Added Converters

Advanced Software Engineering/Advanced Software Engineering/Converters.cs

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+namespace Advanced_Software_Engineering
+{
+    public static class Converters
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This function removes spaces from the start and the end of the text. This should be unit tested.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="text">Simply any string of any size</param>
+        /// <returns>A string without spaces at the begining or the end</returns>
+        /// <example>
+        /// For example
+        /// <code>
+        /// string a = "     a simple sentence surrounded by spaces                ";
+        /// string b = StripSpaces(a);
+        /// Console.WriteLine(b); // => "a simple sentence surrounded by spaces";
+        /// </code>
+        /// </example>
+        /// <example>
+        /// The code won't remove internal double spaces:
+        /// <code>
+        /// string a = "     a    simple    sentence     surrounded    by    spaces                ";
+        /// string b = StripSpaces(a);
+        /// Console.WriteLine(b); // => "a    simple    sentence     surrounded    by    spaces";
+        /// </code>
+        /// </example>
+        public static string Strip(string text)
+        {
+            int start;
+
+            for (start = 0; start < text.Length; start++)
+            {
+                char character = text[start];
+                if (character != " "[0]) break;
+            }
+
+            int end;
+
+            for (end = text.Length - 1; end >= 0; end--)
+            {
+                char character = text[end];
+                if (character != " "[0]) break;
+            }
+
+            return text.Substring(start, end);
+
+        }
+
+        public static int ConvertToInt(string text)
+        {
+            text = Strip(text);
+            return int.Parse(text);
+        }
+
+        public static List<string> StripStringArray(string[] array)
+        {
+            List<string> newStringList = new List<string>();
+
+            foreach (string arrayElement in array)
+            {
+                string strippedElement = Strip(arrayElement);
+                if (strippedElement.Length == 0) continue;
+                else newStringList.Add(strippedElement);
+            }
+
+            return newStringList;
+        }
+
+        public static Dictionary<string, string[]> CommandAndParameterParser(string text)
+        {
+            Dictionary<string, string[]> commandAndParameters = new Dictionary<string, string[]>();
+
+            //split the command from the parameters 
+            string[] parameters = Strip(text).Split(new char[] { " "[0] }, 2);
+
+            //set command var
+            string command = Strip(parameters[0]);
+            commandAndParameters["command"] = new string[] { command };
+
+            //seperate all of the parameters by a comma
+            parameters = parameters[1].Split(","[0]);
+
+            //Remove spaces around parameters
+            parameters = StripStringArray(parameters).ToArray();
+
+            //set parameter list
+            commandAndParameters["parameters"] = parameters;
+
+            return commandAndParameters;
+        }
+    }
+}