// Get new word from WordList Words based no letter count
public string RetrieveWord(List <string> usedWords, int letterCount)
{
var wordList = WordList.Instance().WordAndDefinitions.Select(w => w.Word).ToArray();
var wordArray = wordList.Where(w => w.Length == letterCount).
Except(usedWords).
ToArray();
var word = string.Empty;
if (wordArray == null)
{
var opResults = new OperationResult()
{
Success = false
};
opResults.AddMessage("Ran out of words");
return(null);
}
if (wordArray.Length == 0)
{
var opResults = new OperationResult()
{
Success = false
};
opResults.AddMessage("No words with the desired lettercount");
return(null);
}
return(wordArray[_random.Next(wordArray.Length)]);;
}
// After words are placed and sorted, this method looks up the placed word definition
public List <PlacedWord> FindDefinitionsAndAssignLocationIndex(List <PlacedWord> placedWords)
{
var placedWordWithDeets = new List <PlacedWord>();
var previousStartPos = new Tuple <int, int>(-1, -1);
var count = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < placedWords.Count; i++)
{
var definitionArray = WordList.Instance().WordAndDefinitions.Where(d => d.Word == placedWords[i].Word).ToArray();
if (definitionArray == null)
{
return(null);
}
var definition = definitionArray[0].Definition;
if (!previousStartPos.Equals(placedWords[i].StartPos))
{
count++;
}
placedWordWithDeets.Add(new PlacedWord
{
Word = placedWords[i].Word,
StartPos = placedWords[i].StartPos,
Direction = placedWords[i].Direction,
DefinitionIndex = count.ToString(),
Definition = definition,
});
// Assign Definition index to placedWord
placedWords[i].DefinitionIndex = count.ToString();
previousStartPos = placedWords[i].StartPos;
}
return(placedWordWithDeets);
}