Hi I need help solving this program. I don't know where to begin and it is worth a major percentage of my grade!

I need to simulate a game from this website. http://www.darting.com/Darts-Rules/.

Program Structure:

You will be provided with two 512x512 matrices that represent a dart board. The first includes the value for each wedge around the board, the value in the matrix is the wedge value (or zero if you are off the board). For instance, if you select a number in the upper middle of the board (i.e. location 100,256) the resulting value will be 20. The second matrix indicates where the rings are for single, double or triple. In this case, each location has a value of 1 for single rings, 2 for double ring, 3 for triple ring, and zero if you are off the board.

You should use a random number generator to select one place on the dartboard, by row and column, which represents a dart throw. This location will be the same for both data matrices. Your code must display (i.e. triple – 14) where each dart hits (this can be done with text, it does not require a visual representation) for each round. Then display the current score for all players.

This process should continue until the game is successfully completed. Since you are using random number generators and not incorporating any skill into the throws the game simulation will likely take many rounds. When developing your code it might work better to start with small goals before trying to let the simulation run for an entire game.

[Geoff Hayes]

So what have you tried so far? Please describe what you have attempted and discuss any errors or problems that you are facing.

[mn n]

so I represented the dartboard through a Cartesian plain. But I do not have a program with an actual game.

[mn n]

I don't know how to represent it through code. I am a novice and it is very difficult for me.

[Stephan]

Hi.

You can see this like a puzzle:

- you need to deal with the generation of random numbers, which represent the target of your throw. So find out how to generate random numbers

- once you have done this, the next piece of the puzzle is to find out how the x,y pair of random numbers is related to the matrices you have. I guess you will learn something about indexing and getting values from matrices.

- a dart game is done by many throws, so learn about loops and how you stop them, when achieved your aim.

I know this sounds impossible, but you are a lucky guy because you have to use matlab. Matlab has an extremly good documentation with many examples in it. Just start.

If you get stuck by doing some of these things come back to the forum, share your work with us and you will get some help.

Best regards

Stephan

[mn n]

Hey so I have a functional code I believe. But I keep getting an error.

darts(15,15) Index in position 1 exceeds array bounds (must not exceed 1).

Error in darts (line 22) wedge = (wedges(xw,yw));

what does this mean and how can I fix it?

[Stephan]

Hi.

Please send your code, it is not possible to help without seeing whats going on.

Best regards

Stephan