public void PopulateBoard(ScrambleBoard scrambleBoard)
{
var vowels = new[] {'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'};
var consonants = new[]
{
'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'v',
'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'
};
IEnumerable<Quadrant> quadrants = GenerateQuadrants(scrambleBoard);
var random = new Random();
foreach (Quadrant quadrant in quadrants)
{
int randomXPositionInQuadrant = random.Next(quadrant.StartingXIndex, quadrant.EndingXIndex);
int randomYPositionInQuadrant = random.Next(quadrant.StartingYIndex, quadrant.EndingYIndex);
char randomVowel = vowels[random.Next(vowels.Length - 1)];
for (int x = quadrant.StartingXIndex; x <= quadrant.EndingXIndex; x++)
{
for (int y = quadrant.StartingYIndex; y <= quadrant.EndingYIndex; y++)
{
if(x == randomXPositionInQuadrant && y == randomYPositionInQuadrant)
scrambleBoard[randomXPositionInQuadrant, randomYPositionInQuadrant] = randomVowel;
else
scrambleBoard[x, y] = consonants[random.Next(consonants.Length - 1)];
}
}
}
}
private IEnumerable<Quadrant> GenerateQuadrants(ScrambleBoard scrambleBoard)
{
var quadrants = new[] {new Quadrant(Quadrant.TopLeftQuadrant), new Quadrant(Quadrant.TopRightQuadrant), new Quadrant(Quadrant.BottomLeftQuadrant), new Quadrant(Quadrant.BottomRightQuadrant)};
quadrants[Quadrant.TopLeftQuadrant].StartingYIndex = quadrants[Quadrant.TopLeftQuadrant].StartingXIndex = quadrants[Quadrant.BottomLeftQuadrant].StartingXIndex = quadrants[Quadrant.TopRightQuadrant].StartingYIndex = 0;
quadrants[Quadrant.BottomRightQuadrant].EndingXIndex = quadrants[Quadrant.TopRightQuadrant].EndingXIndex = scrambleBoard.Length - 1;
quadrants[Quadrant.BottomRightQuadrant].EndingYIndex = quadrants[Quadrant.BottomLeftQuadrant].EndingYIndex = scrambleBoard.Width - 1;
quadrants[Quadrant.TopLeftQuadrant].EndingXIndex = quadrants[Quadrant.TopRightQuadrant].StartingXIndex = (int) Math.Floor(scrambleBoard.Width/2.0);
quadrants[Quadrant.BottomLeftQuadrant].EndingXIndex = quadrants[Quadrant.BottomRightQuadrant].StartingXIndex = (int) Math.Floor(scrambleBoard.Width/2.0);
quadrants[Quadrant.TopLeftQuadrant].EndingYIndex = quadrants[Quadrant.BottomLeftQuadrant].StartingYIndex = (int) Math.Floor(scrambleBoard.Length/2.0);
quadrants[Quadrant.TopRightQuadrant].EndingYIndex = quadrants[Quadrant.BottomRightQuadrant].StartingYIndex = (int) Math.Floor(scrambleBoard.Length/2.0);
return quadrants;
}
