/// <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>
/// Generates the dictionaries needed to calculate the words.
///
/// charCodes assigns one prime number to each letter in the tileset.
/// charPoints associates each letter with its number of points (obtained from ScrabbleLetter)
/// </summary>
private void GenerateDictionaries()
{
// Clear previous values.
for (int i = 0; i < charCodes.Length; i++)
{
charCodes[i] = 0;
charPoints[i] = 0;
}
blanks = 0;
// First seven prime numbers. No more than these will ever be needed.
int[] primes = { 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 };
for (int i = 0; i < letters.Length; i++)
{
// If the letter is a blank, ignore it and simply add to the blanks counter.
if (letters[i] == ' ')
{
blanks++;
}
else
{
charCodes[letters[i] - 65] = primes[i];
charPoints[letters[i] - 65] = new ScrabbleLetter(letters[i]).Points;
}
}
}
/// <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);
}
