temporary version of getting the position list {i will clean up the code }

search/method.py

@@ -8,20 +8,29 @@ Read from JSON file:
     -> ensure format token to distinguish between upper and lower.
     -> handling file IO exception
 """
-def to_board(file):
+def to_position_list(file):
     TYPE = 0
-    X_COORD = 1
-    Y_COORD = 2
+    ROW = 1
+    COLUMN = 2
 
+    lower_s = 1
+    lower_r = 1
+    lower_p = 1
+    upper_s  =1
+    upper_r  =1
+    upper_p  =1
+    b = 1
+    ROCK = 'r'
+    PAPER = 'p'
     if not isinstance(file, str):
         print("Pass invalid argument to to_board()~!!!")
         exit(-1)
     try:
         # open the file handle by json module
-        FILE = open(file)
-        game = json.load(FILE)
+        initial = open(file)
+        game = json.load(initial)
 
-        board = {}
+        dict = {}
         # iterate through the entity who is not empty in order to add it type and coordinate to dictionary.
         for entity in game.keys():
 
@@ -29,18 +38,37 @@ def to_board(file):
 
                 for token in game[entity]:
                     if entity == 'upper':
-                        board[(int(token[X_COORD]), int(token[Y_COORD]))] = token[TYPE].upper()
+                        if token[TYPE] == ROCK:
+                            dict[token[TYPE].upper() + str(upper_r)] = (int(token[ROW]), int(token[COLUMN]))
+                            upper_r += 1
+                        if token[TYPE] == PAPER:
+                            dict[token[TYPE].upper() + str(upper_p)] = (int(token[ROW]), int(token[COLUMN]))
+                            upper_p += 1
                         else:
-                        board[(int(token[X_COORD]), int(token[Y_COORD]))] = token[TYPE]
+                            dict[token[TYPE].upper() + str(upper_s)] = (int(token[ROW]), int(token[COLUMN]))
+                            upper_s += 1
+                    elif entity == 'lower':
+                        if token[TYPE] == ROCK:
+                            dict[token[TYPE] + str(lower_r)] = (int(token[ROW]), int(token[COLUMN]))
+                            upper_r += 1
+                        if token[TYPE] == PAPER:
+                            dict[token[TYPE] + str(lower_p)] = (int(token[ROW]), int(token[COLUMN]))
+                            upper_p += 1
+                        else:
+                            dict[token[TYPE] + str(lower_s)] = (int(token[ROW]), int(token[COLUMN]))
+                            upper_s += 1
+                    else:
+                        dict[token[TYPE] + str(b)] = (int(token[ROW]), int(token[COLUMN]))
+                        b += 1
 
-        FILE.close()
-        return board
+        initial.close()
+        return dict
 
     except IOError:
         print("There is an issue when try to open file")
         exit(-1)
 
-
+print(to_position_list("C:\\Users\\Fizec\\comp30024-project-1\\Test_case\\level_4\\2.json"))
 """
 taken from https://www.redblobgames.com/grids/hexagons/
 under section: double coordinates for doublewidth