cell is within maze
public boolean inMaze(MazePosition pos) {
return inMaze(pos.row(), pos.col());
}
public boolean Done( int row, int col) {
return (maze[row][col].equals("E"));
}
public boolean Done(MazePosition pos) {
return Done(pos.row(), pos.col());
}
public String[][] clone() {
String[][] copy = new String[ROW][COLUMN];
for (int counter1 = 0; counter1 < ROW; counter1++) {
for (int counter2 = 0; counter2 < COLUMN; counter2++) {
copy[counter1][counter2] = maze[counter1][counter2];
}
}
return copy;
}
public void solveStack() throws IOException {
//save the maze
String[][] savedMaze = clone();
//declare the locations stack
Stack<MazePosition> candidates = new Stack<MazePosition>();
//insert the start
candidates.push(new MazePosition(userRow,userColumn));
MazePosition current, next;
while (!candidates.empty()) {
//get current position
current = candidates.pop();
if (Done(current)) {
break;
}
//mark the current position
mark(current, "S");
//put its neighbors in the queue
next = current.north();
if (inMaze(next) && Clear(next)) candidates.push(next);
next = current.east();
if (inMaze(next) && Clear(next)) candidates.push(next);
next = current.west();
if (inMaze(next) && Clear(next)) candidates.push(next);
next = current.south();
if (inMaze(next) && Clear(next)) candidates.push(next);
}
if (!candidates.empty())
System.out.println("You got it!");
else System.out.println("You're stuck in the maze!");
print();
}
class MazePosition {
public int row;
public int col;
public MazePosition(int row, int col) {
this.row = row;
this.col = col;
}
public int row() { return row; }
public int col() { return col; }
public void print() {
System.out.println("(" + row + "," + col + ")");
}
//positions
public MazePosition north() {
return new MazePosition(row-1, col);
}
public MazePosition south() {
return new MazePosition(row+1, col);
}
public MazePosition east() {
return new MazePosition(row, col+1);
}
public MazePosition west() {
return new MazePosition(row, col-1);
}
};
}
The error is as follows:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -1
at MazeGenerator.Clear(MazeGenerator.java:137)
at MazeGenerator.Clear(MazeGenerator.java:141)
at MazeGenerator.solveStack(MazeGenerator.java:217)
at MazeGenerator.main(MazeGenerator.java:40)
