=head1 NAME Chess::Piece::Rook - an object representation of a rook in a game of chess =head1 SYNOPSIS $rook = Chess::Piece::Rook->new("a1", "white", "White Queen's rook"); $true = $rook->can_reach("h1"); $true = $rook->can_reach("a8"); $false = $rook->can_reach("d4"); =head1 DESCRIPTION The Chess module provides a framework for writing chess programs with Perl. This class forms part of that framework, representing a rook in a L. =head1 METHODS =head2 Construction =item new() Constructs a new Chess::Piece::Rook. Requires two scalar parameters containing the initial square and color of the piece. Optionally takes a third parameter containing a description of the piece. =head2 Class methods There are no class methods for this class. =head2 Object methods =item reachable_squares() Overrides base class version. Returns a list of squares that this pawn can reach from its current position. See L for more details on this method. =head1 DIAGNOSTICS This module produces no warning messages. See L or L for possible errors or warnings the program may produce. =head1 BUGS Please report any bugs to the author. =head1 AUTHOR Brian Richardson =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2002, 2005 Brian Richardson. All rights reserved. This module is Free Software. It may be modified and redistributed under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut package Chess::Piece::Rook; use Chess::Board; use Chess::Piece; use base 'Chess::Piece'; use strict; sub new { my ($caller, $sq, $color, $desc) = @_; my $class = ref($caller) || $caller; my $self = $caller->SUPER::new($sq, $color, $desc); return bless $self, $class; } sub reachable_squares { my ($self) = @_; my $csq = $self->get_current_square(); my $x = Chess::Board->horz_distance("a4", $csq); my $y = Chess::Board->vert_distance("d1", $csq); my $row_start = 'a' . ($y + 1); my $row_end = 'h' . ($y + 1); my $col_start = chr(ord('a') + $x) . '1'; my $col_end = chr(ord('a') + $x) . '8'; my @row = Chess::Board->squares_in_line($row_start, $row_end); my @col = Chess::Board->squares_in_line($col_start, $col_end); my @squares = (@row, @col); return grep !/^$csq$/, @squares; } 1;