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copied!<p>i have this boggle-type game that I've written in Java. It works fine, there isn't anything wrong, but i would like to add a feature that when the game ends (by the timer reaching 0, or user entering 0 to exit to main menu) the system will calculate all the possible words that you could have found. I have a method here, which is what is used to search the 10x10 grid of letters to find a match to what the user enters.</p> <pre><code> public class FinalProjectBogel { static private BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader (newInputStreamReader(System.in),1); boolean timeUp = true; boolean notValid = true; Toolkit toolkit; Timer timer; sortLib sl = new sortLib(); public FinalProjectBogel() throws IOException { toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(); timer = new Timer(); //Creates new timer // CREDITS System.out.println(""); System.out.println("BOGEL ®"); System.out.println("Created by George Ondi and Kirkland Clive Douglas"); //Edited by Alan Kwok System.out.println(""); //________________________________________________________________________________________ // MAIN MENU //________________________________________________________________________________________ for (int ctrloop = 0; 0 < 1; ctrloop--)//Endless loop for main menu { System.out.println(""); System.out.println("Enter one of the following numeric options to initiate the corresponding command."); System.out.println(""); System.out.println("1 Commence Game"); System.out.println("2 Rules"); System.out.println("3 View Highscores"); System.out.println("4 Exit"); System.out.println(""); //________________________________________________________________________________________ // TIMER / GAMEBOARD //________________________________________________________________________________________ int userCmd = Keyboard.readInt();//Gets input from user for the main menu System.out.println(""); if (userCmd==1)//Runs the game it self { timer.schedule(new RemindTask(),0,1*1000); // start timer int score = 0;//Where your points are scored char table[][] = new char[10][10]; //Creates the array for the 10x10 grid int ctr = 0; char c; Random r = new Random();//for the random characters for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++) { for (int y = 0; y < 10; y++) { table[x][y] = (char)(r.nextInt(26) + 'a');//creates random characters } } for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++) { for (int y = 0; y < 10; y++) { System.out.print("|" + table[x][y] + "|");//creats the grid and the lines between the letters } System.out.println(""); } System.out.println("Enter words that appear horizontally, vertically."); System.out.println("- Enter 0 to return to main menu."); String userInput = Keyboard.readString();//User input for the word search // System.out.println(userInput); String[] wordStorage = new String[50];//creats array for words you enter. this is where they are stored then later compared with. int size = 0;//for keeping track of array size boolean Flag = false; //________________________________________________________________________________________ // EXITING TO MAIN MENU OPTION / BUFF.READER / WORDSEARCH //________________________________________________________________________________________ while (Flag != true ) { if (userInput.equals("0"))//The following is initiated if userin. = 0 { timer.cancel();//Cancels timer timer = new Timer();//Makes or schedules a new timer //HIGHSCORE FILES notValid = false; System.out.println(""); System.out.println(""); int[] numbers = new int[11];//creates array for storing highscore BufferedReader lineIn2 = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("Highscore.txt"));//reads highscore file String line2 = ""; //load array with file (for loop) for (int ctr5 = 0; ctr5 < 11; ctr5++) { line2 = lineIn2.readLine(); numbers[ctr5] = Integer.parseInt(line2); } System.out.println(""); System.out.println(""); System.out.println(""); System.out.println(""); System.out.println(""); System.out.println("The previous highscore is: " + numbers[10]); System.out.println(""); System.out.println("Your highscore is: " + score); lineIn2.close();//closes file PrintWriter lineOut2 = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("Highscore.txt"));//writes to file int Highscore = score; numbers[0] = Highscore; sl.quickSort(numbers, 0,10); //Sorts the high scores System.out.println(""); System.out.println("The high scores are:"); for (int index = numbers.length-1; index >= 1; index--) { System.out.print (numbers[index] + " ");//Displays array of numbers. Not neccessry for game } for (int ctr99 = 0; ctr99 < 11; ctr99++) { lineOut2.println(numbers[ctr99]);//writes scores back to file } System.out.println(""); System.out.println(); lineOut2.close();//closes file one last time System.out.println("The words you entered are:"); for (int disp = size-1; disp >= 0; disp--) { System.out.print(wordStorage[disp] + " "); } System.out.println(""); //notValid = true; timeUp = false; //Breaks back to main menu break;//breaks back to main menu } else if (!userInput.equals("0") && !timeUp)//If userin. doesn't equal 0, following error is displayed { System.out.println(""); System.out.println("-------------------------Not a valid input----------------------------"); System.out.println(""); } ctr = 0; boolean answer = wordSearch(table, userInput); //link the two together BufferedReader lineIn = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("allWordsEn.txt"));//opens dictionary int ctr2 = 0; String line = lineIn.readLine();//reads dictionary boolean match = false; //________________________________________________________________________________________ // SCORE SYSTEM / ERROR MESSAGES //________________________________________________________________________________________ while(line != null && answer) { StringTokenizer words = new StringTokenizer(line); String temp = words.nextToken(); if (userInput.equalsIgnoreCase(temp))//the following compares userinput with array of //stored words, to see if they already exist or not { boolean ifwordexist = false; for (int ctr9 = 0; ctr9 <= size; ctr9++) { if (userInput.equals(wordStorage[ctr9])) { ifwordexist = true; System.out.println("You