/// <summary>
/// Eexcute command to move ant
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ant"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public string ExecuteCommand(BionicAnt ant)
{
try
{
int[] tmpXY;
char[] antCommand = ant.command.ToCharArray();
for (int i = 0; i < antCommand.Length; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine(antCommand[i]);
if (antCommand[i] == 'L' || antCommand[i] == 'R')
{
ant.direction = Rotate(ant.direction, antCommand[i]);
}
else if (antCommand[i] == 'M')
{
tmpXY = Move(ant.locationX, ant.locationY, ant.direction);
ant.locationX = tmpXY[0];
ant.locationY = tmpXY[1];
}
else
{
throw new Exception("invalid command");
}
}
string[] result = new string[] { ant.locationX.ToString(), ant.locationY.ToString(), ant.direction };
string resultString = string.Join(" ", result);
return(resultString);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a list of ants' original location and command accodring to input
/// </summary>
/// <param name="positionAndAction"></param>
public void CreateList(params string[] positionAndAction)
{
try
{
if (positionAndAction.Length % 2 == 0)
{
for (int i = 0; i < positionAndAction.Length - 1; i++)
{
BionicAnt tmpAnt = new BionicAnt();
string[] position = positionAndAction[i].Split(' ');
if (position.Length == 3)
{
//add x and y co-ordinates to list
tmpAnt.locationX = Convert.ToInt32(position[0]);
tmpAnt.locationY = Convert.ToInt32(position[1]);
if (tmpAnt.locationX > this._boundaryX || tmpAnt.locationY > this._boundaryY)
{
throw new Exception("Delopyment out of range");
}
tmpAnt.direction = position[2];
}
else
{
throw new Exception("original deployment data in wrong format");
}
i++;
//add orientation to list
tmpAnt.command = positionAndAction[i];
_bionicantList.Add(tmpAnt);
}
}
else
{
throw new Exception("length of input data set should be a even number");
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}