/// <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>
/// gets words that are able to be made with the tiles passed.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="words">the dictionary</param>
/// <param name="tiles"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private string[] checkWords(string[] words, char[] tiles)
{
int temp = 0;
int[] letters = new int[26];
int blanks = 0;
char[] wordChecking;
string highScore = "";
int highestScore = 0;
List <string> s = new List <string>();
for (int i = 0; i < letters.Length; i++)
{
letters[i] = 0;
}
for (int i = 0; i < tiles.Length; i++)
{
if (tiles[i].Equals(' '))
{
blanks++;
}
else
{
letters[tiles[i] - 65]++;
}
}
foreach (string word in words)
{
wordChecking = word.ToCharArray();
int[] wordCheckingChars = new int[26];
for (int i = 0; i < wordCheckingChars.Length; i++)
{
wordCheckingChars[i] = 0;
}
for (int i = 0; i < wordChecking.Length; i++)
{
wordCheckingChars[wordChecking[i] - 65]++;
}
int extraLetters = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < wordCheckingChars.Length; i++)
{
if (wordCheckingChars[i] - letters[i] > 0)
{
extraLetters += wordCheckingChars[i] - letters[i];
}
if (wordCheckingChars[i] > 0)
{
temp += new ScrabbleLetter(Convert.ToChar(i + 65)).Points;
}
}
if (extraLetters <= blanks)
{
s.Add(word);
if (temp > highestScore)
{
highestScore = temp;
highScore = word;
}
}
temp = 0;
}
MessageBox.Show("best word: " + highScore);
return(s.ToArray());
}
/// <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);
}