Chris Sivert (Scrabble)

csharp-scrabble-challenge.Main/Program.cs

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-// See https://aka.ms/new-console-template for more information
-Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
+using csharp_scrabble_challenge.Main;
+
+Scrabble scrabble = new Scrabble("OXyPHEnBUTaZoNE");
+

csharp-scrabble-challenge.Main/Scrabble.cs

@@ -8,16 +8,63 @@
 namespace csharp_scrabble_challenge.Main
 {
     public class Scrabble
+{
+    static readonly Dictionary<char, int> LetterValues = new Dictionary<char, int>
     {
-        public Scrabble(string word)
-        {            
-            //TODO: do something with the word variable
-        }
+        { 'A', 1 }, { 'B', 3 }, { 'C', 3 }, { 'D', 2 },
+        { 'E', 1 }, { 'F', 4 }, { 'G', 2 }, { 'H', 4 },
+        { 'I', 1 }, { 'J', 8 }, { 'K', 5 }, { 'L', 1 },
+        { 'M', 3 }, { 'N', 1 }, { 'O', 1 }, { 'P', 3 },
+        { 'Q', 10}, { 'R', 1 }, { 'S', 1 }, { 'T', 1 },
+        { 'U', 1 }, { 'V', 4 }, { 'W', 4 }, { 'X', 8 },
+        { 'Y', 4 }, { 'Z', 10}
+    };
+
+    private string word;
+
+    public Scrabble(string word)
+    {
+        this.word = word;
+        score();
+    }
 
-        public int score()
+    public int score()
+    {
+        int multiplyFactor;
+        int total = 0;
+        // Forces the letters to be uppercase
+        foreach (char c in word.ToUpper())
         {
-            //TODO: score calculation code goes here
-            throw new NotImplementedException(); //TODO: Remove this line when the code has been written
+            // TryGetValue takes two parameters. (1) The key, or in this case the letter. 
+            // (2) Out tries to store the value if that key or letter exists in the directory
+            if (LetterValues.TryGetValue(c, out int value))
+            {
+
+                // Janky way to add multiplier
+                multiplyFactor = 1;
+
+                if (c == '{') {
+                    multiplyFactor = 2;
+                } 
+
+                if (c == '}') {
+                    multiplyFactor = 1;
+                } 
+
+                if (c == '[') {
+                    multiplyFactor = 3;
+                }
+
+                if (c == ']') {
+                    multiplyFactor = 1;
+                }
+
+
+                total = total + value * multiplyFactor;
+            }   
         }
+        Console.WriteLine(total);
+        return total;
     }
 }
+}