private static List <string> SetFreeSpace(LingoGenerator words)
{
List <string> lingoWords = words.GetLingoWords();
List <string> result = new List <string>(25);
int wordNum = 1;
foreach (string word in lingoWords)
{
if (wordNum == 13)
{
result.Add("Free");
result.Add(word);
}
else
{
result.Add(word);
}
wordNum++;
}
return(result);
}
private static int GetTileWidth(LingoGenerator words)
{
return(words.GetLongestWordLen() + 2); // longest word length plus a 1-space buffer on either side of each word
}
public static StringBuilder GenerateBoard(LingoGenerator words)
{
if (words == null)
{
return(new StringBuilder());
}
List <string> randomizedWords = new List <string>(words.GetLingoWords());
List <string> shortendWordList = new List <string>(24);
LingoGenerator words24 = new LingoGenerator();
if (randomizedWords.Count > 24) // truncate if more than 24 words
{
foreach (string word in randomizedWords)
{
shortendWordList.Add(word);
}
words24.SetLingoWords(shortendWordList);
}
List <string> wordsForBoard = SetFreeSpace(words24); // insert the FREE space in the middle of the board
StringBuilder board = new StringBuilder();
string lingoWord; // NOTE: Unassigned until rowsWithWordsAndBars containment comparison is done
int lingoIndex = 0; // manage indexing through the array of lingo terms
int[] rowsWithAllDashes = { 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 }; // rows with all horizontal dashes
int[] rowsWithOnlyBars = { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 }; // rows with vertical bars
int[] rowsWithWordsAndBars = { 3, 7, 11, 15, 19 }; // rows with words but not dashes
int maxWordLenBuf = (1 + GetTileWidth(words24));
int[] barPositions = { 1, (maxWordLenBuf + 1), ((maxWordLenBuf * 2) + 1),
((maxWordLenBuf * 3) + 1), ((maxWordLenBuf * 4) + 1), ((maxWordLenBuf * 5) + 1) };
int numCols = GetHorizontalFrameLength(words24); // total cols to cycle thru for each row
int boardHeight = 21;
char bar = '|';
char dash = '-';
char space = ' ';
// rows
for (int row = 1; row <= boardHeight; row++)
{
board.Append("\t");
// cols
for (int col = 1; col <= numCols; col++)
{
if ((col) == numCols)
{
board.Append(bar); // draw a bar on the last col and force next row to start
col = numCols + 1;
}
else if (rowsWithAllDashes.Contains(row))
{ // if the row is all dashes just draw them and move to the next row
for (int i = 1; i <= numCols; i++)
{
board.Append(dash);
}
col += numCols;
}
else if (rowsWithOnlyBars.Contains(row))
{
if (barPositions.Contains(col))
{
board.Append(bar);
}
else
{
board.Append(space);
}
}
else if (rowsWithWordsAndBars.Contains(row))
{ // maxWordLenWithBuffer added... MINUS the current word length to fill tile space
if (barPositions.Contains(col) && lingoIndex < 25) // only 0-24 allowed on the board
{
lingoWord = wordsForBoard[lingoIndex];
board.Append($"{ bar} { lingoWord } ");
col += (lingoWord.Length + 2);
lingoIndex++;
}
else
{
board.Append(space);
}
}
}
board.AppendLine();
}
return(board);
}
private static int GetHorizontalFrameLength(LingoGenerator words)
{
return((GetTileWidth(words) * 5) + 6); // five word boxes in each row plus 6 vertical seperators between word boxes
}