/// <summary>
/// Returns the best possible move, given a ScrabbleBoard and a list of strings representing the player's hand.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="board">ScrabbleBoard that the move will be played on</param>
/// <param name="hand">List of length 1 strings that the player has in his/her hand</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public Move GetBestPlay(ScrabbleBoard board, List <string> hand)
{
List <Move> allMoves = new List <Move>();
for (int c = 0; c < this.board.GetRow(0).Length; c++)
{
foreach (Move move in GetMovesInArray(board, hand, board.GetCol(c), true, c))
{
allMoves.Add(move);
}
}
for (int c = 0; c < this.board.GetCol(0).Length; c++)
{
foreach (Move move in GetMovesInArray(board, hand, board.GetRow(c), false, c))
{
allMoves.Add(move);
}
}
Move bestMove = new Move(null, null, true);;
int topScore = 0;
int currentScore;
foreach (Move move in allMoves)
{
currentScore = board.GetPredictedScore(move.GetWord(), move.GetPosition()[0], move.GetPosition()[1], move.GetIfNorthSouth());
if (currentScore > topScore && !board.CheckIfRetread(move))
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(move.ToString());
topScore = currentScore;
bestMove = move;
}
}
return(bestMove);
}
