public void AnimalChoice(Emu emu)
{
// Info about emus, then prompting for action on the data.
Console.WriteLine("{0}You've chosen to see information about emus!", Environment.NewLine);
Console.WriteLine("Here's the information I have about emus:{0}", Environment.NewLine);
Console.WriteLine("The emu is a {0}, its diet is {1}, it moves by {2} and it reproduces by {3}",
emu.Subtype, emu.Diet, emu.Movement, emu.Reproduction);
emu.Science();
emu.Originate();
var entry = PromptAction();
if (entry == "print")
{
var data = PrepData(emu);
PrintToPrinter(data);
}
else if (entry == "save")
{
var data = PrepData(emu);
SaveToFile(data);
}
else
{
}
}
public static void Main()
{
// Creating an instance of the program due to static vs non-static method mayhem in the errors. Gah...
Program p = new Program();
// Creating a list so the database can be extended to many more animals if desired
List <string> animals = new List <string>();
animals.Add("emu");
animals.Add("kangaroo");
// Time to say hello to the user
Intro();
// While loop to prompt for user input until user elects to quit,
// will only accept valid responses and will loop until valid response received.
while (true)
{
var response = Prompt(animals).ToLower();
// Verifying user input and taking appropriate action
if (animals.Contains(response))
{
// I would only need one if/else statement here for the two items I need to worry about,
// but this wouldn't allow me to add more in future - so if/else-if/else it is.
if (response == animals[0])
{
Emu emu = new Emu();
p.AnimalChoice(emu);
}
else if (response == animals[1])
{
Kangaroo roo = new Kangaroo();
p.AnimalChoice(roo);
}
else
{
}
}
else if (response == "quit")
{
break;
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("That's not a valid entry, please try again.");
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Goodbye");
}
private static string[] PrepData(Emu emu)
{
// Prepping the data for printing or saving so that all that needs to be handled by those methods is a string array.
string[] data = new string[12];
data[0] = "Animal Database";
data[1] = "";
data[2] = "Animal selected: Emu";
data[3] = "";
data[4] = "Here's the information available about emus:";
data[5] = "\t Animal subtype: " + emu.Subtype;
data[6] = "\t Diet: " + emu.Diet;
data[7] = "\t Movement: " + emu.Movement;
data[8] = "\t Reproduction method: " + emu.Reproduction;
data[9] = "";
data[10] = emu.Scientific;
data[11] = emu.Origin;
return(data);
}