WordSearcher

Creates and solves word search game.

WordSearcher generates a new word search puzzle with your input word, then tries to solve the puzzle. It is not programmed to win every game. It simply compares each letter of the word with all those available on the board, then randomly selects one. Then, it looks to see if the next letter of the word is joining the prior, and so forth. It plays more like a human, rather than a computer, so make the game more fun. Each time you play, notice that the board changes each time, even for the same input word.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'word_searcher'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install word_searcher

Usage

1. Add your word to a hash with :word symbol key, then pass the arguments to WordSearcher.search(args) like the example below. If you don't pass any args, and just run WordSearcher.search it will return sample data for testing.

result = WordSearcher.search(word: 'austin')

2. The returned data will be in hash format like below:

{
  :word=>"austin",
  :found=>["a", "u", "s", "t", "i", "n"],
  :remaining=>[],
  :win=>true,
  :puzzle=>
    [
      ["l", "a", "w", "r", "h", "z", "b"],
      ["i", "p", "m", "b", "c", "j", "l"],
      ["k", "j", "h", "c", "t", "a", "y"],
      ["a", "u", "s", "t", "i", "n", "t"],
      ["d", "s", "o", "v", "f", "x", "h"],
      ["z", "d", "u", "a", "e", "k", "n"],
      ["q", "y", "l", "c", "s", "d", "u"],
      ["k", "z", "r", "m", "x", "g", "d"]
    ]
 }

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/4rlm/word_searcher. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the WordSearcher project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.