//Method to validate the shots from players to be in the board range and of length of 2.
//It will check if the shot is good or not and print out relative message on console
private void ValidateShot(List <string> shipSlots)
{
while (true)
{
Console.WriteLine("Player1_ fire at a slot on player2's board:");
string player1Shot = Console.ReadLine();
//Check if the shot is in range of the board
if (_board.IsShipInRange(player1Shot))
{
//check if the shot is in the other player ship slots if yes removes it from the list
//if no print missed message and exits the loop
if (shipSlots.IndexOf(player1Shot) >= 0)
{
shipSlots.Remove(player1Shot);
Console.WriteLine("GoodShot Player1");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Ooops, You missed");
}
break;
}
//if the shot is not in the board range chek if the length of the shot is not 2 characters
//and ask the player to correct their answer
else if (player1Shot.Count() != 2)
{
Console.WriteLine("please type exactly 2 characters for your shot:");
//if the shot is not in the board range but the length of the shot is 2 characters
// check the order of the characters and ask the player to correct their answer
}
else if (Regex.IsMatch(player1Shot.Substring(0, 1), @"^[a-zA-Z]+$") && Regex.IsMatch(player1Shot.Substring(1, 1), @"^\d$"))
{
Console.WriteLine("please place your shot in the range of the board(width:a-h, height:1-8)");
}
//If non of the above cases are valid the shot is out of the board range.Ask the player to correct their answer.
else
{
Console.WriteLine("please type in a strin of 2 characters in the order of letter and number Ex:b2");
}
}
}