Problem 45354. Connect Four - 01
Connect four is a two player board game.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect_Four
Given a complete connect-four board, determine who is the winner.
User-1 is represented by 1
User-2 is represented by 2
Winner is the one with the highest number of sets of 4 consecutive numbers. A set can be comprised of same numbers on row, column, diagonal or anti-diagonal basis.
x=[2 2 1 1 2 1 2;
1 2 2 1 1 1 1;
1 2 1 1 2 2 2;
2 1 2 2 2 1 1;
1 1 2 1 2 1 1;
2 1 1 2 2 2 1]here in the 5th column, we've a set of 2;
in the 2nd row, we've a set of 1;
in the 2nd anti-diagonal, we've a set of 1;
so, 1 is the winner.
A tie is represented by 0.
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