From fbf443e02d8b84fadfce6a8aadcbc28bb50ec11b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lukas <lukas06mueller@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:45:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixed null termination bug

---
 Startcode/game.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Startcode/game.c b/Startcode/game.c
index 2e61e5b..ac5918f 100644
--- a/Startcode/game.c
+++ b/Startcode/game.c
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
                   const char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int wordCount)
 {
    srand(time(NULL));
-   for(int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; i++){
-      for(int j = 0; i < searchFieldLen; i++){
+   for(int i = 0; i < MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN; i++){
+      for(int j = 0; j < MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN; j++){
          salad[i][j] = 1;
       }
    }
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
       }
    }
    //fill remaining spots with random chars
-   for(int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; i++){
-      for(int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; j++){
-         salad[i][j] = salad[i][j] == 1 ? (rand() % 25) + 65 : salad[i][j];
+   for(int i = 0; i < MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN; i++){
+      for(int j = 0; j < MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN; j++){
+         salad[i][j] = (salad[i][j] == 1) || (salad[i][j] == 0) ? (rand() % 25) + 65 : salad[i][j];
       }
    }
    return wordCount - failed;