public void AddStatesForMovesForCar(BoardState state, byte car, int xVec, int yVec, List<BoardState> seenStates, List<BoardState> newStates)
{
// multiply vector by an increasing number to test all move options until the move is blocked.
// e.g. move left 1, move left 2, move left 3, etc
int mul = 1;
var direction =
(xVec != 0) ?
(xVec > 0 ? BoardState.Direction.Right : BoardState.Direction.Left) :
(yVec > 0 ? BoardState.Direction.Down : BoardState.Direction.Up);
while (true)
{
// reset here but only initalised after validations have been performed
BoardState newState = null;
for (int y = 0; y < state.Height; y++)
{
for (int x = 0; x < state.Width; x++)
{
var curOfs = y * state.Width + x;
if (state.Board[curOfs] != car)
{
continue;
}
var nx = x + (xVec * mul);
var ny = y + (yVec * mul);
var newOfs = ny * state.Width + nx;
// invalid if the move has caused the piece to move off-board
if ((nx < 0) || (ny < 0) || (nx >= state.Width) || (ny >= state.Height)) return;
// if there's a matched piece to the left or right, we can't move up or down
if ((((x > 0) && (state.Board[curOfs - 1] == car)) || ((x < state.Width - 1) && (state.Board[curOfs + 1] == car))) && (yVec != 0)) return;
// if there's a matched piece up or down, we can't move to the left or right
if ((((y > 0) && (state.Board[curOfs - state.Width] == car)) || ((y < state.Height - 1) && (state.Board[curOfs + state.Width] == car))) && (xVec != 0)) return;
// invalid if the new position is not either empty or another of the same piece
if ((state.Board[newOfs] != BoardState.CELL_EMPTY) && (state.Board[newOfs] != car)) return;
// initialise after checks have been performed
if (newState == null)
{
newState = new BoardState(state);
}
if (newState.Board[curOfs] != BoardState.CELL_ACTIVE)
{
newState.Board[curOfs] = BoardState.CELL_EMPTY;
}
newState.Board[newOfs] = BoardState.CELL_ACTIVE;
}
}
// will crash with newState = null if the car character was not matched
for (int i = 0; i < state.Board.Length; i++)
{
if (newState.Board[i] == BoardState.CELL_ACTIVE)
{
newState.Board[i] = car;
}
}
// if this state has ever been seen before, continuing with this tree is pointless
// scan backwards because it's very likely that a state not far back is the same rather than one at the beginning
for (int i = seenStates.Count() - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
if (newState.Equals(seenStates[i]))
{
return;
}
}
// store the narration
newState.Narration = GetNarration(car, mul, direction, newState.CarMap);
seenStates.Add(newState);
newStates.Add(newState);
mul++;
}
}
public string GetNarration(byte car, int distance, BoardState.Direction direction, Dictionary<byte, char> carMap)
{
var directionStr = "";
switch (direction)
{
case BoardState.Direction.Up: directionStr = "↑"; break;
case BoardState.Direction.Down: directionStr = "↓"; break;
case BoardState.Direction.Left: directionStr = "←"; break;
case BoardState.Direction.Right: directionStr = "→"; break;
}
return string.Format(
"{0} {1} {2}",
carMap[car],
directionStr,
distance);
}
public List<BoardState> AddStates(BoardState initialState, List<BoardState> seenStates)
{
var newStates = new List<BoardState>();
// 1-based so we skip empty
for (byte car = 1; car <= initialState.CarCount; car++)
{
this.AddStatesForMovesForCar(initialState, car, 1, 0, seenStates, newStates);
this.AddStatesForMovesForCar(initialState, car, -1, 0, seenStates, newStates);
this.AddStatesForMovesForCar(initialState, car, 0, 1, seenStates, newStates);
this.AddStatesForMovesForCar(initialState, car, 0, -1, seenStates, newStates);
}
return newStates;
}
public BoardState Solve(BoardState initialState, int targetX, int targetY)
{
int maxDepth = 1;
int i = 0;
int targetOfs = targetY * initialState.Width + targetX;
while (true)
{
Queue<BoardState> stack = new Queue<BoardState>();
stack.Enqueue(initialState);
List<BoardState> seenStates = new List<BoardState>();
seenStates.Add(initialState);
i = 0;
Console.WriteLine("Searching at depth " + maxDepth + ".");
while (stack.Count() > 0)
{
var state = stack.Dequeue();
if (state.Board[targetOfs] == BoardState.CELL_REDCAR)
{
return state;
}
if (state.Depth <= maxDepth)
{
foreach (var newState in this.AddStates(state, seenStates))
{
stack.Enqueue(newState);
i++;
}
}
}
if (maxDepth > 0)
{
Console.WriteLine(" Evaluated " + i + " valid leaves.");
}
if (i == 0)
{
return null;
}
maxDepth++;
}
}
public void RenderBoardToConsole(BoardState board)
{
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine(board.Narration);
for (int i = 0; i < board.Board.Length; i++)
{
if (i % board.Width == 0)
{
Console.WriteLine();
}
if (board.Board[i] == 0)
{
Console.Write(" ");
}
else {
Console.ForegroundColor = this.GetConsoleColorForIndex(board.Board[i]);
Console.Write("X");
}
}
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Gray;
Console.WriteLine();
}
public BoardState SetBoardFromText(string[] lines, char redCarChar = 'X', char emptyChar = '.')
{
var cx = 0;
foreach (var line in lines)
{
if (line.Length > cx) cx = line.Length;
}
var board = new byte[lines.Length, cx];
Dictionary<char, byte> map = new Dictionary<char, byte>();
map.Add(emptyChar, BoardState.CELL_EMPTY);
map.Add(redCarChar, BoardState.CELL_REDCAR);
int y = 0;
foreach (var line in lines)
{
int x = 0;
foreach (var cell in line)
{
if (!map.ContainsKey(cell))
{
// find a console colour
byte colour = 1;
while (map.ContainsValue(colour))
{
colour++;
}
if (colour > 0xf)
{
throw new Exception("Too many cars to render.");
}
map.Add(cell, colour);
}
board[y, x] = map[cell];
x++;
}
y++;
}
var boardState = new BoardState(board);
boardState.CarMap = map.ToDictionary(item => item.Value, item => item.Key);
return boardState;
}
public BoardState(BoardState parent)
{
this.Parent = parent;
this.CarMap = parent.CarMap;
this.Width = parent.Width;
this.Height = parent.Height;
this.CarCount = parent.CarCount;
this.Depth = parent.Depth + 1;
this.Board = new byte[parent.Board.Length];
Buffer.BlockCopy(parent.Board, 0, this.Board, 0, parent.Board.Length);
}