Checking If User Input Matches Any Number In Same Column

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package firstgui;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class TicTacToe {

[Code] ......

Program is 10x10 board, I need to check if the user's input is a duplicate of any number in that same column, but I can't figure it out. When I tried it, it always check the same box. For example, if I entered 4 in [1][1] (going by 10x10 grid), it automatically checks right after I entered that [1][1] is the same as my input and erases it. My professor wants me to check it with the "CheckWinner" method.

I tried the following when someone told me to pass the reference of the JButton being clicked to ignore it.

private boolean CheckWinner(JButton source, String inplayer) {
//...
if (EventBoard[i][j] != source &&
EventBoard[i][j].getText().equals( inplayer )){
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "copy");
EventBoard[i][j].setText("");
}