Advent Of Code Day 19 - 2017

public class Diagram
    {
        char[][] diag;
        List<char> lstChars = new List<char>();

        public void Solve()
        {
            diag = Properties.Resources.TextFile1.Split('\n').Select(f => f.ToArray()).ToArray();

            int x = new string(diag[0]).IndexOf('|');
            int y = 0;

            try
            {
                MoveDown(x, y);
            }
            catch
            {

            }

            var answerA = new string(lstChars.Where(q => Char.IsLetter(q)).ToArray());
            var answerB = lstChars.Count();
        }

        public bool MoveDown(int x, int y)
        {
            if (diag[y + 1][x] == ' ')
                return false;

            lstChars.Add(diag[y][x]);
            while (diag[++y][x] != '+')
            {
                if (diag[y][x] == ' ') return true;
                lstChars.Add(diag[y][x]);
            }


            return (MoveLeft(x, y) || MoveRigh(x, y));
        }

        private bool MoveRigh(int x, int y)
        {
            if (diag[y][x + 1] == ' ') return false;

            lstChars.Add(diag[y][x]);
            while (diag[y][++x] != '+')
            {
                if (diag[y][x] == ' ') return true;
                lstChars.Add(diag[y][x]);
            }

           return (MoveUp(x, y) || MoveDown(x, y));
        }

        private bool MoveLeft(int x, int y)
        {
            if (diag[y][x - 1] == ' ') return false;

            lstChars.Add(diag[y][x]);
            while (diag[y][--x] != '+')
            {
                if (diag[y][x] == ' ') return true;
                lstChars.Add(diag[y][x]);
            }

            return (MoveUp(x, y) || MoveDown(x, y));
        }

        private bool MoveUp(int x, int y)
        {
            if (diag[y - 1][x] == ' ') return false;

            lstChars.Add(diag[y][x]);
            while (diag[--y][x] != '+')
            {
                if (diag[y][x] == ' ') return true;
                lstChars.Add(diag[y][x]);
            }

            return (MoveLeft(x, y) || MoveRigh(x, y));

        }
    }