Win conditions for a connect-4 like game

Question

I have an 5x10 array that is populated with random values 1-5. I want to be able to check when 3 numbers, either horizontally, or vertically, match. I can\'t figure out a wa

Answer 1

for the record:

I think you mean

for(i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
    board[row][i] = rand()%5 + 1; 
    cout << board[row][i] << " ";
}

And since others posted Code, here is how I would do it :

for(int i = 0 ; i < 8 ; i++)
{
    for(int j = 0 ; j < 3 ; j++)
    {

        if( ((board[i][j] == board[i][j+1]) && (board[i][j+1] == board[i][j+2])))
            std::cout << "Found a horizontal match on " << i << " " << j << std::endl;

        if((board[i][j] == board[i+1][j]) && (board[i+1][j] == board[i+2][j]))
            std::cout << "Found a vertical match on " << i << " " << j << std::endl;
    }
}