/// <summary>
/// update the score of a player
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gameMm"></param>
/// <param name="lost"></param>
public void Update(GameMm gameMm, bool lost)
{
// update the number of playd games
NmbGames++;
// opdate the total number of trails
TotalTrails += gameMm.CodeRank + 1;
// update the average number of trails per game
AvgTrail = TotalTrails / NmbGames;
// update total number of lost games
if (lost)
{
TotalLost++;
}
// update the succes rate
SuccessRate = 100 * (NmbGames - TotalLost) / NmbGames;
}
/// <summary>
/// generates a text to help the player
/// to enter a valid code
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gameMm"></param>
/// <returns>the string to be displayed in the InfoBox</returns>
public string Info(GameMm gameMm)
{
// show help text for a valid code
var sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.AppendLine("You may only enter codes of:");
// add number of positions
sb.AppendLine($"{gameMm.Pos} characters");
sb.AppendLine("you may choose from:");
for (int i = (int)gameMm.FirstChr; i < (int)gameMm.FirstChr + gameMm.Chr; i++)
{
sb.Append(" " + (char)i);
}
// return the help string
return(sb.ToString());
}
/// <summary>
/// checks if a valid code is entered
/// </summary>
/// <param name="codeStr"></param>
/// <param name="gameMm"></param>
/// <returns>True if the code is valid</returns>
public bool CheckValid(string codeStr, GameMm gameMm)
{
// check if code has obliged nmb of characters
if (codeStr.Length != gameMm.Pos)
{
return(false);
}
// check if only vaild characters are used
byte[] asciiBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(codeStr);
if (asciiBytes.Min() < (int)gameMm.FirstChr || asciiBytes.Max() > (int)gameMm.FirstChr + gameMm.Chr - 1)
{
return(false);
}
// code is valid, return true
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Generate a random valid code
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gameMm"></param>
/// <returns>a random valid code</returns>
public string GenCode(GameMm gameMm)
{
// get an instance of a random object
Random rd = new Random();
// init CodeStr as empty
string CodeStr = string.Empty;
// generate the random valid code
for (int i = 0; i < gameMm.Pos; i++)
{
// random next character
int rand_num = rd.Next((int)gameMm.FirstChr, (int)gameMm.FirstChr + gameMm.Chr);
// add to the code sofar
CodeStr += (char)rand_num;
}
// return the valid secret code
return(CodeStr);
}
