/// <summary>
/// The purpose of this program was be able to access and parse a txt file.
/// The Program reads in a text file, in our case each line is a different word, the it reads in the text file as an array per line
/// With this array of strings it asks the user to enter a task that he/she wants to do.
/// The program should display the user's choices in a menu, and prompt the user for any needed input.
/// List of tasks:
/// 1. list all words
/// 2. list rhyming words(words that end in a string specified by the user)
/// 3. list scrabble words(words that are constructed from the letters specified by the user; note that a letter may be used multiple times only if it appears that many times in the user list)
/// 4. list morph words(words that differ from a specified word in only one letter)
/// 5. Morph Chains
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">command-line args</param>
private void btn_Fill_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Form1 MOTO = new Form1();
String[] word_list = Properties.Resources.WordList.Split((char[])null, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
int count = word_list.Length;
if (choice == 1)
{
DisplayBox.BeginUpdate();
DisplayBox.Items.Clear();
foreach (string line in word_list)
{
DisplayBox.Items.Add(line);
}
DisplayBox.EndUpdate();
}
if (choice == 2)
{
//read string from user into desired string
string desired = starting.Text;
DisplayBox.Items.Clear();
// The following simply confirms that the Entered word is actually a word and does not contain numbers or special charecters.
// If it fails it pops up a message box asking to enter a real word.
try
{
// Trys to see if the word is an actual word using Regex
if (Regex.IsMatch(desired, @"^[a-zA-Z]+$") == false)
{
// Throws an execption for 'catch' to deal with.
throw new Exception();
}
}
catch
{
// opening the message box.
MessageBox.Show("Please enter a real start word.");
return;
}
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
if (word_list[i].EndsWith(desired))
{
DisplayBox.Items.Add(word_list[i]);
}
}
}
// This if statement is the scrabble function allowing the user to enter 7 random letters
// and for the program to find words with those letters.
if (choice == 3)
{
string scrabble = starting.Text;
int z, y;
DisplayBox.Items.Clear();
// The following simply confirms that the Entered word is actually a word and does not contain numbers or special charecters.
// If it fails it pops up a message box asking to enter a real word.
try
{
// Trys to see if the word is an actual word using Regex
if (Regex.IsMatch(scrabble, @"^[a-zA-Z]+$") == false)
{
// Throws an execption for 'catch' to deal with.
throw new Exception();
}
}
catch
{
// opening the message box.
MessageBox.Show("Please enter a real start word.");
return;
}
//convert scrabble array into char array so letters can be read individually
char[] scrabble2 = scrabble.ToCharArray();
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
char[] word2 = word_list[i].ToCharArray();
int check = 0;
if (scrabble.Length >= word_list[i].Length && word_list[i].Length >= 3)
{
//search through all scrabble cells
for (z = 0; z < scrabble.Length; z++)
{
//search through all wordlist cells
for (y = 0; y < word_list[i].Length; y++)
{
//compare scrabble cell 0, to wordlist cell 0. Then scrabble 1, to wordlist 0....
if (word2[y] == scrabble2[z])
{
check = check + 1;
word2[y] = '0';
break;
}
}
}
//if letters matched equal letter of wordlist word, print. Means every letter appeared once in wordlist word
if (check == word_list[i].Length)
{
DisplayBox.Items.Add(word_list[i]);
}
}
}
}
// Choice 4 is the Morph function, which finds all words that are off by only one letter.
if (choice == 4)
{
int y;
string start = starting.Text;
DisplayBox.Items.Clear();
// The following simply confirms that the Entered word is actually a word and does not contain numbers or special charecters.
// If it fails it pops up a message box asking to enter a real word.
try
{
// Trys to see if the word is an actual word using Regex
if (Regex.IsMatch(start, @"^[a-zA-Z]+$") == false)
{
// Throws an execption for 'catch' to deal with.
throw new Exception();
}
}
catch
{
// opening the message box.
MessageBox.Show("Please enter a real start word.");
return;
}
//cycle through all the words
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
int ctr = 0;
//we only want words that are the same length, so check to make sure. If not, move on
if (start.Length == word_list[i].Length)
{
// changing word from wordlist and scrabble string into char array to compare letters individually
char[] word = word_list[i].ToCharArray();
char[] array = start.ToCharArray();
//cycle through as many times as long as the string is, compare the two characters, and add 1 to counter to keep track of how many characters match
for (y = 0; y < start.Length; y++)
{
if (word[y] == array[y])
{
ctr = ctr + 1;
}
}
//if there are atleast two letters that match, print the word
if (ctr == (start.Length - 1))
{
DisplayBox.Items.Add(word_list[i]);
}
}
}
}
if (choice == 5)
{
// The next few lines Simply Have the user input the start, end word and length
string startWord = starting.Text;
string endWord = ending.Text;
int length = 0;
DisplayBox.Items.Clear();
// The following simply confirms that the Entered start word is actually a word and does not contain numbers or special charecters.
// If it fails it pops up a message box asking to enter a real word.
try
{
// Trys to see if the word is an actual word using Regex
if (Regex.IsMatch(startWord, @"^[a-zA-Z]+$") == false)
{
// Throws an execption for 'catch' to deal with.
throw new Exception();
}
}
catch
{
// opening the message box.
MessageBox.Show("Please enter a real start word.");
return;
}
// The following simply confirms that the Entered end word is actually a word and does not contain numbers or special charecters.
// If it fails it pops up a message box asking to enter a real word.
try
{
// Trys to see if the word is an actual word using Regex
if (Regex.IsMatch(endWord, @"^[a-zA-Z]+$") == false)
{
// Throws an execption for 'catch' to deal with.
throw new Exception();
}
}
catch
{
// opening the message box.
MessageBox.Show("Please enter a real end word.");
return;
}
// The following simply confirms that the start word and end word are of equal length
// If it fails it pops up a message box asking to enter two words of the same length
try
{
// Trys to see if the words are of same length
if (startWord.Length != endWord.Length)
{
// Throws an execption for 'catch' to deal with.
throw new Exception("The two words are not the same length");
}
}
catch
{
// opening the message box.
MessageBox.Show("Please enter two words of the same length.");
return;
}
// The following simply confirms that that the length is actually an integer.
// If it fails it pops up a message box asking to enter an integer
try
{
// Trys to Parse an integer out of the user input if fails throws an exception for 'catch' to deal with
length = int.Parse(chainLength.Text);
}
catch
{
// opening the message box.
MessageBox.Show("Please enter an integer.");
return;
}
//makes sure the user enters a reasonalbe value for the length of the morph chain
try
{
if (length > 10)
{
throw new Exception("Length is too big.");
}
}
catch
{
// opening the message box.
MessageBox.Show("Please enter an integer less than 10.");
return;
}
// Subtracts 2 from the length
length = length - 2;
//Creates a new list for all the morphed words that lead up to the final word.
List <string> morphedList = new List <string>();
// Checks to see if the final word equals to the start word. if it does, it prints both of them.
if (startWord == endWord)
{
DisplayBox.Items.Add(startWord);
DisplayBox.Items.Add(endWord);
}
//Calls the morphcahin function that completes the main program.
MorphChain(startWord, endWord, morphedList, length, word_list);
// If the length of the morphed list is greater than the length specfied it does not print
if (morphedList.Count > length + 2)
{
/////////////////Console.WriteLine("No Solution with the given Length or Less");
}
//But if it is fine it prints all the strings in morphed list
else
{
//Loops through all of the words
for (int i = 0; i < morphedList.Count; i++)
{
DisplayBox.Items.Add(morphedList[i]);
}
}
}
}