public void Start()
{
int r = 0;
int c = 0;
int m = 0;
int count = 0;
do
{
//user inputing number of rows, columns and mines found in the board
Console.Write("Rows: ");
r = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
Console.Write("Columns: ");
c = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
if (r != 0 && c != 0)
{
b = new Board(r, c);
Console.WriteLine("Would you like to set up the board manually? (Y/N)");
string ans = Console.ReadLine();
//filling up the grid manually
if (ans.Equals("Y", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
bool userInputValid = false;
do
{
userInputValid = b.SetUpBoardManually();
} while (userInputValid != true);
board = b.GetBoard();
}
//filling up the grid automatically
else if (ans.Equals("N", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
Console.WriteLine("Setting up the board automatically.");
Console.Write("Enter max number of mines: ");
m = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
b.SetUpBoardAutomatically(m);
board = b.GetBoard();
b.PrintBoard();
}
//array is traversed to count the number of neighbouring mines for each element
for (int i = 0; i < r; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < c; j++)
{
if (board[i, j] != '*')
{
int mineCount = CountNeighbourMines(i, j);
board[i, j] = (char)(mineCount + 48);
}
}
}
boards.Add(board); //filling up list with boards that contain information about number of neighbouring mines
}
Console.WriteLine();
} while (r != 0 && c != 0);
//commencing printing of results - each array in the list is sent to be printed
for (count = 0; count < boards.Count; count++)
{
Console.WriteLine("Field #" + (count + 1));
PrintMineCountBoard(boards[count]);
Console.WriteLine();
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit");
Console.ReadKey();
}