Coding a game in Python | Check for identical values in a COLUMN

Checking for identical values in a 'column' in a 1d array game board representation.
Even if you are not interested in games, or Python, as a coder this logic is still useful.
Checking for 3 in a ROW is easy, but in a COLUMN requires slightly more thought...

Follow along with the code : https://github.com/RGGH/Python/blob/master/game_ideas/check_columns.py

Playlist for this series : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKMY3XNPiQ7tQxTUYNC9eXzXCmHZ1rXwR

- chapters -
00:00 intro - board game ideas - gomoku
05:00 prepare heuristics for minimax
13:10 check the columns with nested for loops
17:15 checking the rows in vscode
22:47 get the board positions / edit the code to print indices
26:15 change the board size constant to add more rows

I'll read this article in due course as I try and better understand heuristics :
?https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331552609_Research_on_Different_Heuristics_for_Minimax_Algorithm_Insight_from_Connect-4_Game

Feel free to skip ahead and read it / advise me on my code / suggest improvements / other articles!

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