From 119bad49f1d2b2314d748219593d6f627e359c2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Soup For My Family <soup@tebibyte.media>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 04:15:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Better iteration

---
 src/wordle.zig | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wordle.zig b/src/wordle.zig
index f9c08f9..2eb80ff 100644
--- a/src/wordle.zig
+++ b/src/wordle.zig
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 /// The length of Wordle words.
-const WordLen = 5;
+pub const WordLen = 5;
 
 /// A single Wordle word (ASCII).
-const Word = [WordLen]u8;
+pub const Word = [WordLen]u8;
 
 /// The type of string literals representing words.
-const WordLiteral = *const [WordLen:0]u8;
+pub const WordLiteral = *const [WordLen:0]u8;
 
 /// A clue for a spot given a guess.
-const Clue = enum {
+pub const Clue = enum {
     Gray,
     Yellow,
     Green,
 };
 
 /// The list of clues for a full guess.
-const Clues = [WordLen]Clue;
+pub const Clues = [WordLen]Clue;
 
 /// Guesses a word given a solution and returns the clues.
 pub fn checkGuess(guess: Word, solution: Word) Clues {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn checkGuess(guess: Word, solution: Word) Clues {
     var clues: Clues = undefined;
 
     // compare each letter pairwise
-    for (guess, 0..WordLen) |guessLetter, idx| {
+    for (guess, 0..) |guessLetter, idx| {
         // if letters match, the clue is green
         if (guessLetter == solution[idx]) {
             clues[idx] = Clue.Green;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn checkGuess(guess: Word, solution: Word) Clues {
         clues[idx] = Clue.Gray;
 
         // if a matching letter in the solution can be found, write yellow
-        for (solution, 0..WordLen) |solutionLetter, _| {
+        for (solution) |solutionLetter| {
             if (guessLetter == solutionLetter) {
                 clues[idx] = Clue.Yellow;
                 break;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub fn checkGuess(guess: Word, solution: Word) Clues {
 }
 
 /// Converts a fixed-length string literal into a word.
-fn strToWord(str: WordLiteral) Word {
+pub fn strToWord(str: WordLiteral) Word {
     var buffer: Word = undefined;
     @memcpy(&buffer, str);
     return buffer;
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ fn expectGuessClues(guess: WordLiteral, solution: WordLiteral, expectClues: Word
     const clues = checkGuess(guessWord, solutionWord);
 
     // confirm that the expected clues match the clues
-    for (clues, 0..) |clue, idx| {
+    for (clues, expectCluesWord) |clue, expectedChar| {
         // convert character to associated clue variant
-        const expected = switch (expectCluesWord[idx]) {
+        const expected = switch (expectedChar) {
             ' ' => Clue.Gray,
             'Y' => Clue.Yellow,
             'G' => Clue.Green,