//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
public bool CheckValidWord(string theWord)
{
theWord = theWord.ToLower();
// check for 2 letter word first (not long enough for 3 prefix list)
if (theWord.Length < 2)
{
return(false);
}
if (theWord.Length == 2)
{
return(WordList.OtherWordList.IndexOf(theWord) != -1);
}
// get the first three letters to look up in our dictionary
var first3 = Regex.Replace(theWord, "^(...).*", "$1");
// are these first three letters in our table?
string theEntry = "";
var found = WordList.ThreeLetterPrefixWordList.TryGetValue(first3, out theEntry);
if (!found)
{
return(false);
}
theEntry = WordList.DecompressString(theEntry, first3);
// remove trailing and leading comma
//theEntry = theEntry.Remove(0, 1);
//theEntry = theEntry.Remove(theEntry.Length - 1, 1);
var restOfWord = Regex.Replace(theWord, "^...?", "");
var valid = (theEntry.IndexOf("," + restOfWord + ",") != -1);
Debug.Log("Saying " + theWord + " is valid? " + valid + " " + theEntry);
return(valid);
}