public int CountBattleships(char[,] board)
{
BattleBoard battleShip = new BattleBoard(board);
int i = 0; //- Runner horizontally
int j = 0; //-Runner vertitally
int maxI = board.GetLength(0); //width
int maxJ = board.GetLength(1); //height
while (j < maxJ)
{
while (i < maxI)
{
if (char.ToLower(battleShip.Board[i, j]) == 'x')
{
if (battleShip.Ships.Count != 0) //if it's not empty, check for
{
Ship ship = CheckNeighbour(battleShip, i, j);
Point point = new Point(i, j);
if (ship == null)
{
ship = new Ship(point);
battleShip.Ships.Add(ship);
}
else
{
ship.positions.Add(point);
}
}
else
{ //it is empty, so here's the first ship
Point point = new Point(i, j);
Ship ship = new Ship(point);
battleShip.Ships.Add(ship);
}
}
i++;
}
i = 0;
j++;
}
return(battleShip.Ships.Count());
}
private Ship CheckNeighbour(BattleBoard board, int i, int j)
{
if (i != 0) //make sure you don't go out of bounds
{
if (board.Board[i - 1, j] == 'x')
{
Ship ship = board.Ships.Single(x => x.positions.Where(y => y.i == i - 1 && y.j == j).Any());
return(ship);
}
}
if (j != 0)
{
if (board.Board[i, j - 1] == 'x')
{
Ship ship = board.Ships.Single(x => x.positions.Where(y => y.i == i && y.j == j - 1).Any());
return(ship);
}
}
return(null);
}
