/// <summary>
/// Find similarities in two numbers
/// </summary>
/// <param name="lotteryTicketNumbers"></param>
/// <param name="vikingLottoNumbers"></param>
/// <param name="similarityCount"></param>
private static void CheckSimilarities(VikingLottoNumbers lotteryTicketNumbers, VikingLottoNumbers vikingLottoNumbers, int similarityCount)
{
int counterForBool = 0;
List <int> numbers = new List <int>();
int endCounter = 0;
int endCounter2 = 0;
foreach (var ticketNum in lotteryTicketNumbers.NumCollection)
{
endCounter++;
endCounter2 = 0;
foreach (var lottoNum in vikingLottoNumbers.NumCollection)
{
endCounter2++;
if (ticketNum == lottoNum)
{
counterForBool++;
numbers.Add(ticketNum);
}
}
}
if (counterForBool > 1)
{
foreach (var item in GetAllCobinations(numbers))
{
if (item.Count >= similarityCount)
{
if (!SimilarityHolder.CheckIfNumberExist(item))
{
SimilarityHolder.AddNumbers(item);
}
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Compare each draw results to each draw results
/// </summary>
/// <param name="allNumbers"></param>
/// <param name="similarityCount"></param>
/// <param name="minRepeats"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static ObservableCollection <SimilarityHolderViewModel> FindBestNumbers(ObservableCollection <VikingLottoNumbers> allNumbers, int similarityCount, int minRepeats)
{
Task <ObservableCollection <SimilarityHolderViewModel> > task = Task <ObservableCollection <SimilarityHolderViewModel> > .Factory.StartNew(() => {
// detection to not compare the number to itself
int RowCount1 = 0;
int RowCount2 = 0;
//
foreach (var lotteryTicketNumbers in allNumbers)
{
foreach (var vikingLottoNumbers in allNumbers)
{
if (RowCount1 != RowCount2)
{
CheckSimilarities(lotteryTicketNumbers, vikingLottoNumbers, similarityCount);
}
RowCount2++;
if (RowCount2 == allNumbers.Count)
{
RowCount2 = 0;
}
}
SimilarityHolder.FirstLoop = false;
SimilarityHolder.AddToAlreadyFoundList(SimilarityHolder.NumberList);
RowCount1++;
}
return(AddToSimilarityHolderViews(minRepeats));
});
return(task.Result);
}
