advertising-profit-control/StringInputParseTester/Form1.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace StringInputParseTester
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            inputTextBox.Leave += ExecuteParserCode;
        }

        private string CapitalizeFirstLetter(string word)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(word)) return string.Empty;
            return word.First().ToString().ToUpperInvariant() + string.Join("", word.Skip(1));
        }

        private void ExecuteParserCode(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var adItemText = inputTextBox.Text.Trim();
            //var splitInput = inputTextBox.Text.Split((char[])null, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
            var isInsideBrackets = false;
            var isPreviousCharWhiteSpace = false;
            //preserveAcronyms
            var preserveAcronyms = true;
            var cleanedInputString = "";
            var lastnumberStartingIndex = -1;
            //Create an array of brackets to test for, and either balance out or simply ignore.
            char[] openBrackets = {'(', '<', '{', '['};
            char[] closedBrackets = {')', '>', '}', ']'};
            for (var currentCharacter = 0; currentCharacter < adItemText.Length; currentCharacter++)
            {
                //Capitalize the first character in the string and move to the next character.
                if (currentCharacter == 0)
                {
                    cleanedInputString += char.ToUpperInvariant(adItemText[0]);
                    continue;
                }
                //IF the current character is a whitespace character, mark it as such, add to the temporary string, and move on to the next.
                if (char.IsWhiteSpace(adItemText[currentCharacter]))
                {
                    //Check for more then one space in a row.
                    if (isPreviousCharWhiteSpace)
                    {
                        //If more then one space is found to be in a row, then ignore it and move onto the next character.
                        continue;
                    }
                    //IF the current character is whitespace, then mark it and move onto the next loop.
                    isPreviousCharWhiteSpace = true;
                    cleanedInputString += adItemText[currentCharacter];
                    continue;
                }
                //IF the current character is an open bracket then mark it so we're inside brackets and move to the next character.
                if (openBrackets.Contains(adItemText[currentCharacter]))
                {
                    if (isInsideBrackets)
                    {
                        //If we are already inside of brackets then don't add anymore to the string just continue.
                        continue;
                    }
                    isInsideBrackets = true;
                    //Just gonna force parenthesis for now.
                    cleanedInputString += '(';
                    continue;
                }
                //IF the current character is a closing bracket then mark it as such and move to the next character (if any).
                if (closedBrackets.Contains(adItemText[currentCharacter]))
                {
                    //IF we're not inside brackets then there is an imbalance so discard this parenthesis.
                    if (!isInsideBrackets)
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
                    //Just gonna force parenthesis for now.
                    cleanedInputString += ')';
                    lastnumberStartingIndex = -1; //reset
                    //Clear the current working word.
                    isInsideBrackets = false;
                    continue;
                }
                //IF the current character is not a number and the previous character is a white space character
                //then capitalize the current character and add it to the string.
                if (!char.IsNumber(adItemText[currentCharacter]) && isPreviousCharWhiteSpace)
                {
                    //Check to see if the character before the whitespace is a number.
                    if (char.IsNumber(cleanedInputString[cleanedInputString.Length - 2]))
                    {
                        var abbreviations = new List<string>();
                        var words = new List<string>();
                        BuildAbbreviationsAndWordsLists(adItemText, currentCharacter, out abbreviations, out words);
                        //Remove the last space if there are any abbreviations or words found.
                        if (abbreviations.Count > 0 || words.Count > 0)
                        {
                            cleanedInputString = cleanedInputString.Remove(cleanedInputString.Length - 1, 1);
                        }
                        //Begin checking to see how to place these items back into the final string.
                        if (abbreviations.Count >= 1 && words.Count == 0)
                        {
                            if (!isInsideBrackets)
                            {
                                cleanedInputString += abbreviations[0] + ")";
                                if (lastnumberStartingIndex != -1)
                                {
                                    cleanedInputString = cleanedInputString.Insert(lastnumberStartingIndex, "(");
                                }
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                cleanedInputString += abbreviations[0] + ")";
                            }
                            break;
                        }
                        if (abbreviations.Count >= 1 && words.Count == 1)
                        {
                            cleanedInputString += abbreviations[0] + " " + words[0];
                            //Clear all braces since this format doesn't allow for braces in this set up.
                            cleanedInputString = cleanedInputString.Replace("(", "");
                            break;
                        }
                        if (abbreviations.Count >= 0 && words.Count >= 1)
                        {
                            if (abbreviations.Count != 0)
                            {
                                cleanedInputString += abbreviations[0];
                            }
                            cleanedInputString = words.Aggregate(cleanedInputString, (current, word) => current + (" " + word));
                            //Clear all braces since this format doesn't allow for braces in this set up.
                            cleanedInputString = cleanedInputString.Replace("(", "");
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    //Check to see the length of the string and determine if the word with the number needs to be capitalized.
                    cleanedInputString += char.ToUpperInvariant(adItemText[currentCharacter]);
                }
                //However, if the current character is not a number but the previous character is NOT a white space character
                //then run a few checks before adding it to the string.
                else if (!char.IsNumber(adItemText[currentCharacter]) && char.IsLetter(adItemText[currentCharacter]))
                {
                    //IF the previous character is a number...
                    if (char.IsNumber(cleanedInputString[cleanedInputString.Length - 1]))
                    {
                        //Check to see the length of the string and determine if the word with the number needs to be capitalized.
                        var abbreviations = new List<string>();
                        var words = new List<string>();
                        BuildAbbreviationsAndWordsLists(adItemText, currentCharacter, out abbreviations, out words);
                        //Check to see if braces are necessary for the format we're going for.
                        if (abbreviations.Count >= 1 && words.Count == 0)
                        {
                            if (!isInsideBrackets)
                            {
                                cleanedInputString += abbreviations[0] + ")";
                                if (lastnumberStartingIndex != -1)
                                {
                                    cleanedInputString = cleanedInputString.Insert(lastnumberStartingIndex, "(");
                                }
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                cleanedInputString += abbreviations[0] + ")";
                            }
                            break;
                        }
                        if (abbreviations.Count >= 1 && words.Count == 1)
                        {
                            cleanedInputString += abbreviations[0] + " " + words[0];
                            //Clear all braces since this format doesn't allow for braces in this set up.
                            cleanedInputString = cleanedInputString.Replace("(", "");
                            break;
                        }
                        if (abbreviations.Count >= 0 && words.Count >= 1)
                        {
                            if (abbreviations.Count != 0)
                            {
                                cleanedInputString += abbreviations[0];
                            }
                            cleanedInputString = words.Aggregate(cleanedInputString, (current, word) => current + (" " + word));
                            //Clear all braces since this format doesn't allow for braces in this set up.
                            cleanedInputString = cleanedInputString.Replace("(", "");
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    else if (char.IsLetter(adItemText[currentCharacter - 1]))
                    {
                        cleanedInputString += char.ToLowerInvariant(adItemText[currentCharacter]);
                    }
                }
                //IF a number is found, and we're not inside brackets, check to see if there is an opening parenthesis and if there aren't create one.
                if (char.IsNumber(adItemText[currentCharacter]))
                {

