public ActionResult QuizItem(Word inputWord)
{
// Marking is done in js in the view.
// Not really using the Post at the moment for anything,
// but need it for later to keep score, or something.
// WordFileManager.getWordsFromFile(filepath)
// Reads in a CSV file of words and genders. Constructs
// Word objects for each, puts them in a list, and returns the list
String mappedFilePath = Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/GermanWords.csv");
wordsInFile = wfm.getWordsFromFile(mappedFilePath);
int nWords = wordsInFile.Count();
int randomIndex = rGen.Next(nWords);
Word chosenWord = wordsInFile[randomIndex];
// For this quiz, we want the Nominative article
chosenWord.CurrentDisplayVersion = chosenWord.DisplayNominative();
return View(chosenWord);
}
public List<Word> getWordsFromFile(string dataFile)
{
Array rawFileContents = null;
List<Word> wordHolder = new List<Word>();
if (System.IO.File.Exists(dataFile))
{
rawFileContents = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(dataFile);
String[] wordData = new String[INFOFIELDS];
foreach (String s in rawFileContents)
{
wordData = s.Split(',');
Word newWord = new Word();
newWord.WordLetters = wordData[WORDLETTERSPOSITION];
newWord.GenderNumber = Convert.ToInt16(wordData[GENDERCODEPOSITION]);
newWord.Definition = wordData[DEFINITIONPOSITION];
wordHolder.Add(newWord);
}
} // if file exists
return wordHolder;
}
