//
// Formats the abbreviation of the ion to include subscripts.
//
public static string formatabbr(string abbr)
{
string subNum;
SmallNumber uni = new SmallNumber();
for (int x = 0; x < abbr.Length; x++)
{
for (int i = 0; i <= 9; i++)
{
if (abbr[x].ToString() == i.ToString())
{
subNum = uni.convertToSubscript(i);
abbr = abbr.Replace(abbr[x].ToString(), subNum);
// Adding parentheses avoids confusion between polyatomic ions and the number of polyatomic ions needed to create the compound.
if (x == abbr.Length - 1)
{
abbr = "(" + abbr + ")";
}
}
}
}
return(abbr);
}
//
// Converts the number of ions to a unicode subscript value.
//
public static string displayIonNumber(int n)
{
string number;
SmallNumber uni = new SmallNumber();
if (n == 1)
{
number = "";
}
else
{
number = uni.convertToSubscript(n).ToString();
}
return(number);
}
//
// Formats the electron configuration appropriately by finding the numbers that need to be converted to superscripts.
// Example of an electron configuration stored in the database: [Ar]3d^10,4s^2,4p^2
//
public static string formatElectronConfig(string config)
{
SmallNumber uni = new SmallNumber();
// The configuration is split by each orbital. The "," separates each orbital.
string[] splittedConfig = config.Split(',');
string formattedConfig = "";
// These help determine which numbers are coefficients and which numbers are superscripts.
int splitMarker = 0;
int superNum;
string superStr;
for (int i = 0; i < splittedConfig.Length; i++)
{
int configLen = splittedConfig[i].Length;
// Loops through an individual orbital configuration
for (int x = 0; x < configLen; x++)
{
// The "^" indicates that the following character is a superscript.
if (splittedConfig[i][x] == '^')
{
splitMarker = x;
}
}
// This loops through the individual orbital configuration at the point where a character is the superscript.
// The positions of electrons in an orbital is from 1-14, so double digits can occur and confuse superscripts and coefficients.
for (int y = splitMarker; y < configLen - 1; y++)
{
int.TryParse(splittedConfig[i][y + 1].ToString(), out superNum);
superStr = uni.convertToSuperscript(superNum);
// This replaces the array element with the subscript number.
splittedConfig[i] = splittedConfig[i].Replace(splittedConfig[i][y].ToString(), superStr.ToString());
}
// This removes the last element of the array
splittedConfig[i] = splittedConfig[i].Remove((configLen - 1), 1);
formattedConfig += splittedConfig[i];
}
return(formattedConfig);
}