boggleNet

@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ namespace Boggle

                 isError = false;

                 Console.WriteLine("Please enter number of tiles that make up one side of the board: ");

                 input = Console.ReadLine();

-                char[] array  = input.ToCharArray();

-                //input.to

                 if (!int.TryParse(input, out boardSideLength))

                 {

                     Console.WriteLine("Invalid Input.");

@@ -127,13 +127,9 @@ namespace Boggle

             string word, substring;

             ListWord prevListWord;

             int startIndex;

-            int maxWordLength = boardSideLength * boardSideLength + 1;

+

             while ((word = rawList.ReadLine()) != null)

             {

-                //ignore the word if it cannot logically exist on the board.

-                if (word.Length < minWordLength || word.Length > maxWordLength)

-                    continue;

-

                 //First deal with the head node and then deal with following letters.

                 startIndex = 0;

                 word = word.ToUpper();

@@ -191,22 +187,6 @@ namespace Boggle

             return _WordList;

         }

-        private void SaveDictToDisk(Dictionary<string, ListWord> hierarchicalDict, string filename)

-        {

-        }

-

-        private Dictionary<string, ListWord> LoadDictFromDisk(string filename)

-        {

-        }

-

-        private bool DictExistsOnDisk(string filename)

-        {

-        }

-

-        private string DictFilenameOnDisk(int boardSideLength, int minWordLength)

-        {

-        }

-

         /// <summary>

         /// Checks to see if the proper file exists that contains the appropriate words.

         /// </summary>

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@

+using System.Collections.Generic;

+

+namespace Boggle

+{

+    /// <summary>

+    /// Equality comparer used for HashSet. No longer used as I switched to Dictionaries.

+    /// </summary>

+    public class WordComparer : EqualityComparer<WordOnBoard>

+    {

+        public override bool Equals(WordOnBoard x, WordOnBoard y)

+        {

+            return string.Compare(x.Word, y.Word, true) == 0;

+        }

+

+        public override int GetHashCode(WordOnBoard obj)

+        {

+            int hash = 0;

+            for (int i = 0; i < obj.Word.Length; i++)

+            {

+                hash += (int)obj.Word[i] * 10 ^ (obj.Word.Length - 1 - i);

+

+                //cat would result in 99 * 10^2 + 97 * 10^1 + 116 * 10^0 = 10986

+            }

+

+            return hash;

+        }

+    }

+}