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    copied!<p>new C#er here. I'm making a text based adventure through a console app. I made a map command where when you type "map" it shows you a map with an X indicating your current location. Int variables xCoordinate and yCoordinate are used to represent character location on the map and change by 1 whenever you type "go north" or "go south" etc. The map is 13x10, so there are 130 possible places for your character to be. I made 130 different if statements and it works just fine. My question is if there is a more efficient/easier way of doing this. Here is what my code looks like:</p> <pre><code> public static void Map() { Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan; Console.WriteLine("\n" + xCoordinate + ", " + yCoordinate); Console.WriteLine("\nTowns are represented by a \"T\". Current location is shown as an \"X\".\n"); Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkGray; if ((xCoordinate == -7) &amp;&amp; (yCoordinate == -4)) { Console.Write("[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][T][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] 5\n"); Console.Write("[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] 4\n"); Console.Write("[ ][ ][ ][ ][T][ ][ ][ ][ ][T][ ][ ][ ] 3\n"); Console.Write("[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] 2\n"); Console.Write("[ ][ ][T][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] 1\n"); Console.Write("[T][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][T][ ][ ][ ][T][ ] 0\n"); Console.Write("[ ][ ][ ][ ][T][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]-1\n"); Console.Write("[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]-2\n"); Console.Write("[ ][ ][T][ ][ ][ ][T][ ][ ][ ][T][ ][ ]-3\n"); Console.Write("[X][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]-4\n"); Console.Write("-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5\n\n"); } Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White; } </code></pre> <p>Again, I have the map typed out 130 times in 130 different if statements, each time the X is somewhere else. I would think there would be a better way to do this, but I have no idea.</p>
 

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