/**
* @method getTrialsNumber is going through the process of getting the number of trials to
* run either the non-intelligent or intelligent algorithm.
*/
private int getTrialsNumber()
{
int trialsNumber;
// First, record number of trials the user has chosen
bool isMultiTrial = Int32.TryParse(DialogInput.promptDialog("How many trials: ", "Choose the number of tours."), out trialsNumber);
// Double check to see if user entered a number or not
if (!isMultiTrial)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error: Cannot read number of trials input. \nDefaulting to 1 trial", "Trial Choice Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
trialsNumber = 1; // default is one trial
}
return(trialsNumber);
}
/**
* @method setRowCol creates a dialog prompt to ask the user of the knight's
* starting position and returns a new Knight object to that choice.
*/
private Knight setRowCol(int trials)
{
// Starting position will be asked for each trial
var startingPos = DialogInput.promptDialog("Row, Column: ", "Choose your knight's starting position - Trial " + trials);
// Next, splitting row & column numbers entered only if comma was delimited
var rowcol = startingPos.Split(',');
byte row, col;
// Then we need to test the row and column inputs to see if they're an actual cell to set the knight at.
if (Byte.TryParse(rowcol[0], out row) && Byte.TryParse(rowcol[1], out col) && row < 8 && col < 8 && row >= 0 && col >= 0)
{
return(new Knight(row, col));
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Error: Cannot read row,column input. \nDefaulting to cell 0,0", "Row/Column Choice Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
return(new Knight(0, 0));
}
} // end of setRowCol()