public Game()
{
//at the start of the application read in all the words into dictionary
SearchWord.MakeDictionary();
//starts a new game
NewGame();
}
//Function takes two one list of Pairs.
//Searches left and up for all buildable words from each added tile
//Then checks each built word to see if it is valid
// .Value is y coordinate .Key is x coordinate
//returns total points scored by all the letters otherwise it returns 0 which means not all letters were used
public static int CheckWords(List <KeyValuePair <int, int> > CoordinatePairs)
{
//these are two of the strings returned at the end of the function
string VerticalWord = "";
string HorizontalWord = "";
//keeps track if there is a connection to an island
int Connect = 0;
//this is the total score of all valid words returned at the end
int TotalScore = 0;
//keeps track to see if all the letters placed on the board are used
int flag = 0;
//stores all used words to prevent duplicate words
List <string> DuplicateWords = new List <string>();
//stores the X, Y coordinates of used words
List <KeyValuePair <int, int> > FoundWords = new List <KeyValuePair <int, int> >();
bool[,] UsedLetters = new bool[15, 15];
for (int a = 0; a < 15; a++)
{
for (int b = 0; b < 15; b++)
{
UsedLetters[a, b] = false;
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < CoordinatePairs.Count; i++) //Checks each column for full word
{
//stores x, y coordinates of current word being built
List <KeyValuePair <int, int> > Storage = new List <KeyValuePair <int, int> >();
int j = CoordinatePairs[i].Key - 1;//move down the starting row
string FrontWord = "";
string tile;
//Get char at tile position, moving up until empty tile found
if (j >= 0 && ScrabbleBoard[j, CoordinatePairs[i].Value] != " ")
{
Storage.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(j, CoordinatePairs[i].Value));
}
while (j >= 0 && ScrabbleBoard[j, CoordinatePairs[i].Value] != " ")
{
tile = ScrabbleBoard[j, CoordinatePairs[i].Value];
FrontWord = tile + FrontWord;
j--;
if (j >= 0 && ScrabbleBoard[j, CoordinatePairs[i].Value] != " ")
{
//Get char at tile position, moving up until empty tile found
Storage.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(j, CoordinatePairs[i].Value));
}
}
FrontWord.Trim();
//main letter that is guarnteed to be placed
string MainLetter = ScrabbleBoard[CoordinatePairs[i].Key, CoordinatePairs[i].Value];
Storage.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(CoordinatePairs[i].Key, CoordinatePairs[i].Value));
j = CoordinatePairs[i].Key + 1; //Move up a row
string BackWord = "";
Storage.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(j, CoordinatePairs[i].Value));
while (j <= 14 && ScrabbleBoard[j, CoordinatePairs[i].Value] != " ")
{
tile = ScrabbleBoard[j, CoordinatePairs[i].Value];
BackWord += tile;
j++;
if (j <= 14 && ScrabbleBoard[j, CoordinatePairs[i].Value] != " ")
{
//Get char at tile position, moving up until empty tile found
Storage.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(j, CoordinatePairs[i].Value));
}
}
BackWord.Trim();
int FrontLength = FrontWord.Length;
int BackLength = BackWord.Length;
for (int a = 0; a <= FrontLength; a++)
{
for (int b = 0; b <= BackLength; b++)
{
if (SearchWord.ValidWord(FrontWord.Substring(a, FrontLength - a) + MainLetter + BackWord.Substring(0, BackLength - b)) && !DuplicateWords.Contains(FrontWord.Substring(a, FrontLength - a) + MainLetter + BackWord.Substring(0, BackLength - b)))
{
List <KeyValuePair <int, int> > Temp = Storage.GetRange(a, FrontLength - a + 1 + BackLength - b);
DuplicateWords.Add(FrontWord.Substring(a, FrontLength - a) + MainLetter + BackWord.Substring(0, BackLength - b));
//storing all x, y coordinates of valid word to be used to check if all letters used
foreach (KeyValuePair <int, int> item in Temp)
{
FoundWords.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(item.Key, item.Value));
}
//check to make sure board is not empty and checks if there is any islands
if (MainWindow.ValidPairs.Count == 0 || IsConnect(Temp))
{
Connect = 1;
}
VerticalWord = FrontWord.Substring(a, FrontLength - a) + MainLetter + BackWord.Substring(0, BackLength - b);
int points = CalculateScore(VerticalWord);
TotalScore += points;
MainWindow.OutPutTextBox.AppendText("The word " + VerticalWord + " is worth " + points + " points" + "\n");
MainWindow.OutPutTextBox.ScrollToCaret();
//marking all letters in the hash table as true
foreach (KeyValuePair <int, int> item in FoundWords)
{
UsedLetters[item.Key, item.Value] = true;
}
}
}
}
}
//horizontal words do not collide with vertical words for duplicates
DuplicateWords.Clear();
for (int i = 0; i < CoordinatePairs.Count; i++) //identical to above loop, but instead checks words to the LEFT
{
List <KeyValuePair <int, int> > Storage = new List <KeyValuePair <int, int> >();
int j = CoordinatePairs[i].Value - 1; //move to the left one.
