How to score yahtzee in c++ - c++

Question

I am writing a yahtzee game for my c++ programming class. One of my difficulties I have ran into is the scoring system for different categories. I think I have figured out how to do it for adding 1s, 2s etc but I do not know how to have the program determine when a 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, etc has been rolled. Here is my code so far.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
//Declare variables
int players;
int turn = 1;
vector<string> names;
string playerName;
int dice[5];
int finalScore = 0;
char reroll[5];
char rollDice;
int tries = 1;
const int DICE = 5;
int roll[DICE];
int scorecard;
int scoreThisTurn(int scorecard);
int turnScore = 0;
//Introduction, get number of players.
cout << "Hello, welcome to Yahtzee! How many players are there?" << endl;
cin >> players;
if (players > 4) {
cout << "Sorry, the maximum number of players is 4." << endl;
cout << "How many players are there?" << endl;
cin >> players;
}
//Get player names
string getNames();
for (int i = 0; i < players; i++) {
cout << "Hello player " << i + 1 << ", please enter your name" << endl;
cin >> playerName;
names.push_back(playerName);
}
srand(time(NULL)); //random seed
cout << "Welcome to Yahtzee!\n";
while (turn <= 13) { //roll dice
cout << "Press 'r' to roll" << endl;
cin >> rollDice;
if (rollDice == 'r') {
for (int i = 0; i < DICE; i++) {
roll[i] = rand() % 6 + 1;
}
}
cout << "You rolled: " << roll[0] << ", " << roll[1] << ", " <<
roll[2] << ", " << roll[3] << ", " << roll[4] << endl;
cout << "Type y to reroll or n to keep. For example yynnn would keep the first three dice" << endl;
cin >> reroll[0] >> reroll[1] >> reroll[2] >> reroll[3] >> reroll[4];
for (int i = 0; i < DICE; i++) {
if (reroll[i] == 'y') {
roll[i] = rand() % 6 + 1;
}
else if (reroll[i] == 'n') {
roll[i];
}
else cout << "Sorry you entered an invalid letter." << endl;
}
cout << "Your second roll is: " << roll[0] << ", " << roll[1] << ", " <<
roll[2] << ", " << roll[3] << ", " << roll[4] << endl;
cout << "Type y to reroll or n to keep. For example yynnn would keep the first three dice" << endl;
cin >> reroll[0] >> reroll[1] >> reroll[2] >> reroll[3] >> reroll[4];
for (int i = 0; i < DICE; i++) {
if (reroll[i] == 'y') {
roll[i] = rand() % 6 + 1;
}
else if (reroll[i] == 'n') {
roll[i];
}
else cout << "Sorry you entered an invalid letter." << endl;
}
cout << "Your third roll is: " << roll[0] << ", " << roll[1] << ", " <<
roll[2] << ", " << roll[3] << ", " << roll[4] << endl;
//displays scorecard categories
cout << "Which category would you like to score this in" << endl;
cout << "1 - ones: " << endl;
cout << "2 - twos: " << endl;
cout << "3 - threes: " << endl;
cout << "4 - fours: " << endl;
cout << "5 - fives: " << endl;
cout << "6 - sixes: " << endl;
cout << "7 - 3 of a kind: " << endl;
cout << "8 - 4 of a kind: " << endl;
cout << "9 - small straight: " << endl;
cout << "10 - large straight: " << endl;
cout << "11 - full house: " << endl;
cout << "12 - yahtzee: " << endl;
cout << "13 - chance: " << endl;
//asks player to choose where to score
cout << "\nEnter 1-14 to choose a category." << endl;
cin >> scorecard;
//assigns points
for (int i = 0; i < DICE; i++) {
turnScore = 0;
if (scorecard == 1) {
if (roll[i] == 1) {
turnScore = turnScore + 1;
}
}
if (scorecard == 2) {
if (roll[i] == 2) {
turnScore = turnScore + 2;
}
}
if (scorecard == 3) {
if (roll[i] == 3) {
turnScore = turnScore + 3;
}
}
if (scorecard == 4) {
if (roll[i] == 4) {
turnScore = turnScore + 4;
}
}
if (scorecard == 5) {
if (roll[i] == 5) {
turnScore = turnScore + 5;
}
}
if (scorecard == 6) {
if (roll[i] == 6) {
turnScore = turnScore + 6;
}
if (scorecard == 7) {
if (roll[i] == 2) {
turnScore = turnScore + 2;
}
}
}
cout << scorecard << endl;
turn++;
}
system("pause");
return 0;
}
As you can see I've set up the scoring for the first 6 categories but don't know how to proceed.

Answer 1

I do not know how to have the program determine when a 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, etc has been rolled.
Create a variable to help you keep track of the number of dice that have a given number.
int diceCount[DICE] = {0};
and fill up the array with:
for (int i = 0; i < DICE; i++) {
diceCount[roll[i-1]]++
}
Create helper functions to determine whether five, four, or three of a kind have been thrown.
int getNOfAKind(int diceCount[], int N)
{
// This will need moving DICE out of `main`
// making it a global variable.
for ( int i = 0; i < DICE; ++i )
{
if (diceCount[i] == N )
{
return i+1;
}
}
return -1;
}
int getFiveOfAKind(int diceCount[])
{
return getNOfAKind(diceCount, 5);
}
int getFourOfAKind(int diceCount[])
{
return getNOfAKind(diceCount, 4);
}
int getThreeOfAKind(int diceCount[])
{
return getNOfAKind(diceCount, 3);
}
and use it as:
int fiveCount = getFiveOfAKind(diceCount);
if ( fiveCount != -1 )
{
}
int fourCount = getFourOfAKind(diceCount);
if ( fourCount != -1 )
{
}
int threeCount = getThreeOfAKind(diceCount);
if ( threeCount != -1 )
{
}