// Main method to get user input and choose to run the test or the custom program
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Variables to store user input
string allInput;
char input = '?';
// Do while the user stated that they wanted to rerun the program
do
{
// Method call to get user input
GetUserInput();
// If the program is in test mode, run the test
if (testMode)
{
RunTest();
}
// Else run the custom program
else
{
// Begin hill climbing based on the inputted boolean variables
HillClimbing.RunHillClimbing(doesRestart, movesSideways, boardSize);
}
// Do while the user did not input Y or N
do
{
// Get user input to run the program again
Logger.WriteLine("\nWould you like to run the program again? (Y/N)");
allInput = Console.ReadLine();
// If the user inputted a string with at least one character
if (allInput.Length > 0)
{
// Set the input equal to the first character
input = allInput.ToUpper()[0];
Logger.WriteLine(input, false);
}
}while(input != 'Y' && input != 'N');
}while(input == 'Y');
// Output the data to the CSV file
Logger.OutputToFile();
Console.WriteLine("\nPress enter to exit...");
Console.ReadLine();
}
// Method to run the test and log the results to an CSV file
static void RunTest()
{
Logger.WriteLine("Running tests....this might take a while...");
// List of the results for the hill climbing runs
var results = new List <HillClimbingResult>();
// Run hill climbing without restarting or sideways moves 500 times
Logger.WriteLine("Recording default Hill Climbing with 8 Queens statistics...");
for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
{
results.Add(HillClimbing.RunHillClimbing(false, false, 8, false));
}
// Run hill climbing with sideways moves 500 times
Logger.WriteLine("Recording sideways moves Hill Climbing with 8 Queens statistics...");
for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
{
results.Add(HillClimbing.RunHillClimbing(false, true, 8, false));
}
// Run hill climbing with random restart 500 times
Logger.WriteLine("Recording random restart without sideways moves Hill Climbing with 8 Queens statistics...");
for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
{
results.Add(HillClimbing.RunHillClimbing(true, false, 8, false));
}
// Run hill climbing with random restart and sideways moves 500 times
Logger.WriteLine("Recording random restart with sideways moves Hill Climbing with 8 Queens statistics...");
for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
{
results.Add(HillClimbing.RunHillClimbing(true, true, 8, false));
}
// Write the results to a CSV file
using (var writer = new StreamWriter($"output/results_{DateTime.Now.Ticks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}.csv"))
using (var csv = new CsvWriter(writer))
{
csv.WriteRecords <HillClimbingResult>(results);
}
Logger.WriteLine("All test results recorded in output directory");
}