Given some problem, as programmers, we first need to break down the factors of the problem before we find a solution.
First, we think about the problem conceptually. Then, we liken the problem's factors, constraints, and concepts into representations of data.
For Adagrams, what are the concepts associated with the problem?
To represent those concepts as data, what data type is each concept?
Here is a table of terms/concepts for Adagrams that we've found, what they mean, and, if applicable, how we would represent them as data.
| Term | Definition | Representation |
|---|---|---|
| Letter or Tile | A single English capital letter | 1-character string ("A", "B", etc) |
| Letter Pool | The set of 98 letters (9 As, 2 Bs, etc) used to play the game |
Up to you (see wave 1) |
| Hand | A set of 10 tiles that the player can use to construct a word | An array of ten 1-character strings, like ["A", "P", "K", "A", "E", "F", "W", "H", "F", "Q"] |
| Word | A word submitted by the user | "FISH", "DEVELOPERS", "ZZHYT", "A" |
| Drawing | Constructing a new hand using letters from the pool | method |