#!/usr/bin/ruby TEAM_1_MAN = ' w ' TEAM_1_KING = ' W ' TEAM_2_MAN = ' b ' TEAM_2_KING = ' B ' BOARD_EMPTY = ' _ ' BOARD_SIZE = 8 class Board def initialize() @board = Array.new(BOARD_SIZE) {|i| Array.new(BOARD_SIZE, BOARD_EMPTY)} 0.step(BOARD_SIZE) {|i| peice = (i < 3 ? TEAM_1_MAN : TEAM_2_MAN) if [0,2,5,7].include? i start = 1 elsif [1,6].include? i start = 0 else next end start.step(BOARD_SIZE,2) {|j| @board[i][j] = peice } } end def to_s() str = ' ' 0.step(BOARD_SIZE) {|i| str += ' ' + i.to_s + ' ' } str += "\n" i = 0; @board.each {|row| str += ('A'.ord + i).chr + ' ' i += 1 row.each {|cell| str += cell } str += "\n" } return str end end b = Board.new() puts b.to_s