boggleNet

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ 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.");

@@ -127,9 +127,13 @@ 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();

@@ -187,6 +191,22 @@ 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>

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

-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;

-        }

-    }

-}