// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <!-- SelectionBag -->
/// <summary>
/// Places a bunch of marbles (chars) in a bag for random selection
/// </summary>
/// <param name="size">number of marbles in bag (try a multiple of 8 <= 120)</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private List <char> SelectionBag(Endeme e, int size)
{
Random r = RandomSource.New().Random;
if (this.Count > this.OriginalCount)
{
throw new Exception("SelectionBag");
}
// ----------------------------------------------------------------
// Define number of each kind of marble (character)
// ----------------------------------------------------------------
char[] endeme = e.ToCharArray();
string str = "";
switch (size)
{
case 128: str = "@>=;:98765544332221111"; break;
case 120: str = "@><;987665443322221111"; break;
case 112: str = "?=;:987654433322211111"; break;
case 104: str = "><:9876654433222211111"; break;
case 96: str = "=;:9776544333222111110"; break;
case 88: str = "<:98765544332221111110"; break;
case 80: str = ";987665443322221111110"; break;
case 72: str = ":877654433322211111100"; break;
case 64: str = "9876544333222111111000"; break;
case 60: str = "8766544332222111111000"; break;
case 56: str = "8765543332221111110000"; break;
case 52: str = "7665443322221111110000"; break;
case 48: str = "7655433322211111100000"; break;
case 44: str = "6554433222211111100000"; break;
case 40: str = "6544333222111111000000"; break;
case 36: str = "5544332221111110000000"; break;
case 32: str = "5433322221111110000000"; break;
case 28: str = "4433222211111100000000"; break;
case 24: str = "4332222111111000000000"; break;
case 20: str = "3322221111110000000000"; break;
case 16: str = "3222111111100000000000"; break;
case 14: str = "2222111111000000000000"; break;
case 12: str = "2221111110000000000000"; break;
case 10: str = "2211111100000000000000"; break;
case 8: str = "2111111000000000000000"; break;
case 7: str = "2111110000000000000000"; break;
case 6: str = "1111110000000000000000"; break;
case 5: str = "1111100000000000000000"; break;
case 4: str = "1111000000000000000000"; break;
case 3: str = "1110000000000000000000"; break;
case 2: str = "1100000000000000000000"; break;
case 1: str = "1000000000000000000000"; break;
default: str = "";
Dictionary <char, int> cha = new Dictionary <char, int>(22);
foreach (char c in endeme)
{
cha.Add(c, 0);
}
for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i)
{
cha[e.RandomLetter(0.89)]++;
}
var query = from ch in cha orderby cha.Values descending select cha;
str = "";
foreach (var item in query)
{
str = str + item.ToString();
}
break; // TODO: build the function that approximates these series (.89 * one before)
}
// ----------------------------------------------------------------
// Put marbles (characters) in bag
// ----------------------------------------------------------------
List <int> quantity = StringToNums(str);
List <char> bag = new List <char>(size);
for (int i = 0; i < quantity.Count; ++i)
{
for (int j = 0; j < quantity[i]; ++j)
{
if (i < endeme.Length)
{
bag.Add(endeme[i]);
}
else if (endeme.Length > 0)
{
bag.Add(endeme[0]);
}
}
}
return(bag);
}