private static SizePossibleSlice GetPossibleSliceDimensions(int minCells, int maxCells)
{
Console.WriteLine("Getting possible dimnesions of the slices..");
var attempsPossible = new SizePossibleSlice();
//finding all possible slices dimensions
for (var cellsInSlice = minCells; cellsInSlice <= maxCells; cellsInSlice++)
{
for (var rowsInSlice = 1; rowsInSlice <= cellsInSlice; rowsInSlice++)
{
//checking for valid rows x columns combination
if ((cellsInSlice % rowsInSlice) != 0)
{
continue;
}
//columns count
var colsInSlice = cellsInSlice / rowsInSlice;
//reaching this far means the combination is acceptable
attempsPossible.Push(rowsInSlice, colsInSlice);
}
}
Console.WriteLine($"Possible dimensions of slices had been calculated: {attempsPossible.Count}");
return(attempsPossible);
}
private static List <Point> GetPossibleQuadDirectionalEndPoints(
int row,
int column,
int rowsCount,
int colsCount,
SizePossibleSlice possibleSliceSize)
{
//only negative coordinations are rejected
var quadDirectionsEndPoints = new List <Point>();
var maxRow = rowsCount - 1;
var maxCol = colsCount - 1;
var forwardSliceX = row + possibleSliceSize.RowsCount - 1;
var forwardSliceY = column + possibleSliceSize.ColumnsCount - 1;
var backwrdSliceX = row + possibleSliceSize.RowsCount - 1;
var backwrdSliceY = column - possibleSliceSize.ColumnsCount + 1;
var upMrrorSliceX = row - possibleSliceSize.RowsCount + 1;
var upMrrorSliceY = column + possibleSliceSize.ColumnsCount - 1;
var diagnalSliceX = row - possibleSliceSize.RowsCount + 1;
var diagnalSliceY = column - possibleSliceSize.ColumnsCount + 1;
if (forwardSliceX >= 0 && forwardSliceY >= 0)
{
if (forwardSliceX <= maxRow && forwardSliceY <= maxCol)
{
quadDirectionsEndPoints.Add(new Point(forwardSliceX, forwardSliceY));
}
}
if (backwrdSliceX >= 0 && backwrdSliceY >= 0)
{
if (backwrdSliceX <= maxRow && backwrdSliceY <= maxCol)
{
quadDirectionsEndPoints.Add(new Point(backwrdSliceX, backwrdSliceY));
}
}
if (upMrrorSliceX >= 0 && upMrrorSliceY >= 0)
{
if (upMrrorSliceX <= maxRow && upMrrorSliceY <= maxCol)
{
quadDirectionsEndPoints.Add(new Point(upMrrorSliceX, upMrrorSliceY));
}
}
if (diagnalSliceX >= 0 && diagnalSliceY >= 0)
{
if (diagnalSliceX <= maxRow && diagnalSliceY <= maxCol)
{
quadDirectionsEndPoints.Add(new Point(diagnalSliceX, diagnalSliceY));
}
}
return(quadDirectionsEndPoints);
}
