//Method to generate the book
public string generateBook(BookStruct bookS, bool highlight)
{
//So here we extract the information from the BookStruct object
IntX seed = convertFromBase(bookS.searchText, bases);
//We make a seed based on the location and page
int seed2 = (int)(bookS.wall * bookS.shelf * bookS.vol * bookS.page * (seed % 10));
Random r = new Random(seed2); //And set this random to use this seed
//Let's make a new array for the one page. We know each page is 3200 chars long beforehand
char[] page = new char[3200];
bool flag = false;
for (int i = 0; i < 3200;)
{
if ((i == bookS.expectedLoc) && (bookS.page == bookS.expectedPage))
{
flag = true; //Here, we raise the flag, saying that the page and location needs the user search text!
}
if (flag)
{
if ((i - bookS.expectedLoc) >= bookS.searchText.Length)
{
flag = false;
}
else
{
//So, we be all sneaky and replace the randomly generated text with the user search text
page[i] = bookS.searchText[i - (int)bookS.expectedLoc];
if (highlight)
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
}
Console.Write(page[i]);
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
}
}
else
{
//Generate random text from our alphabet
page[i] = bases[r.Next(bases.Length)];
Console.Write(page[i]);
}
i++;
}
return(new string(page)); //And return the page
}
//We decode and extract the information from the hexagon address
public BookStruct decodeHex(string hex)
{
string text; //The original user search string
//We first test the last character if its one,
//Then it's compressed. Else, its not
if (hex[hex.Length - 1] == '1')
{
text = hex.Substring(0, hex.Length - 1); //Trim the ending
text = Compressor.Unzip(Compressor.StringToByteArray(text)); //Convert hex into byte array into decompressed text
}
else
{
text = hex.Substring(0, hex.Length - 1);
text = convertToBase(convertFromBase(text, hexes).ToString(), bases); //Revert back to original state
}
IntX seed = convertFromBase(text, bases); //Seed we used in the encode hex method
RNG.setSeeds(seed, seed % answerToLifeTheUniverseAndEverything);
//Because the seed is the same, and unique per user-input, we can
//expect the same wall, shelf and volume to be outputted as when we
//generated the values
IntX e_wall = RNG.getRRandom(1, 4);
IntX e_shelf = RNG.getRRandom(1, 5);
IntX e_vol = RNG.getRRandom(1, 32);
Random r = new Random((int)RNG.getRand());
//We generated this in the encodehex but here we generate it again
//and due to the seed being the same, we should get the same results
int loc = r.Next(1, 410);
int locOnPage = r.Next(3200);
//Dump all those information into an object
BookStruct ret = new BookStruct(e_wall, e_shelf, e_vol, loc, hex)
{
expectedLoc = locOnPage,
searchText = text,
expectedPage = loc
};
return(ret);
}
