static void Main(string[] args)
{
//new: causes an instance (occurance) of the specified
// class to be created and placed in the
// receiving variable
//the variable is a pointer address to the actual
// physical memory location of the instance
//declaring an instance (occurance) of the specified
// class will not create a physical instance, just a
// a pointer which can hold a physical instance
Turn theTurn;
List <Turn> rounds = new List <Turn>();
//new: causes the constructor of a class to execute
// and a phyiscal instance to be created
Die Player1 = new Die(); //default
Die Player2 = new Die(6, "Green"); //Greedy
//basic menu logic
string menuChoice = "";
do
{
//Console is a static class
Console.WriteLine("\nMake a choice\n");
Console.WriteLine("A) Roll");
Console.WriteLine("B) Set number of dice sides");
Console.WriteLine("C) Display Current Game Stats");
Console.WriteLine("X) Exit\n");
Console.Write("Enter your choice:\t");
menuChoice = Console.ReadLine();
//user friendly error handling
try
{
switch (menuChoice.ToUpper())
{
case "A":
{
//Turn is a non-static class
theTurn = new Turn();
//generate a new FaceValue
Player1.Roll();
//generate a new FaceValue
Player2.Roll();
// save the roll
// .Player1 and .FaceValue are properties
// set get
theTurn.Player1 = Player1.FaceValue;
theTurn.Player2 = Player2.FaceValue;
//display the round results
Console.WriteLine("Player 1 rolled {0}", theTurn.Player1);
Console.WriteLine("Player 2 rolled {0}", Player2.FaceValue);
if (Player1.FaceValue > Player2.FaceValue)
{
Console.WriteLine("Player 1 wins");
}
else if (Player2.FaceValue > Player1.FaceValue)
{
Console.WriteLine("Player 2 wins");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Turn is a draw");
}
//track the round
rounds.Add(theTurn);
break;
}
case "B":
{
string inputSides = "";
int sides = 0;
Console.Write("Enter your number of desired sides (greater than 1):\t");
inputSides = Console.ReadLine();
//using the conversion try version of parsing
// TryParse has two parameters
// one: in string to convert
// two: the output conversion value if the string can be
// converted
// successful conversion returns a true bool
// failed conversion returns a false bool
if (int.TryParse(inputSides, out sides))
{
//validation of the incoming value
if (sides > 1)
{
//set the die instance Sides
Player1.Sides = sides;
Player2.Sides = sides;
}
else
{
throw new Exception("You did not enter a numeric value greater than 1.");
}
}
else
{
throw new Exception("You did not enter a numeric value.");
}
break;
}
case "C":
{
//Display the current players' stats
DisplayCurrentPlayerStats(rounds);
break;
}
case "X":
{
//Display the final players' stats
DisplayCurrentPlayerStats(rounds);
Console.WriteLine("\nThank you for playing.");
break;
}
default:
{
Console.WriteLine("Your choice was invalid. Try again.");
break;
}
}//eos
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
Console.ResetColor();
}
} while (menuChoice.ToUpper() != "X");
}//eomain
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//new: causes an instance (occurance) of the specified
// class to be created and placed in the
// receiving variable
//the variable is a pointer address to the actual
// physical memory location of the instance
//declaring an instance (occurance) of the specified
// class will not create a physical instance, just a
// a pointer which can hold a physical instance
Turn theTurn; //will not work because instead of creating a physical instance, you just created an area in memory that is null.
//where the address OF an instance can be place.
List <Turn> Rounds = new List <Turn>(); //Create the physical List<T>
//new: causes the constructor of a class to execute
// and a physical instance to be created
Die Player1 = new Die();
//It takes the address of where the object sits in memory and saves the pointer.
//Here, the default constructor is used because there's nothing in the brackets. If there was anything, the overloaded
//constructor would be used. It knows by the signature what you want to call.
Die Player2 = new Die(6, "green");
//This grabs the greedy constructor.
//Player1.Sides = 6;
//Player1.Colour = "white";
//This would be the same as declaring it empty, in that you're directly changing the value.
string menuChoice = "";
do
{
//Console is a static class
Console.WriteLine("\nMake a choice\n");
Console.WriteLine("A) Roll");
Console.WriteLine("B) Set number of dice sides");
Console.WriteLine("C) Display Current Game Stats");
Console.WriteLine("X) Exit\n");
Console.Write("Enter your choice:\t");
menuChoice = Console.ReadLine();
//user friendly error handling
try
{
switch (menuChoice.ToUpper())
{
case "A":
{
//Turn is a non-static class
//Since it's non static, we need to create a new instance to use to store data in.
theTurn = new Turn(); //creates the physical instance
//generate a new FaceValue
Player1.Roll();
//generate a new FaceValue
Player2.Roll();
// save the roll
//Lefthand side of the equal sign is the set, right is get.
// set = get
theTurn.Player1 = Player1.FaceValue;
theTurn.Player2 = Player2.FaceValue;
//display the round results
Console.WriteLine("Player 1 rolled {0}, player 2 rolled {2}.", Player1.FaceValue, theTurn.Player2);
//This will be the same as saying Player2.FaceValue.
if (Player1.FaceValue > Player2.FaceValue)
{
Console.WriteLine("Player 1 wins!");
}
else if (Player2.FaceValue > Player1.FaceValue)
{
Console.WriteLine("Player 2 wins!");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("It's a draw!");
}
//track the round
//Remember, create lists outside the loop so we can keep the values for later!
Rounds.Add(theTurn);
break;
}
case "B":
{
string inputSides = "";
int sides = 0;
Console.Write("Enter your number of desired sides (greater than 1):\t");
inputSides = Console.ReadLine();
//using the conversion try version of parsing
// TryParse has two parameters
// one: in string to convert
// two: the output conversion value if the string can be
// converted
// successful conversion returns a true bool
// failed conversion returns a false bool
if (int.TryParse(inputSides, out sides)) //TryParse checks if it's true or false, then will put the value into sides
{
//validation of the incoming value
if (sides > 1)
{
//set the die instance Sides
//Player1.Sides = sides;
//Player2.Sides = sides;
//OR
Player2.Sides = Player1.Sides = sides;
//Values are assigned right to left.
}
else
{
throw new Exception("You did not enter a numeric value greater than 1.");
}
}
else
{
throw new Exception("You did not enter a numeric value.");
}
break;
}
case "C":
{
//Display the current players' stats
DisplayCurrentPlayerStats(Rounds);
break;
}
case "X":
{
//Display the final players' stats
DisplayCurrentPlayerStats(Rounds);
Console.WriteLine("\nThank you for playing.");
break;
}
default:
{
Console.WriteLine("Your choice was invalid. Try again.");
break;
}
}//eos
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
Console.ResetColor();
}
} while (menuChoice.ToUpper() != "X");
}//eomain