From e135756db54728a03557e9d5a4964532e5d0c36b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Grampp <gramppto99138@th-Nuernberg.de>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:32:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added Method createWordSalad, but UNFINISHED

---
 Start_Windows/game.c  | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 Start_Windows/input.c |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Start_Windows/game.c b/Start_Windows/game.c
index 2772b71..5a3a56b 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/game.c
+++ b/Start_Windows/game.c
@@ -7,14 +7,37 @@
 #define MAX_RAND_TRIES_PER_WORD 10
 #define EMPTY_CHAR 0
 
+#define RANDOMNUMBER(minimum, maximum) rand() % (maximum – minimum + 1) + minimum //Macro to generate a Number between minimum and maximum (both are possibly rolled)
+
 //TODO: Spiellogik implementieren:
-/* * Wörter aus der Wortliste zufällig horizontal oder vertikal platzieren
-   * restliche Felder mit zufälligen Buchstaben füllen */
+/* * Wörter aus der Wortliste zufällig horizontal oder vertikal platzieren --> Vorher eingabe festlegen!
+   * restliche Felder mit zufälligen Buchstaben füllen - erldeigt*/
 
 // Creates the word salad by placing words randomly and filling empty spaces
 int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsigned int searchFieldLen, const char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int wordCount)
 {
+    srand(time(NULL));//sets the seed of the random function to the current time in order to guarantee unique results
+    for(int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; i++)//Clears the array to simplify the process of findings empty slots
+    {
+        for(int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; j++)
+        {
+                salad[i][j] = 63;
+        }
+    }
 
+    for(int i = 0; i < wordCount; i++)
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    for(int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; i++)//Randomly fills the rest of the array
+    {
+        for(int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; j++)
+        {
+            if((salad[i][j] == 63)//checks if there is already a letter of a word placed in here
+                salad[i][j] = RANDOMNUMBER(65, 90);//fills "empty" chars in word salad with a random upper case letter
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // Prints the word salad to console
diff --git a/Start_Windows/input.c b/Start_Windows/input.c
index ed77805..3f100f3 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/input.c
+++ b/Start_Windows/input.c
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}