Tic-Tac-Toe Win Condition Logic | Dataford Interview Questions

Given an array of 9 objects representing X, O, or Empty Tic-Tac-Toe cell states, write a method that determines who won, if it was a tie, or if the game is still in progress.

Use row-major order, where indices 0 through 2 are the first row and indices 6 through 8 are the third row. Return "X" or "O" for a winner, "Tie" when the board is full with no winner, and "In Progress" otherwise.

Function: def tic_tac_toe_result(board):

The input contains exactly nine values, each equal to "X", "O", or "Empty".

Constraints

board contains exactly 9 elements
Each element is exactly "X", "O", or "Empty"
The board uses row-major indexing
Inputs represent a playable board state with at most one winner

Function Signature

def tic_tac_toe_result(board):

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