Initial conversion to C#

85_Synonym/csharp/Synonym.cs

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+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Synonym
+{
+    class Synonym
+    {
+        Random rand = new Random();
+
+        // Initialize list of corrent responses
+        private string[] Affirmations = { "Right", "Correct", "Fine", "Good!", "Check" };
+
+        // Initialize list of words and their synonyms
+        private string[][] Words =
+        {
+                new string[] {"first", "start", "beginning", "onset", "initial"},
+                new string[] {"similar", "alike", "same", "like", "resembling"},
+                new string[] {"model", "pattern", "prototype", "standard", "criterion"},
+                new string[] {"small", "insignificant", "little", "tiny", "minute"},
+                new string[] {"stop", "halt", "stay", "arrest", "check", "standstill"},
+                new string[] {"house", "dwelling", "residence", "domicile", "lodging", "habitation"},
+                new string[] {"pit", "hole", "hollow", "well", "gulf", "chasm", "abyss"},
+                new string[] {"push", "shove", "thrust", "prod", "poke", "butt", "press"},
+                new string[] {"red", "rouge", "scarlet", "crimson", "flame", "ruby"},
+                new string[] {"pain", "suffering", "hurt", "misery", "distress", "ache", "discomfort"}
+         };
+
+        private void DisplayIntro()
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("");
+            Console.WriteLine("SYNONYM".PadLeft(23));
+            Console.WriteLine("CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY");
+            Console.WriteLine("");
+            Console.WriteLine("A synonym of a word means another word in the English");
+            Console.WriteLine("language which has the same or very nearly the same meaning.");
+            Console.WriteLine("I choose a word -- you type a synonym.");
+            Console.WriteLine("If you can't think of a synonym, type the word 'help'");
+            Console.WriteLine("and I will tell you a synonym.");
+            Console.WriteLine("");
+        }
+
+        private void DisplayOutro()
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("Synonym drill completed.");
+        }
+
+        private void RandomizeTheList()
+        {
+            // Randomize the list of Words to pick from
+            int[] Order = new int[Words.Length];
+            foreach (int i in Order)
+            {
+                Order[i] = rand.Next();
+            }
+            Array.Sort(Order, Words);
+        }
+
+        private string GetAnAffirmation()
+        {
+            return Affirmations[rand.Next(Affirmations.Length)];
+        }
+
+        private bool CheckTheResponse(string WordName, int WordIndex, string LineInput, string[] WordList)
+        {
+            if (LineInput.Equals("help"))
+            {
+                // Choose a random correct synonym response that doesn't equal the current word given
+                int HelpIndex = rand.Next(WordList.Length);
+                while (HelpIndex == WordIndex)
+                {
+                    HelpIndex = rand.Next(0, WordList.Length);
+                }
+                Console.WriteLine("**** A synonym of {0} is {1}.", WordName, WordList[HelpIndex]);
+
+                return false;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Check to see if the response is one of the listed synonyms and not the current word prompt
+                if (WordList.Contains(LineInput) && LineInput != WordName)
+                {
+                    // Randomly display one of the five correct answer exclamations
+                    Console.WriteLine(GetAnAffirmation());
+                    
+                    return true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // Incorrect response.  Try again.
+                    Console.WriteLine("     Try again.".PadLeft(5));
+
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private string PromptForSynonym(string WordName)
+        {
+            Console.Write("     What is a synonym of {0}? ", WordName);
+            string LineInput = Console.ReadLine().Trim().ToLower();
+
+            return LineInput;
+        }
+
+        private void AskForSynonyms()
+        {
+            Random rand = new Random();
+
+            // Loop through the now randomized list of Words and display a random word from each to prompt for a synonym
+            foreach (string[] WordList in Words)
+            {
+                int WordIndex = rand.Next(WordList.Length);  // random word position in the current list of words
+                string WordName = WordList[WordIndex];       // what is that actual word 
+                bool Success = false;
+
+                while (!Success)
+                {
+                    // Ask for the synonym of the current word
+                    string LineInput = PromptForSynonym(WordName);
+
+                    // Check the response 
+                    Success = CheckTheResponse(WordName, WordIndex, LineInput, WordList);
+
+                    // Add extra line space for formatting
+                    Console.WriteLine("");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void PlayTheGame()
+        {
+            RandomizeTheList();
+
+            DisplayIntro();
+
+            AskForSynonyms();
+
+            DisplayOutro();
+        }
+    }
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+
+            new Synonym().PlayTheGame();
+
+        }
+    }
+}

85_Synonym/csharp/Synonym.csproj

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-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
     <LangVersion>10</LangVersion>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <StartupObject>Synonym.Program</StartupObject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>