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Tic-Tac-Toe Board Status

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Problem statement

Given a valid n x n tic-tac-toe board encoded as an array of strings, return its current status.

Each cell is X, O, or . for empty. A player wins by filling an entire row, column, main diagonal, or anti-diagonal.

Return "X" if X has won.
Return "O" if O has won.
Return "Tie" if every cell is occupied and neither player won.
Return "Playing" otherwise.

Function

ticTacToeStatus(board: String[]) → String

Examples

Example 1

board = ["XXX","O.O","..O"]return = "X"

X fills the first row.

Example 2

board = ["XO.","OX.","X.."]return = "Playing"

No complete line exists and empty cells remain.

Example 3

board = ["XOX","XXO","OXO"]return = "Tie"

The board is full and neither player has a complete line.

Constraints

1 <= n <= 500.
Every row has length n and contains only X, O, and ..
The board is a valid reachable game state with at most one winner.