public string SerialiseBoardToPuzzleString()
{
var rowPosition = 1;
var puzzleString = "";
while (rowPosition <= this.MaxRows)
{
var colPosition = 1;
while (colPosition <= this.MaxColumns)
{
var cell = BoardCells.Where(x => x.CellRow == rowPosition && x.CellColumn == colPosition).FirstOrDefault();
if (cell == null)
{
puzzleString = $"{puzzleString}0";
}
else
{
puzzleString = $"{puzzleString}{cell.CurrentValue}";
}
colPosition++;
}
rowPosition++;
}
return(puzzleString);
}
public void PrintBoard()
{
var currentRow = 1;
Console.WriteLine("___________________________________________________________________________________________________________");
while (currentRow <= MaxRows)
{
foreach (var box in BoardCells.Where(x => x.CellRow == currentRow).GroupBy(x => x.CellBox))
{
foreach (var cell in box)
{
if (cell.CellColumn == 1)
{
Console.Write("||");
}
if (cell.CurrentValue == 0)
{
Console.Write($" ");
var values = "";
foreach (var value in cell.PossibleValues)
{
values = $"{values}{value}";
}
var valueToWrite = PadBoth(values, 9);
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkCyan;
Console.Write(valueToWrite);
Console.Write($" ");
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
}
else
{
Console.Write($" {cell.CurrentValue} ");
}
}
Console.Write("||");
}
Console.WriteLine();
if (currentRow == 9)
{
Console.Write("-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------");
Console.WriteLine();
}
else if (currentRow % 3 == 0)
{
Console.Write("||_________________________________||_________________________________||_________________________________||");
Console.WriteLine();
}
currentRow++;
}
}
public void PrintBoard()
{
var currentRow = 1;
Console.WriteLine("___________________________________");
while (currentRow <= MaxRows)
{
foreach (var box in BoardCells.Where(x => x.CellRow == currentRow).GroupBy(x => x.CellBox))
{
foreach (var cell in box)
{
if (cell.CellColumn == 1)
{
Console.Write("||");
}
if (cell.CurrentValue == 0)
{
Console.Write(" ");
}
else
{
Console.Write($" {cell.CurrentValue} ");
}
}
Console.Write("||");
}
Console.WriteLine();
if (currentRow == 9)
{
Console.Write("-----------------------------------");
Console.WriteLine();
}
else if (currentRow % 3 == 0)
{
Console.Write("||_________||_________||_________||");
Console.WriteLine();
}
currentRow++;
}
}