bool askForAMove(Player i_player, gameBoard i_board, out Pair i_nextMove)
{
string nextMoveAsString;
//Pair nextMove;
char col = 'A';
int row = 0;
bool rowIsInt = false;
bool isFirstIteration = true;
bool toPlay = true;
bool invalidLengthInput = false;
Console.WriteLine(string.Format(
@"{0}, it's your turn!
Please choose 'letter'(column) and 'number'(row) for your next move.
The 'letter' must be an appercase and no space between row and col.
For example: 'E2'
<for 'EXIT' please insert 'Q'>", i_player.PlayerName));
do
{
if (!isFirstIteration)
{
invalidLengthInput = false;
Console.WriteLine("Sorry but You inserted invalid input! please try again:");
}
nextMoveAsString = Console.ReadLine();
if (nextMoveAsString == "Q")
{
toPlay = false;
break;
}
if (nextMoveAsString.Length != 2)
{
invalidLengthInput = true;
isFirstIteration = false;
continue;
}
col = nextMoveAsString[0];
rowIsInt = int.TryParse(nextMoveAsString[1].ToString(), out row);
isFirstIteration = false;
} while (invalidLengthInput || !rowIsInt || col < 'A' || col > ('A' + i_board.Size - 1) || row < 1 || row > i_board.Size);
i_nextMove = new Pair(row - 1, col - 'A');
return(toPlay);
}
public gameEngine(string i_player1, string i_player2, int i_boardSize)
{
m_player1 = new Player(eSymbolOfPlayer.O, i_player1);
m_player2 = new Player(eSymbolOfPlayer.X, i_player2);
m_board = new gameBoard(i_boardSize);
}
void showBoard(gameBoard i_board)
{
StringBuilder finalBoard = new StringBuilder();
StringBuilder borderOfRow = new StringBuilder();
StringBuilder rowOfLetters = new StringBuilder();
char letter = 'A';
rowOfLetters.Append(" ");
for (int i = 0; i < i_board.Size; i++)
{
if (i == i_board.Size - 1)
{
rowOfLetters.Append(string.Format("{0} ", letter));
}
else
{
rowOfLetters.Append(string.Format("{0} ", letter));
}
letter++;
}
finalBoard.Append(rowOfLetters);
finalBoard.Append(Environment.NewLine);
int numOfEquals = ((i_board.Size * 4) + 1);
borderOfRow.Append(" ");
for (int i = 0; i < numOfEquals; i++)
{
borderOfRow.Append('=');
}
borderOfRow.Append(Environment.NewLine);
StringBuilder rowWithBoardValues;
for (int row = 0; row < i_board.Size; row++)
{
rowWithBoardValues = new StringBuilder();
rowWithBoardValues.Append(borderOfRow);
rowWithBoardValues.Append(string.Format("{0} ", (row + 1)));
int col = 0;
int locationOfCoin = 2;
for (int i = 0; i < numOfEquals; i++)
{
if (i % 4 == 0)
{
rowWithBoardValues.Append("|");
}
else if (i == locationOfCoin)
{
if (i_board[row, col] != 0)
{
rowWithBoardValues.Append(i_board[row, col]);
}
else
{
rowWithBoardValues.Append(" ");
}
col++;
locationOfCoin += 4;
}
else
{
rowWithBoardValues.Append(" ");
}
}
finalBoard.Append(rowWithBoardValues);
finalBoard.Append(Environment.NewLine);
}
finalBoard.Append(borderOfRow);
Console.WriteLine(finalBoard);
}
