Print chess piece using unicode

jean-bovet · May 6, 2021 · b846d9a · b846d9a
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commit b846d9a
Showing 1 changed file with 9 additions and 9 deletions.
diff --git a/Shared/Engine/ChessBoard.cpp b/Shared/Engine/ChessBoard.cpp
@@ -397,31 +397,31 @@ void ChessBoard::move(Color color, Piece piece, Square from, Square to) {
     occupancyDirty = true;
 }
 
-inline static char charForPiece(Color color, Piece piece) {
+inline static std::string charForPiece(Color color, Piece piece) {
     auto white = color == WHITE;
     switch (piece) {
         case PAWN:
-            return white ? 'P' : 'p';
+            return white ? "♙" : "♟︎";
         case ROOK:
-            return white ? 'R' : 'r';
+            return white ? "♖" : "♜";
         case KNIGHT:
-            return white ? 'N' : 'n';
+            return white ? "♘" : "♞";
         case BISHOP:
-            return white ? 'B' : 'b';
+            return white ? "♗" : "♝";
         case QUEEN:
-            return white ? 'Q' : 'q';
+            return white ? "♕" : "♛";
         case KING:
-            return white ? 'K' : 'k';
+            return white ? "♔" : "♚";
         case PCOUNT:
-            return '?';
+            return "?";
     }
 }
 
 void ChessBoard::print() {
     for (Rank reverseRank = 0; reverseRank < 8; reverseRank++) {
         Rank rank = 7 - reverseRank;
         for (File file = 0; file < 8; file++) {
-            char c = '.';
+            std::string c = "·";
 
             for (unsigned color=0; color<Color::COUNT; color++) {
                 for (unsigned piece=0; piece<Piece::PCOUNT; piece++) {