                    cleanedInputString += adItemText[currentCharacter];
                    if (lastnumberStartingIndex == -1)
                    {
                        lastnumberStartingIndex = cleanedInputString.Length - 1; //This is index based.
                    }
                }
                //Check for any allowed punctuation.
                if (adItemText[currentCharacter] == '\'')
                {
                    cleanedInputString += adItemText[currentCharacter];
                }
                //Check if the previous character is an "'".
                else if (cleanedInputString[cleanedInputString.Length - 1] == '\'')
                {
                    cleanedInputString += adItemText[currentCharacter];
                }
                //Since whitespace booleans are handled above, set the boolean for white spaces false.
                //IF we've made it this far that means the current character is not a white space character.
                isPreviousCharWhiteSpace = false;
                //IF we're at the end of the string and we're inside brackets then balance out the open bracket.
                if ((currentCharacter + 1) == adItemText.Length && isInsideBrackets)
                {
                    cleanedInputString += ')';
                }
            }
            outputTextBox.Text = cleanedInputString;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Determines whether or not a string is an abbreviation or a word.
        /// A word is defined as being at least three (3) characters long and having
        /// at least one (1) vowel. Where as an abbreviation is defined as less then 
        /// three (3) characters long or being exactly three characters long but having
        /// zero (0) vowels.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="text">The string to determine whether or not its a word.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private bool IsWord(string text)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text)) return false;
            var isWord = true;
            //Most abbreviations do not have vowels in them so check to see if the "abbreviation"
            //isn't just a short word like "Box", as opposed to "lbs".
            char[] vowels = {'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y'};
            //Count the number of vowels the word has.
            var vowelCount = text.Count(x => vowels.Contains(x));
            //IF the string is exactly three (3) characters long and has more then zero (0) vowels then it is considered a word.
            if (text.Length == 3 && vowelCount == 0)
            {
                isWord = false;
            }
            else if (text.Length < 3)
            {
                isWord = false;
            }
            //Return the verdict.
            return isWord;
        }

        private void BuildAbbreviationsAndWordsLists(string adItemText, int startingIndex, out List<string> abbreviations,
            out List<string> words, bool preserveAcronyms = true)
        {
            abbreviations = new List<string>();
            words = new List<string>();
            var currentWorkingString = "";
            //Starting at the next character, spin through and find all words or abbreviations that are separated by white space.
            for (var i = startingIndex; i < adItemText.Length; i++)
            {
                //If the current character is a letter and if so add it to the current working string.
                if (char.IsLetter(adItemText[i]))
                {
                    currentWorkingString += adItemText[i];
                }
                //Check for the current character being a white space, showing the end of a word or abbreviation.
                else if (char.IsWhiteSpace(adItemText[i]))
                {
                    //Block against null values from messing things up.
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(currentWorkingString)) continue;
                    //The end of what ever word we were on has been reached, so check to see what the string is.
                    if (IsWord(currentWorkingString))
                    {
                        words.Add(currentWorkingString);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        abbreviations.Add(currentWorkingString);
                    }
                    //Clear the current working string to start on the next.
                    currentWorkingString = "";
                }
                //Run a check to see if this is the last character in the string.
                if ((i + 1) != adItemText.Length) continue;
                //The end of whatever word we were on has been reached, so check to see what the string is.
                if (IsWord(currentWorkingString))
                {
                    words.Add(currentWorkingString);
                }
                else
                {
                    abbreviations.Add(currentWorkingString);
                }
            }
            //Clean the cases of the abbreviations and words.
            for (var i = 0; i < abbreviations.Count; i++)
            {
                //If preserve acronyms is set to true then just leave the cases of the abbreviations alone.
                if (!preserveAcronyms)
                {
                    abbreviations[i] = abbreviations[i].ToLowerInvariant();
                }
            }

            for (var i = 0; i < words.Count; i++)
            {
                words[i] = words[i].ToLowerInvariant();
                words[i] = CapitalizeFirstLetter(words[i]);
            }
        }

        public string FormatShit(string inputString)
        {
            var finalString = "";
            var workingText = "";
            //The (char[])null avoids creating a new object in memory.
            var splitInput = inputString.Split((char[])null, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

            foreach (var text in splitInput)
            {
                //Clear the working text to start building the next one to test.
                workingText = "";
                foreach (var character in text)
                {
                    
                }
            }

            return finalString;
        }
    }
}