/// <summary>
/// Creates a jagged array that represents a Pyramid of Glass objects, each Glass object's Left
/// and Right properties are connected to the Glasses that supports it. One of the Glasses is to be
/// marked as the target.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="glassRows">The number of rows to create for the Pyramid of Glass objects</param>
/// <param name="glassRowTarget">The row number (1-based) for the Glass object to mark as the target</param>
/// <param name="glassColTarget">The column number (1-based) for the Glass object to mark as the target</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Glass[][] PyramidCreate(int glassRowTarget, int glassColTarget)
{
// create a jagged array that will represent our Pyramid of Glass objects
var result = new Glass[glassRowTarget][];
Glass glassTarget = null;
for (var y = 0; y < glassRowTarget; y++)
{
result[y] = new Glass[y + 1];
for (var x = 0; x <= y; x++)
{
var isTarget = y + 1 == glassRowTarget && x + 1 == glassColTarget;
result[y][x] = new Glass()
{
_isTarget = isTarget
};
if (isTarget)
{
glassTarget = result[y][x];
}
}
}
// each Glass stands on a left and right Glass, and have a left and a right parent Glass
// (if not last/first row) - anyhow, setup this connection
for (var y = 0; y < result.Length - 1; y++)
{
for (var x = 0; x < result[y].Length; x++)
{
result[y][x]._childLeft = result[y + 1][x];
result[y + 1][x]._parentRight = result[y][x];
result[y][x]._childRight = result[y + 1][x + 1];
result[y + 1][x + 1]._parentLeft = result[y][x];
}
}
// starting with the taget, we visit each parent to set _isRelatedToTarget on the Glasses that need processing
bool tagItem(Glass g)
{
g._isRelatedToTarget = true;
if ((g._parentLeft != null) && (!g._parentLeft._isRelatedToTarget))
{
tagItem(g._parentLeft);
}
if ((g._parentRight != null) && (!g._parentRight._isRelatedToTarget))
{
tagItem(g._parentRight);
}
return(false);
}
tagItem(glassTarget);
// return the top glass
return(result);
}
public static void Main()
{
// init
Console.WriteLine("Fredrik's Pyramid of Glasses v1.0. Copyright (c) by Fredrik Johansson 2019 ([email protected])\n");
// index (1-based) of the row and column of the glass that we're targeting
// glassRow also equals to the number of rows in our glass pyramid, first row has 1 glass, second row has 2, and so on
int glassRow, glassCol;
// prompt for parameters (just ENTER will exit)
if (!Prompt($"Enter the number of rows (2 - 50) for the Pyramid, then press ENTER: ", out glassRow, 2, 50))
{
return;
}
if (!Prompt($"Enter the index of the glass on the last row to target (1 - {glassRow}), then press ENTER: ", out glassCol, 1, glassRow))
{
return;
}
// compute the answer by testing different solutions on glassPyramid in the range secondsMin-secondsMax
Console.WriteLine($"Computing the number of seconds it takes to fill glass {glassCol} on the lowest row, in a glass pyramid with {glassRow} rows.");
var debugTickStartMain = Environment.TickCount;
double secondsMin = 0, secondsMax = Glass.PyramidMaxCapacity(glassRow);
double secondsTry = secondsMax;
var glassPyramid = Glass.PyramidCreate(glassRow, glassCol);
var glassTop = glassPyramid[0][0];
while (true)
{
// create a pyramid and test to see if the seconds is to much or to little
Console.Write($"Answer is between {secondsMin,20:0.000} and {secondsMax,20:0.000}. Testing {secondsTry,20:0.000}... ");
var debugTickStart = Environment.TickCount;
Glass.PyramidReset(glassPyramid);
var addRes = glassTop.Add(secondsTry);
var debugTickElapsed = Environment.TickCount - debugTickStart;
double secondsPrev = secondsTry;
if (addRes)
{
// overflow
// set the next seconds to try to the mid point between secondsMin and secondsMax
Console.WriteLine($"To much (took {debugTickElapsed} msec to compute)");
secondsMax = secondsTry;
secondsTry = secondsMin + (secondsMax - secondsMin) / 2;
}
else
{
// set the next seconds to try to the mid point between secondsMin and secondsMax
Console.WriteLine($"To little (took {debugTickElapsed} msec to compute)");
secondsMin = secondsTry;
secondsTry = secondsMin + (secondsMax - secondsMin) / 2;
}
if (Math.Round(secondsTry, 3) == Math.Round(secondsPrev, 3))
{
// solution found (down to 3 decimals)
var debugTickElapsedMain = Environment.TickCount - debugTickStartMain;
Console.WriteLine();
Glass.PyramidRender(glassPyramid, glassRow, glassCol);
Console.WriteLine($"Finished! On a glass pyramid with {glassRow} rows, the glass on row {glassRow}, at column {glassCol} is entirely filled after {secondsTry:0.000} seconds (took {debugTickElapsedMain} msec to compute the solution).");
Console.WriteLine($"NOTE: In the pyramid above, the glass is highlighted in green, and the glasses used to compute this solution are highlighted in yellow.\n");
Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to exit...");
Console.ReadLine();
break;
}
}
}