/// <summary>
/// Checks the validity of the words in a row or column
/// </summary>
/// <param name="position">position of the row or column</param>
/// <param name="col">True if it is a column to be checked</param>
/// <returns>True if all words are valid words.</returns>
public bool CheckRowOrCol(int position, bool col, ScrabbleBoard testBoard)
{
string[,] lettersOnBoard = testBoard.GetLetterBoard();
int counter = 0;
string charAtPos;
string wordSegment = "";
List <string> wordsToCheck = new List <string>();
while (counter < lettersOnBoard.GetLength(col ? 1 : 0)) //find what individual words are seperated by blank space
{
charAtPos = (col ? lettersOnBoard[position, lettersOnBoard.GetLength(1) - 1 - counter] : lettersOnBoard[counter, position]);
if (charAtPos == null)
{
if (!wordSegment.Equals(""))
{
wordsToCheck.Add(new String(wordSegment.ToCharArray()));
wordSegment = "";
}
}
else
{
wordSegment = wordSegment + charAtPos;
}
counter++;
}
foreach (string word in wordsToCheck) //check if the words greater than length 1 are in the dictionary
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(word);
if (word.Length != 1 && !dictionary.Contains(word))
{
return(false);
}
}
return(true);
}
