/// <summary>
/// Set the tiles based on the Scrabble Game
/// </summary>
public ScrabbleGame()
{
int startingLetter = (char)'A';
int total = 0;
//Loop through the letters and determine how many tiles per letter
for (int i = startingLetter; i < (startingLetter + 26); i++)
{
total += ScrabbleLetter.HowManyTiles((char)i);
}
//Set variable values and instantiate the array
m_tilesLeft = total + 2;
m_totalTiles = total + 2;
m_scrabbleLetters = new ScrabbleLetter[total + 2]; //2 blank tiles!
int counter = 0; //use to control the index of the array
//Loop through the letters to create the tiles
for (int i = startingLetter; i < (startingLetter + 26); i++)
{
//Loop through the number of tiles for that letter
for (int j = 0; j < ScrabbleLetter.HowManyTiles((char)i); j++)
{
m_scrabbleLetters[counter] = new ScrabbleLetter((char)i);
counter++;//always increase the counter!
}
}
//add the two blanks
m_scrabbleLetters[counter] = new ScrabbleLetter(' ');
counter++;
m_scrabbleLetters[counter] = new ScrabbleLetter(' ');
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns how many tiles in scrabble have the letter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="L">The letter.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static int HowManyTiles(char L)
{
ScrabbleLetter s = new ScrabbleLetter(L);
return(s.NumberOfLetters);
}
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
// creates an instance of the scrabble game class and draws initial tiles
ScrabbleGame sg = new ScrabbleGame();
string yourLetters = sg.drawInitialTiles();
MessageBox.Show("The letters you drew are: " + yourLetters);
// loop that will deleter the letters you drew from the letters you have, leaving letters you can't use
for (int i = 0; i < allLetters.Length; i++)
{
if (yourLetters.Contains(allLetters[i]))
{
allLetters = allLetters.Remove(i, 1);
i--;
}
}
// initializing the streamreader and writer
streamReader = new StreamReader("Words.txt");
streamWriter = new StreamWriter("RightWords.txt");
// loop that will run through the list of words
while (!streamReader.EndOfStream)
{
// resetting the values of some variables
blankCounter = 0;
letterCounter = 0;
wrongCounter = 0;
// setting the line
line = streamReader.ReadLine().ToUpper();
// one set of conditions that will run if you don't have a blank tile
if (!yourLetters.Contains(" "))
{
// if a word has one of the letters you don't have it isn't written
for (int j = 0; j < allLetters.Length; j++)
{
hasLetter = false;
if (line.Contains(allLetters[j]))
{
hasLetter = true;
break;
}
}
// this loop will run if the word only has letters you have
if (hasLetter != true)
{
// checking to make sure that the amount of times a letter is in your letters, and in the word are the same
for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
{
// resets some variable values
counterInLetters = 0;
counterInWord = 0;
// runs through the letters in the word
foreach (char character in line)
{
if (character == yourLetters[i])
{
counterInWord++;
}
}
// runs through the letters you have in your tiles
foreach (char character in yourLetters)
{
if (character == yourLetters[i])
{
counterInLetters++;
}
}
// checks if a letter is in the word more than your tiles
if (counterInWord <= counterInLetters)
{
letterAmount = true;
}
else
{
letterAmount = false;
break;
}
}
}
// checks to see if all the criteria are met for the word to be used
if (hasLetter != true &&
letterAmount == true)
{
tempInt = 0;
// calculates the score of the word, if it's higher than the previous highest, it is set as the highest
foreach (char character in line)
{
ScrabbleLetter scrabbleLetter = new ScrabbleLetter(character);
tempInt += scrabbleLetter.Points;
if (tempInt > maxPoints)
{
maxPoints = tempInt;
maxPointWord = line;
}
}
// writes the word that works into a file
streamWriter.Write(line + "\r" + "\n");
}
}
// this code runs if you have a blank tile
else
{
// runs through your letters to see how many blank tiles you have
for (int l = 0; l < yourLetters.Length; l++)
{
if (yourLetters[l] == ' ')
{
blankCounter++;
}
}
// checks to see how many letters the word has that you don't have, if you have the same, or more blank tiles the word is still good
for (int j = 0; j < allLetters.Length; j++)
{
hasLetter = false;
if (line.Contains(allLetters[j]))
{
letterCounter++;
}
if (letterCounter > blankCounter)
{
hasLetter = true;
break;
}
}
// runs if the word works based off the code above
if (hasLetter != true)
{
// checking to make sure that the amount of times a letter is in your letters, and in the word are the same, and if not, that you have enough blank tiles
for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
{
wrongCounter = 0;
counterInLetters = 0;
counterInWord = 0;
// runs through and checks all the letters in your word
foreach (char character in line)
{
if (character == yourLetters[i])
{
counterInWord++;
}
// adds one to the counter that sees how many letters don't work
if (!yourLetters.Contains(character))
{
wrongCounter++;
}
}
// runs through all the letters in your tiles
foreach (char character in yourLetters)
{
if (character == yourLetters[i])
{
counterInLetters++;
}
}
// checks to see if all the criteria are met
if (counterInWord <= counterInLetters &&
wrongCounter <= blankCounter)
{
letterAmount = true;
}
else
{
letterAmount = false;
break;
}
}
// checks to see if the word is good, and calculates how many points it would have, if it's higher than the previous highest it becomes the highest
if (hasLetter != true &&
letterAmount == true)
{
tempInt = 0;
foreach (char character in line)
{
ScrabbleLetter scrabbleLetter = new ScrabbleLetter(character);
tempInt += scrabbleLetter.Points;
if (tempInt > maxPoints)
{
maxPoints = tempInt;
maxPointWord = line;
}
}
streamWriter.Write(line + "\r" + "\n");
}
}
}
}
// closes the reader and writer
streamReader.Close();
streamWriter.Flush();
streamWriter.Close();
// shows which word has the most points
MessageBox.Show("The word that will make the most points is: " + maxPointWord + "\r" + "\n" + "With " + maxPoints.ToString() + " points");
MessageBox.Show("All the Words you can make are:");
// opens the text file with all the right words in it
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("RightWords.txt");
// closes the main window
Application.Current.Shutdown();
}