public bool lightPlayerTurn = true; // If true then it is light players turn
// while (gameEnd == false)
//{
public void ProcessInput(string input) //Reads the file and either place or move pieces as written.
{
string Origin;
string placed;
bool checkMate = false;
string movePiece = ("^[a-h][1-8] [a-h][1-8]\\*?$"); //Rexex pattern that will only accept [x axis location][y axis location]
//[location on the x axis][location on y axis]
Match MoveMatch;
bool captured = false;
MoveMatch = Regex.Match(input, movePiece, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
if (MoveMatch.Success)
{
//Previously, this part of the file read commands for placement of pieces. Since this program is supposed to be without said lines, It was removed
captured = false;
//Splits the line in order to gather data on the starting and ending point
Origin = input.Split(' ')[0];
placed = input.Split(' ')[1];
//Checks the end of the line to see if a piece is captured
if (placed.Substring(placed.Length - 1).Equals("*"))
{
captured = true;
}
//If it didn't capture a piece, it simply moves the piece from point a to point b, using methods previously talked about
if (!captured)
{
int StartX = char.ToUpper(Origin.First <char>()) - 65; //This is set to 65 to make logic easier so that a is equal to 0 instead of one
int StartY = int.Parse(Origin.Substring(Origin.Length - 1));
int EndX = char.ToUpper(placed.First <char>()) - 65;
int EndY = int.Parse(placed.Substring(placed.Length - 1));
Piece p = board[StartX, 8 - StartY];
if (p == null)
{
string atemp = ("The space at those cordinates on the board is null");
PrintBoard(atemp);
//Console.ReadLine();
}
else
{
if (lightPlayerTurn == true && p.color == 'l')
{
//lightplayer
PieceMove(StartX, 8 - StartY, EndX, 8 - EndY, p, input, p.color);
}
else if (lightPlayerTurn == false && p.color == 'd')
{
PieceMove(StartX, 8 - StartY, EndX, 8 - EndY, p, input, p.color);
//darkplayer
}
else
{
string temp = ("Invalid move: It is currently the other players turn.");
PrintBoard(temp);
//Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
//If a piece was captured, the parsing for the ending y axis point is moddified to be accepted as the * at the end could cause issues
else if (captured)
{
int StartX = char.ToUpper(Origin.First <char>()) - 65;
int StartY = int.Parse(Origin.Substring(Origin.Length - 1));
int EndX = char.ToUpper(placed.First <char>()) - 65;
int EndY = int.Parse(placed.Substring(placed.Length - 2, placed.Length - 2));
//game.pieceMove(StartX, 8 - StartY, EndX, 8 - EndY);
Piece p = board[StartX, 8 - StartY];
if (p == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("The space at those cordinates on the board is null");
//Console.ReadLine();
}
else
{
if (lightPlayerTurn && p.color == 'l')
{
//lightplayer
PieceMove(StartX, 8 - StartY, EndX, 8 - EndY, p, input, p.color);
}
else if (!lightPlayerTurn && p.color == 'd')
{
PieceMove(StartX, 8 - StartY, EndX, 8 - EndY, p, input, p.color);
//darkplayer
}
else
{
string temp = ("Invalid move: It is currently the other players turn.");
PrintBoard(temp);
//Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine($"Invalid Line: {input}");
}
}
if (checkMate == true)
{
gameEnd = true;
}
}
