protected override int dividePile(Pile pile)
{
int chosenDivisor;
Console.WriteLine("\nHow many elements would you like to take from this pile?");
while (true)
{
if (!Int32.TryParse(Console.ReadLine(), out chosenDivisor))
{
Console.WriteLine("\nNot a valid value, choose a number between 0 and the size of the pile!");
continue;
}
if (chosenDivisor < 1 || chosenDivisor >= pile.size)
{
Console.WriteLine("\nNot a valid number, choose one between 0 and the size of the pile!");
continue;
}
if ((pile.size - chosenDivisor).Equals(chosenDivisor))
{
Console.WriteLine("\nNot a valid number, you cannot divide a pile into two equal pieces!");
continue;
}
Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------\n");
return(chosenDivisor);
}
}
public override Tuple <int, int> playTurn(List <Pile> piles)
{
Console.WriteLine("\n-------------------------------\nIt is the computer's turn (" + name + ")!");
Console.WriteLine("\nThe current piles (ID, size):");
foreach (Pile pile in piles)
{
Console.WriteLine("( " + pile.ID + ", " + pile.size + " ) ");
}
Pile chosenPile = choosePile(piles);
int taken = dividePile(chosenPile);
Console.WriteLine("\nIt choose the pile with ID = " + chosenPile.ID + " and took "
+ taken + " elements from it!\n-------------------------------");
return(new Tuple <int, int>(chosenPile.ID, taken));
}
public override Tuple <int, int> playTurn(List <Pile> piles)
{
Pile chosenPile = choosePile(piles);
return(new Tuple <int, int>(chosenPile.ID, dividePile(chosenPile)));
}
protected abstract int dividePile(Pile pile);
protected override int dividePile(Pile pile)
{
return(pile.size % 2 == 0 ? pile.size / 2 - 1 : pile.size / 2);
}