new method to return board representation as a string

src/python/src/gamestate.cpp

@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ namespace stratega
 			.def("set_game_type", &SGA::GameState::setGameType, py::arg("gt"), "Sets the type of game (enum type GameType)")
 			.def("get_game_type", &SGA::GameState::getGameType, "Returns the type of the game, of GameType")
 
+			.def("get_board_state", &SGA::GameState::getBoardState, "Returns a string representation of the board")
+
 			//Print information
 			.def("print_state_info", &SGA::GameState::printStateInfo, "Print all the entities of the current state")
 			.def("print_board", py::overload_cast<int>(&SGA::GameState::printBoard, py::const_), "Print view of the map of the current state")

src/stratega/include/Stratega/Representation/GameState.h

@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ namespace SGA
 		/// </summary>
 		void printStateInfo() const;
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Return board state as a string
+		/// </summary>
+		std::string getBoardState() const;
+
 		/// <summary>
 		// /Print view of the map of the current state
 		/// </summary>

src/stratega/src/Representation/GameState.cpp

@@ -743,8 +743,36 @@ namespace SGA
 	}
 
 
-	/* PRINTS */
+	std::string GameState::getBoardState() const
+	{
+		std::string map;
+		for (size_t y = 0; y < board.getHeight(); ++y)
+		{
+			for (size_t x = 0; x < board.getWidth(); ++x)
+			{
+				map += gameInfo->getTileType(board.get(static_cast<int>(x), static_cast<int>(y)).getTileTypeID()).getSymbol();
+				map += "  ";
 
+			}
+			map += "\n";
+		}
+
+		for (auto& entity : entities)
+		{
+			auto& pos = entity.getPosition();
+			const char symbol = gameInfo->getEntityType(entity.getEntityTypeID()).getSymbol();
+			const char ownerID = std::to_string(entity.getOwnerID())[0];
+			const int entityMapIndex = static_cast<int>((pos.y * static_cast<double>(board.getWidth()) + pos.x) * 3 + pos.y);
+
+			map[entityMapIndex] = symbol;
+
+			if (!entity.isNeutral())
+				map[static_cast<int>(static_cast<int>(entityMapIndex) + 1)] = ownerID;	
+		}
+		return map;
+	}
+
+	/* PRINTS */
 
 	void GameState::printStateInfo() const
 	{