/// <summary>
/// Create an ASCII Ramp with from the given font and characters
/// </summary>
/// <param name="font">Font to be used</param>
/// <param name="characters">The characters to be used for the ramp</param>
/// <returns>A new ASCII ramp</returns>
public static string CreateRamp(Font font, string characters)
{
if (characters == null || characters.Length < 1)
return null;
if (characters.Length == 1)
return characters;
string characterstring = "";
foreach (char c in characters.ToCharArray())
{
if (characterstring.IndexOf(c) == -1)
{
characterstring += c.ToString();
}
}
System.Collections.SortedList list = new System.Collections.SortedList();
int min = 255;
int max = 0;
CharacterValue charval;
for (int i = 0; i < characterstring.Length; i++)
{
charval = new CharacterValue(characterstring[i], font);
if (list.ContainsKey(charval.Value))
{
if (charval.Score < ((CharacterValue)list[charval.Value]).Score)
{
list[charval.Value] = charval;
}
}
else
{
if (charval.Value < min)
min = charval.Value;
if (charval.Value > max)
max = charval.Value;
list.Add(charval.Value, charval);
}
}
list.TrimToSize();
string result = "";
System.Collections.IDictionaryEnumerator idenu = list.GetEnumerator();
// move to the first object
idenu.MoveNext();
int current = (int)idenu.Key;
int next, mid;
// loop through and fill in the gaps
while (idenu.MoveNext())
{
next = (int)idenu.Key;
mid = ((next - current) / 2) + current;
for (int i = current; i < mid; i++)
{
result += list[current];
}
for (int i = mid; i < next; i++)
{
result += list[next];
}
current = next;
}
return result;
}
/// <summary>
/// Create an ASCII Ramp with from the given font and characters
/// </summary>
/// <param name="font">Font to be used</param>
/// <param name="characters">The characters to be used for the ramp</param>
/// <returns>A new ASCII ramp</returns>
public static string CreateRamp(Font font, string characters)
{
if (characters == null || characters.Length < 1)
{
return(null);
}
if (characters.Length == 1)
{
return(characters);
}
string characterstring = "";
foreach (char c in characters.ToCharArray())
{
if (characterstring.IndexOf(c) == -1)
{
characterstring += c.ToString();
}
}
System.Collections.SortedList list = new System.Collections.SortedList();
int min = 255;
int max = 0;
CharacterValue charval;
for (int i = 0; i < characterstring.Length; i++)
{
charval = new CharacterValue(characterstring[i], font);
if (list.ContainsKey(charval.Value))
{
if (charval.Score < ((CharacterValue)list[charval.Value]).Score)
{
list[charval.Value] = charval;
}
}
else
{
if (charval.Value < min)
{
min = charval.Value;
}
if (charval.Value > max)
{
max = charval.Value;
}
list.Add(charval.Value, charval);
}
}
list.TrimToSize();
string result = "";
System.Collections.IDictionaryEnumerator idenu = list.GetEnumerator();
// move to the first object
idenu.MoveNext();
int current = (int)idenu.Key;
int next, mid;
// loop through and fill in the gaps
while (idenu.MoveNext())
{
next = (int)idenu.Key;
mid = ((next - current) / 2) + current;
for (int i = current; i < mid; i++)
{
result += list[current];
}
for (int i = mid; i < next; i++)
{
result += list[next];
}
current = next;
}
return(result);
}