/// <summary>
/// Gets the list of words formed by the game board. This method scans column by column,
/// row by row, and returns all of the formed words.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>List of all of the words formed. If the gameboard is invalid, an empty list
/// is returned.</returns>
public List <WordCoordinate> GetWordList()
{
var wordsFormedOnGameBoard = new List <WordCoordinate>();
//
// If the game board is invalid, return an empty list.
//
if (!IsGameBoardValid())
{
return(wordsFormedOnGameBoard);
}
//
// Iterate through all of the columns.
//
for (var i = 0; i < BoardSpaceDimension; i++)
{
int j = 0;
while (j < BoardSpaceDimension)
{
if (_boardMatrix[i, j]._isOccupied)
{
int jStart = j;
var wc = new WordCoordinate
{
_string = "",
_begin = new Point(i, j)
};
do
{
wc._string += _boardMatrix[i, j]._tile.TileContents;
j++;
}while ((j < BoardSpaceDimension) && (_boardMatrix[i, j]._isOccupied));
wc._end = new Point(i, j - 1);
//
// Only add a word if it's greater than one tile in length.
//
if (j - jStart > 1)
{
wordsFormedOnGameBoard.Add(wc);
}
}
j++;
}
}
//
// Iterate through all of the rows
//
for (var j = 0; j < BoardSpaceDimension; j++)
{
int i = 0;
while (i < BoardSpaceDimension)
{
if (_boardMatrix[i, j]._isOccupied)
{
int iStart = i;
var wc = new WordCoordinate
{
_string = "",
_begin = new Point(i, j)
};
do
{
wc._string += _boardMatrix[i, j]._tile.TileContents;
i++;
}while ((i < BoardSpaceDimension) && (_boardMatrix[i, j]._isOccupied));
wc._end = new Point(i - 1, j);
//
// Only add a word if it's greater than one tile in length.
//
if (i - iStart > 1)
{
wordsFormedOnGameBoard.Add(wc);
}
}
i++;
}
}
return(wordsFormedOnGameBoard);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the list of words formed by the game board. This method scans column by column,
/// row by row, and returns all of the formed words.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>List of all of the words formed. If the gameboard is invalid, an empty list
/// is returned.</returns>
public List<WordCoordinate> GetWordList()
{
var wordsFormedOnGameBoard = new List<WordCoordinate>();
//
// If the game board is invalid, return an empty list.
//
if (!IsGameBoardValid())
{
return wordsFormedOnGameBoard;
}
//
// Iterate through all of the columns.
//
for (var i = 0; i < BoardSpaceDimension; i++)
{
int j = 0;
while (j < BoardSpaceDimension)
{
if (_boardMatrix[i, j]._isOccupied)
{
int jStart = j;
var wc = new WordCoordinate
{
_string = "",
_begin = new Point(i, j)
};
do
{
wc._string += _boardMatrix[i, j]._tile.TileContents;
j++;
}
while ((j < BoardSpaceDimension) && (_boardMatrix[i, j]._isOccupied));
wc._end = new Point(i, j - 1);
//
// Only add a word if it's greater than one tile in length.
//
if (j - jStart > 1)
{
wordsFormedOnGameBoard.Add(wc);
}
}
j++;
}
}
//
// Iterate through all of the rows
//
for (var j = 0; j < BoardSpaceDimension; j++)
{
int i = 0;
while (i < BoardSpaceDimension)
{
if (_boardMatrix[i, j]._isOccupied)
{
int iStart = i;
var wc = new WordCoordinate
{
_string = "",
_begin = new Point(i, j)
};
do
{
wc._string += _boardMatrix[i, j]._tile.TileContents;
i++;
}
while ((i < BoardSpaceDimension) && (_boardMatrix[i, j]._isOccupied));
wc._end = new Point(i - 1, j);
//
// Only add a word if it's greater than one tile in length.
//
if (i - iStart > 1)
{
wordsFormedOnGameBoard.Add(wc);
}
}
i++;
}
}
return wordsFormedOnGameBoard;
}
