public int[] GetAvailableMoves(int start, int[][] data, MovingRules moveType)
{
int hop = (int)moveType;
List <int> possibleMoves = new List <int>();
for (int iOuter = 0; iOuter < data.Length; iOuter++)
{
if (data[iOuter].Contains(start))
{
for (int iInner = 0; iInner < data[iOuter].Length; iInner++)
{
// find the position of the starting element
if (data[iOuter][iInner] == start)
{
int posNextInner = iInner + hop, posNextOuter = iOuter + hop, posPrevInner = iInner - hop, posPrevOuter = iOuter - hop;
if (posNextOuter == data.Length)
{
posNextOuter = 0;
}
if (posPrevOuter < 0)
{
posPrevOuter = iOuter + data[iOuter].Length - hop;
}
if (posNextInner == data[iOuter].Length)
{
posNextInner = 0;
}
if (posPrevInner < 0)
{
posPrevInner = iInner + data[iOuter].Length - hop;
}
possibleMoves.Add(data[iOuter][posNextInner]);
possibleMoves.Add(data[iOuter][posPrevInner]);
possibleMoves.Add(data[posNextOuter][iInner]);
possibleMoves.Add(data[posPrevOuter][iInner]);
break;
}
}
break;
}
else
{
continue;
}
}
return(possibleMoves.ToArray());
}
/// <summary>
/// generate a given length of numbers randomize by moving position rules from input
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">multi dimensional array input</param>
/// <param name="startNumber">to begin</param>
/// <param name="randomGeneratorLength">like 7 or 5</param>
/// <param name="moveRule">1</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public int[] Randomize(int[][] input, int startNumber, int randomGeneratorLength, MovingRules moveRule)
{
int[] randomSequence = new int[randomGeneratorLength];
int counter = 0;
randomSequence[counter++] = startNumber;
do
{
} while (counter < randomGeneratorLength);
return(randomSequence);
}
