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Question

void GameBoard::enterShips()
{
    char location[1];
    int ships = 0;
    int count = 1;

    while(ships < NUM_SHIPS)
    {
        cout << \"Enter a loc         


        

Answer 1

You made the location variable only able to hold a single character. You access it expecting it to hold at least 2 characters. If you're using cin and expecting to read exactly two characters, a better method would be:

char locationX, locationY;
// ...
std::cin >> locationX >> locationY;
// ...
Grid[locationX][locationY] = SHIP;