entered the word aleady"); match = true; break; } //check if word is in the array.. if yes, ifwordexist= true } if (!ifwordexist) { wordStorage[size] = userInput; // store name into the array int temp999 = userInput.length(); size++; // keep track of logical size of the array score+=temp999; //Adds points to total score equal to length of word System.out.println("Match Dictionary! +" + temp999 + " Total Score: " + score); //displays current score match = true; break; } } line = lineIn.readLine(); ctr2++; } lineIn.close(); //closes dictionary //If word doesn't match the grid or dictionary, displays the following error message if (timeUp) { if (!match) { System.out.println("Word not found in database. No point scored, try Again."); } //Displays the gird once again for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++) { for (int y = 0; y < 10; y++) { System.out.print("|" + table[x][y] + "|"); } System.out.println(""); } System.out.println("Next word"); } System.out.println("- Enter \"0\" to return to main menu."); userInput = Keyboard.readString(); } } //________________________________________________________________________________________ // RULES //________________________________________________________________________________________ else if (userCmd==2)//displayes rules { System.out.println("Rules:"); System.out.println(""); System.out.println("- Search the 10 x 10 grid for words that are formed vertically and horizontally (left to right, top to bottom)"); System.out.println("- When you have found a word (minimum 2 letter word), type the word into the program."); System.out.println("- The amount of points you score is determined by the length of the word you entered."); System.out.println("- The goal of the game is to score as many points before the time runs out."); System.out.println("- While playing the game you can enter \"0\" to return to the main menu."); System.out.println("- Good Luck and have fun!"); System.out.println(""); } else if (userCmd==3)//displayes high scores { int[] numbers = new int[11]; BufferedReader lineIn2 = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("Highscore.txt")); String line2 = ""; //load array with file (for loop) for (int ctr5 = 0; ctr5 < 11; ctr5++) { line2 = lineIn2.readLine(); numbers[ctr5] = Integer.parseInt(line2); } System.out.println(""); System.out.println(""); System.out.println("The previous highscore is: " + numbers[10]); System.out.println(""); lineIn2.close(); PrintWriter lineOut2 = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("Highscore.txt")); sl.quickSort(numbers, 0,10); //Sorts the high scores System.out.println("The high scores are:"); for (int index = numbers.length-1; index >= 1; index--) { System.out.print (numbers[index] + " ");//Displays array of numbers. Not neccessry for game } for (int ctr99 = 0; ctr99 < 11; ctr99++) { lineOut2.println(numbers[ctr99]); } System.out.println(""); System.out.println(); lineOut2.close(); } else if (userCmd==4)//ends the process { System.out.println("Bye!"); System.exit(0); } else//displayes error message if input doesn't match 1,2,3, or 4. { System.out.println(""); System.out.println("-------------------------Not a valid input----------------------------"); System.out.println(""); System.out.println(""); } } } //________________________________________________________________________________________ // COUNTDOWN TIMER / ADJUST TIMER HERE //________________________________________________________________________________________ class RemindTask extends TimerTask { int numWarningBeeps = 59;//Set timer here (seconds) public void run() { if (numWarningBeeps > 0) { toolkit.beep();//Creats beeping noises numWarningBeeps--; timeUp = true; } else { toolkit.beep(); timer.cancel();//cancels timer when it reaches 0 System.out.println(""); System.out.println("Time's up!"); System.out.println(""); System.out.println("- Enter \"0\" to continue."); timeUp = false; notValid = false; timer = new Timer();//creats or schedules new timer //System.exit(0); //Stops the AWT thread (and everything else) } } } //____________________________________________________________________________ // MAIN METHOD / RELATED TO TIMER //__________________________________________________________________________ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { new FinalProjectBogel(); } //____________________________________________________________________________ // WORDSEARCH METHOD (Searches grid for words you enter to see if they match) //_______________________________________________________________________________ public static boolean wordSearch (char[][] table, String search) { int ctr = search.length(); String temp = ""; String hcraes = (search); // copy search into hcraes //Right to left, bottom to top int ls = search.length(); // length of initial string StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); // temporary place to store growing string for(int ii=ls-1;ii>=0; ii--) { sb.append(search.charAt(ii)); // build the string one character at a time } hcraes = sb.toString(); // convert to "regular" string // LEFT TO RIGHT / X-AXIS for (int row = 0; row < 10; row++) //Checks each row (x) one by one { for (int a = 0; a <= (10 - ctr); a++) { StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder(10-ctr);//Does... something for (int x = a; x <= (a+ctr-1); x++) //Checks every possibility in the row { s.append(table[row][x]); temp = s.toString(); if (temp.equals(search) || temp.equals(hcraes)) { return true; } } } } // TOP TO BOTTOM / Y-AXIS for (int column = 0; column < 10; column++) { for (int b = 0; b <= (10 - ctr); b++) { StringBuilder v = new StringBuilder(10-ctr); for (int y = b; y <= (b+ctr-1); y++)//checks every possibility in grid { v.append(table[y][column]); temp = v.toString(); if (temp.equals(search) || temp.equals(hcraes)) { return true; } } } } return false;//if word isn't in grid it returns as false, which then displays an error message } </code></pre> <p>All i would like to know is what the code for this is. When user enters 0 i would like it to display all the possible words. Keep in mind, i have an external .txt file which basically is the dictionary which words are compared with. </p>

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