string FrontWord = "";
string tile;
if (j >= 0 && ScrabbleBoard[CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j] != " ")
{
Storage.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j));
}
while (j >= 0 && ScrabbleBoard[CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j] != " ")
{
tile = ScrabbleBoard[CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j];
FrontWord = tile + FrontWord;
j--;
if (j >= 0 && ScrabbleBoard[CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j] != " ")
{
//adds tiles to the LEFT of the played tile
Storage.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j));
}
}
FrontWord = FrontWord.Trim();
//adding original coordinate
Storage.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(CoordinatePairs[i].Key, CoordinatePairs[i].Value));
string MainLetter = ScrabbleBoard[CoordinatePairs[i].Key, CoordinatePairs[i].Value];
j = CoordinatePairs[i].Value + 1;
string BackWord = "";
if (j <= 14 && ScrabbleBoard[CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j] != " ")
{
Storage.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j));
}
while (j <= 14 && ScrabbleBoard[CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j] != " ")
{
tile = ScrabbleBoard[CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j];
BackWord += tile;
j++;
if (j <= 14 && ScrabbleBoard[CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j] != " ")
{
//adds tiles to the RIGHT of the played tile
Storage.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(CoordinatePairs[i].Key, j));
}
}
//removes trailing white space
BackWord = BackWord.Trim();
int FrontLength = FrontWord.Length;
int BackLength = BackWord.Length;
for (int a = 0; a <= FrontLength; a++)
{
for (int b = 0; b <= BackLength; b++)
{
if (SearchWord.ValidWord(FrontWord.Substring(a, FrontLength - a) + MainLetter + BackWord.Substring(0, BackLength - b)) && !DuplicateWords.Contains(FrontWord.Substring(a, FrontLength - a) + MainLetter + BackWord.Substring(0, BackLength - b)))
{
List <KeyValuePair <int, int> > Temp = Storage.GetRange(a, FrontLength - a + 1 + BackLength - b);
DuplicateWords.Add(FrontWord.Substring(a, FrontLength - a) + MainLetter + BackWord.Substring(0, BackLength - b));
foreach (KeyValuePair <int, int> item in Temp)
{
FoundWords.Add(new KeyValuePair <int, int>(item.Key, item.Value));
}
//check to make sure board is not empty and checks if there is any islands
if (MainWindow.ValidPairs.Count == 0 || IsConnect(Temp))
{
Connect = 1;
}
HorizontalWord = FrontWord.Substring(a, FrontLength - a) + MainLetter + BackWord.Substring(0, BackLength - b);
int points = CalculateScore(HorizontalWord);
TotalScore += points;
MainWindow.OutPutTextBox.AppendText("The word " + HorizontalWord + " is worth " + points + " points" + "\n");
MainWindow.OutPutTextBox.ScrollToCaret();
//marking all letters in the hash table as true
foreach (KeyValuePair <int, int> item in FoundWords)
{
UsedLetters[item.Key, item.Value] = true;
}
//checking to see if all letters placed on the board are used
foreach (KeyValuePair <int, int> item in CoordinatePairs)
{
if (UsedLetters[item.Key, item.Value] == false)
{
flag = 1;
}
}
}
}
}
}
if (flag == 0 && Connect == 1)
{
return(TotalScore);
}
//otherwise they are islands
return(-1);
}
public Game()
{
SearchWord search = new SearchWord();
}