/// <summary>
/// Writes output to the text file on every shuffle or run of the application.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="viewModel">View model to display player card information.</param>
private void WriteOutputToTextFile(PlayerCardViewModel viewModel)
{
var path = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + @"Ouput.txt";
// Check for file existence, If not exist already then create new file.
if (!IO.File.Exists(path))
{
// Creates a file to write to.
using (var sw = IO.File.CreateText(path))
{
foreach (var player in viewModel.Cards)
{
sw.WriteLine(player.CardsInHand);
}
}
}
else
{
// Clears out all text before append.
IO.File.WriteAllText(path, string.Empty);
// Append text if file already exists.
using (var sw = IO.File.AppendText(path))
{
foreach (var player in viewModel.Cards)
{
sw.WriteLine(player.CardsInHand);
}
}
}
}
public PlayerCardPage(PlayerScore ps)
{
InitializeComponent();
BindingContext = new PlayerCardViewModel();
// assign PlayerScore property in viewmodel
viewModel.PlayerScore = ps;
}
/// <summary>
/// Get all cards detail assigned to each hand.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Player card view model data.</returns>
private PlayerCardViewModel GetCardsInHand()
{
// Creates hands of 5 players.
var hands = new Hand[5];
// Iterate through card collection for equal distribution of cards to the hands.
for (var i = 0; i <= 24; i++)
{
// Iterate to assign cards to five players.
for (var j = 0; j <= 4; j++)
{
if (hands[j] == null)
{
hands[j] = new Hand();
}
if (i < _deck.Cards.Count)
{
hands[j].AddCard(_deck.Cards[i]);
}
++i;
}
}
var viewModel = new PlayerCardViewModel();
var cardBuckets = new List <PlayerCardViewModel.CardBucket>();
// Counter to display player number.
var counter = 1;
// Iterate through hands and sort the values to get sorted cards in hand.
foreach (var player in hands)
{
var sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append($"Player #{counter}: ");
player.SortByValue();
foreach (var item in player.hand)
{
sb.Append($"{item.CardNumbers.GetDescription()}{item.Suits.GetDescription()}-");
}
cardBuckets.Add(new PlayerCardViewModel.CardBucket
{
// Remove last extra dash from the string.
CardsInHand = sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1).ToString()
});
counter++;
}
viewModel.Cards = cardBuckets;
WriteOutputToTextFile(viewModel);
return(viewModel);
}
