public ActionResult Sestina()
{
ViewBag.Message = "Your Sestina Page.";
SestinaModel sm = new SestinaModel();
sm.Title = "";
return(View(sm));
}
public ActionResult CreateSestina(SestinaModel model)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
int[,] poem_structure = new int[, ]
{
{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 },
{ 6, 1, 5, 2, 4, 3 },
{ 3, 6, 4, 1, 2, 5 },
{ 5, 3, 2, 6, 1, 4 },
{ 4, 5, 1, 3, 6, 2 },
{ 2, 4, 6, 5, 3, 1 }
};
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
string[] words = new string[]
{
model.LineEnding1,
model.LineEnding2,
model.LineEnding3,
model.LineEnding4,
model.LineEnding5,
model.LineEnding6
};
string pad = "XXXXXXXX";
sb.Append(model.Title);
sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
for (int x = 0; x < poem_structure.GetLength(0); x += 1)
{
for (int y = 0; y < poem_structure.GetLength(1); y += 1)
{
int index = poem_structure[x, y];
sb.Append(pad + " " + words[index - 1]);
sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
}
sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
}
// http://classicalpoets.org/how-to-write-a-sestina-with-examples/
// 1 2 3 4 5 6 number order
// A B C D E F letter order
// 0 1 2 3 4 5 the 0 based array
// (A) F, (B) E, (C) D from how to write a sestina "circular sestina"
// 1 6 2 5 3 4
// 0 5 1 4 2 3
// (A) F, (B) E, (C) D
// wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sestina
// 2–5, 4–3, 6–1
// B E, D C, F A
//
sb.Append(words[0] + " " + words[5]); // first envoi line
sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
sb.Append(words[1] + " " + words[4]); // second envoi line
sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
sb.Append(words[2] + " " + words[3]); // third envoi line
string text = sb.ToString();
Response.Clear();
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Length", text.Length.ToString());
Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=\"sestina_template.txt\"");
Response.Write(text);
Response.End();
}
// If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
return(View("Sestina", model));
}
