//indexShowFirst = The index where most cells were set
public void Process(out ArrayList resultStrings, out ArrayList sudokuBoardStrings, out ArrayList listBoxEntries, out int indexShowFirst)
{
Random random = new Random((int)(DateTime.Now.Ticks % (long)int.MaxValue));
string ResultStr, iterationDebugDirectory, debugDirectory;
int numberOfTries = 0, maxCellsSetInATry = -1, totalNumberOfCellsSet, numberOfCellsSetInTry;
ArrayList result = new ArrayList();
resultStrings = new ArrayList();
sudokuBoardStrings = new ArrayList();
listBoxEntries = new ArrayList();
indexShowFirst = -1;
debugDirectory = _debugDirectory + "\\Solve_Sudoku_" + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH.mm.ss.fff");
Directory.CreateDirectory(debugDirectory);
SudokuSolver sudokuSolver = new SudokuSolver(random, _sudokuBoard, _isDebug);
while ((numberOfTries < _maxNumberOfTries) && !_sudokuBoard.SudokuIsSolved)
{
numberOfTries++;
iterationDebugDirectory = debugDirectory + "\\Try" + numberOfTries.ToString();
Directory.CreateDirectory(iterationDebugDirectory);
result = sudokuSolver.Process(iterationDebugDirectory, out ResultStr);
resultStrings.Add(ResultStr);
sudokuBoardStrings.Add(_sudokuBoard.SudokuBoardString);
totalNumberOfCellsSet = _sudokuBoard.NumberOfCellsSet;
numberOfCellsSetInTry = result.Count;
listBoxEntries.Add(string.Format("Try{0} ({1}, {2}, {3})", numberOfTries, totalNumberOfCellsSet, _numberOfCellsSetInOriginalData, numberOfCellsSetInTry));
if ((_originalData.Count + result.Count) != totalNumberOfCellsSet)
{
throw new Exception("if ((_originalData.Count + result.Count) != totalNumberOfCellsSet)");
}
if (numberOfTries == 1)
{
maxCellsSetInATry = totalNumberOfCellsSet;
indexShowFirst = 0;
}
else if ((numberOfTries > 1) && (totalNumberOfCellsSet > maxCellsSetInATry))
{
maxCellsSetInATry = totalNumberOfCellsSet;
indexShowFirst = numberOfTries - 1;
}
if (_sudokuBoard.SudokuIsSolved)
{
if ((_originalData.Count + result.Count) != 81)
{
throw new Exception("((_originalData.Count + result.Count) != 81) in method SolveSudoku.Process");
}
}
else if (numberOfTries < _maxNumberOfTries)
{
_sudokuBoard.Reset(_originalData);
}
}
}
