/// <summary>
/// Returns list of moves that can be done with a specific hand
/// </summary>
/// <param name="board">string array of letters on the board for that</param>
/// <param name="hand">List of length 1 strings in the player's hand</param>
/// <param name="rowOrCol">Position</param>
/// <param name="col">True if it runs up/down</param>
/// <returns>List of moves, formed in an array [string word, int[1,1] position, bool NorthSouth]</returns>
public List <Move> GetMovesInArray(ScrabbleBoard board, List <string> hand, string[] rowOrCol, bool col, int pos)
{
List <Move> moves = new List <Move>();
List <string> boardLetters = new List <string>();
Move possibleMove;
int[] position = new int[2];
foreach (string letter in rowOrCol)
{
if (letter != null)
{
boardLetters.Add(letter);
}
}
foreach (string word in GetPossibleWordsForRow(hand, boardLetters))
{
for (int c = 0; c + word.Length < (col ? board.GetCol(pos).Length : board.GetRow(pos).Length); c++)
{
position[0] = (col ? pos : c);
position[1] = (col ? board.GetRow(pos).Length - 1 - c : pos);
possibleMove = new Move(word, position, col);
if (board.CheckIfValidMove(word, position, col, hand))
{
moves.Add(possibleMove.Clone());
}
}
}
return(moves);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the best possible move, given a ScrabbleBoard and a list of strings representing the player's hand.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="board">ScrabbleBoard that the move will be played on</param>
/// <param name="hand">List of length 1 strings that the player has in his/her hand</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public Move GetBestPlay(ScrabbleBoard board, List <string> hand)
{
List <Move> allMoves = new List <Move>();
for (int c = 0; c < this.board.GetRow(0).Length; c++)
{
foreach (Move move in GetMovesInArray(board, hand, board.GetCol(c), true, c))
{
allMoves.Add(move);
}
}
for (int c = 0; c < this.board.GetCol(0).Length; c++)
{
foreach (Move move in GetMovesInArray(board, hand, board.GetRow(c), false, c))
{
allMoves.Add(move);
}
}
Move bestMove = new Move(null, null, true);;
int topScore = 0;
int currentScore;
foreach (Move move in allMoves)
{
currentScore = board.GetPredictedScore(move.GetWord(), move.GetPosition()[0], move.GetPosition()[1], move.GetIfNorthSouth());
if (currentScore > topScore && !board.CheckIfRetread(move))
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(move.ToString());
topScore = currentScore;
bestMove = move;
}
}
return(bestMove);
}