Add functionality to randomly place words on the grid

src/main/java/uta/cse3310/GridField.java

@@ -5,20 +5,19 @@
 
 public class GridField {
     private char[][] grid;
-    private ArrayList<String> wordList;
+    private ArrayList<String> wordList = new ArrayList<>();
     private int remainingWords;
 
     public GridField(ArrayList<String> wordList) {
         this.wordList = wordList;
         this.remainingWords = wordList.size();
-        generateGrid(5); // Initialize grid with default size (e.g., 5x5)
+        generateGrid(5); // Initialize grid with default size (e.g., 5x5)  <-no need -muktar
     }
 
     public GridField() {
         this.wordList = WordList.getWordList("Data/words");
         this.wordList = WordList.updatedWordList(wordList);
-        this.remainingWords = wordList.size();
-        generateGrid(5); // Initialize grid with default size (e.g., 5x5)
+
     }
 
     public char[][] getGrid() {
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ public void generateGrid(int gridSize) {
                 grid[i][j] = (char) ('A' + random.nextInt(26)); // Randomly fill grid with alphabets
             }
         }
+        //this.addWord("group",0,0,Direction.Directions.HORIZONTAL); was testing selection function
     }
 
     public boolean checkWord(String word) {
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public void addWord(String word, int row, int column, Direction.Directions direc
             column += dc;
         }
         wordList.add(word);
+        //remainingWords starts off as the size of the updated wordlist
         remainingWords++;
     }
 
@@ -86,42 +87,15 @@ public void displayGrid() {
         }
     }
 
+    // Method to randomly place words from the word list on the grid
     public void placeRandomWords() {
         Random random = new Random();
         for (String word : wordList) {
-            boolean added = false;
-            while (!added) {
-                int row = random.nextInt(grid.length);
-                int col = random.nextInt(grid[0].length);
-                Direction.Directions dir = Direction.Directions.values()[random.nextInt(Direction.Directions.values().length)];
-                if (canPlaceWord(word, row, col, dir)) {
-                    addWord(word, row, col, dir);
-                    added = true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private boolean canPlaceWord(String word, int row, int col, Direction.Directions direction) {
-        int len = word.length();
-        int dr = 0, dc = 0;
-        switch (direction) {
-            case HORIZONTAL:
-                dc = 1;
-                break;
-            case VERTICAL:
-                dr = 1;
-                break;
-            case DIAGONAL:
-                dr = 1;
-                dc = 1;
-                break;
-        }
-        int endRow = row + dr * (len - 1);
-        int endCol = col + dc * (len - 1);
-        if (endRow >= 0 && endRow < grid.length && endCol >= 0 && endCol < grid[0].length) {
-            return true;
+            int len = word.length();
+            int row = random.nextInt(grid.length);
+            int col = random.nextInt(grid[0].length);
+            Direction.Directions direction = Direction.Directions.values()[random.nextInt(Direction.Directions.values().length)];
+            addWord(word, row, col, direction);
         }
-        return false;
     }
 }