From 24ddc745732246b0a217c8e03368243fcad7e353 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Varga=20D=C3=A1vid=20Lajos?=
 <vargadavidlajos@mailbox.unideb.hu>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 22:18:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added specialized getter method get_piece_character to
 bitboard/board.rs

---
 engine/src/bitboard/board.rs | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/engine/src/bitboard/board.rs b/engine/src/bitboard/board.rs
index 483f1c4..85fdf44 100644
--- a/engine/src/bitboard/board.rs
+++ b/engine/src/bitboard/board.rs
@@ -196,4 +196,46 @@ impl Board {
        _  => ()
     }
   }
+  pub fn get_piece_character(&self, index: i32) -> Option<char> {
+    let sq = 1 << index;
+
+    if (self.bitboards[0] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('P');
+    }
+    if (self.bitboards[1] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('N');
+    }
+    if (self.bitboards[2] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('B');
+    }
+    if (self.bitboards[3] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('R');
+    }
+    if (self.bitboards[4] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('Q');
+    }
+    if (self.bitboards[5] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('K');
+    }
+    if (self.bitboards[6] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('p');
+    }
+    if (self.bitboards[7] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('n');
+    }
+    if (self.bitboards[8] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('b');
+    }
+    if (self.bitboards[9] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('r');
+    }
+    if (self.bitboards[10] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('q');
+    }
+    if (self.bitboards[11] & sq) != 0 {
+      return Some('k');
+    }
+
+    return None;
+  }
 }
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