//name: private void CheckForRepeats(List<fallingLetter> currentCharList, fallingLetter tempStruct)
//purpose: checks the currentCharList to ensure there are no repeat letters in it
//parameters: List<fallingLetter> currentCharList - current fallingLetter list
// fallingLetter tempStruct - the newly created fallingLetter struct to compare to the list
private void CheckForRepeats(List <fallingLetter> currentCharList, fallingLetter tempStruct)
{
int valueCount = 0; //count for how many of each letter are present in the list
//loop compares the tempStruct to the current list, to ensure there are only unique letters. Repeats if a letter is duplicated in the list
while (valueCount != 1)
{
//resets value count
valueCount = 0;
//iterates through the list comparing the temp value to the list values
for (int j = 0; j < currentCharList.Count; j++)
{
//if there is a match then increment valueCount (if there is only 1 of each letter then value count is 1 and that's what we want)
if (tempStruct.letter == currentCharList[j].letter)
{
valueCount++;
//if valueCount is > 1 that means there are duplicates, so generate a new random letter
if (valueCount > 1)
{
//subs a new random character into the tempStruct
tempStruct = MakeNewFallingLetter();
currentCharList[j] = tempStruct;
}
}
}
}
}
//name: private fallingLetter RemoveLetter(fallingLetter letterDestroyed)
//purpose: neutralizes the values in a fallingLetter structure to be replaced with FillList
private fallingLetter RemoveLetter(fallingLetter letterDestroyed)
{
letterDestroyed.letter = '0';
letterDestroyed.fallSpeed = 0;
letterDestroyed.yLocation = 1;
letterDestroyed.xLocation = 1;
return(letterDestroyed);
}
