How to print a 2D array with dots inside them in C - arrays

Question

how would I input a 2D array in C, filled with dots?
Here is the code I have written so far, but I still don't see an output of a 2D array with dots.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define PLAYER_NONE 0
#define PLAYER 1
#define PLAYER_CPU 2
int i; // Global Variable for column and row
int j; // Global Variable for column and row
char playerBoard[8][8]; //Global Variable
char cpuBoard[8][8]; // Global Variable
//Initialise the main parts of the board
void initialise_board(void)
{
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) { //iterate the rows
for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
cpuBoard[i][j] = '.';
}
}
for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
playerBoard[i][j] = '.';
}
}
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
initialise_board();
while (!check_win()) {
display_board();
get_move(turn);
turn = (turn == 1) ? 2 : 1;
return 0;
}
//Display battleship board when a turn is played
void display_board()
{
printf("\n");
for (char i = 'A'; i < 'H' + 1; i++) {
printf("%c", i);
}
printf("\n");
for (i = 1; i < 8 + 1; i++) {
printf("%d",i);
for (j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
}
printf("\n");
}
printf("===");
printf("\n");
}
Any help would be much appreciated, Thank you very much

Answer 1

Sometimes, while troubleshooting a seemingly impossible problem, it is a good idea to remove all distractions from the code:
Run a simplified main() function:
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
initialise_board();
//while (!check_win()) {
display_board();
// get_move(turn);
// turn = (turn == 1) ? 2 : 1;
return 0;
}
And you will see some output, which you can then debug to adjust as needed.
However, As you point out in your comments, you are not seeing output. If you look closely, you will discover that is because you are never including cpuBoard or playerBoard in a printf statement, such as:
printf("%c", cpuBoard[i][j]);
The following will not finish this for you, but will get you started:
void display_board(void)
{
//printf("\n");//removed for illustration
//for (char i = 'A'; i < 'H' + 1; i++) {
// printf("%c", i);
//}
printf("\n");
for (i = 1; i < 8; i++)
{
for (j = 0; j < 8; j++)
{
printf("%c", cpuBoard[i][j]); //illustrates printout of populated array cpuboard.
}
printf("\n");
}
printf("===");
printf("\n");
}

Answer 2

Your code looks fine. Check for the opening and closing brackets and add following statement in initializeboard() function :
for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
printf("%c",playerBoard[i][j]);
}
}