From a916a31c697ffe6ba6b68e47191a60a6bd9db93f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Soup For My Family <soup@tebibyte.media>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:53:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add naive voting logic

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 src/vote.zig | 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 132 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/vote.zig

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+const std = @import("std");
+const Wordle = @import("wordle.zig");
+const Dict = @import("dict.zig");
+
+/// A "pattern": a word where nulls signify wildcards.
+pub const Pattern = Wordle.Word;
+
+/// A list of candidates: indexes of words in the dictionary.
+pub const Candidates = std.ArrayList(u16);
+
+/// A single vote.
+pub const Vote = struct {
+    /// The pattern to match this vote to.
+    pattern: Pattern,
+
+    /// The number of votes placed on this pattern.
+    score: usize,
+};
+
+/// A collection of votes.
+pub const Election = []const Vote;
+
+/// Calculates the total number of votes in an election.
+pub fn electionVoteTotal(election: Election) usize {
+    var total: usize = 0;
+    for (election) |vote| total += vote.score;
+    return total;
+}
+
+/// Tests if a pattern is satisfied by a given word.
+pub fn patternSatisfied(word: Wordle.Word, pat: Pattern) bool {
+    // find mismatches
+    for (word, pat) |wordLetter, patLetter| {
+        if (patLetter != 0 and patLetter != wordLetter) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // if no mismatches were found, the pattern is satisfied
+    return true;
+}
+
+/// Naively calculates how many votes a word scores in an election.
+pub fn wordScore(word: Wordle.Word, election: Election) usize {
+    var total: usize = 0;
+    for (election) |vote| {
+        if (patternSatisfied(word, vote.pattern)) {
+            total += vote.score;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return total;
+}
+
+/// Elects candidates using brute-force scoring on the whole dictionary.
+///
+/// The result must be deinitialized after use.
+pub fn naiveElect(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, election: Election) !Candidates {
+    // track the maximum known score
+    var maxScore: usize = 0;
+
+    // keep a list of all highest-scoring candidates
+    var candidates: Candidates = .empty;
+
+    // evaluate all words in the dictionary
+    for (Dict.getDictionary(), 0..) |word, idx| {
+        // score this word
+        const score = wordScore(word, election);
+
+        // if score is lower than current known score, skip
+        if (score < maxScore) continue;
+
+        // if score exceeds known score, clear candidates and accommodate
+        if (score > maxScore) {
+            maxScore = score;
+            try candidates.resize(alloc, 0);
+        }
+
+        // add this candidate's index
+        try candidates.append(alloc, @intCast(idx));
+    }
+
+    // return the complete list of candidates
+    return candidates;
+}
+
+/// Formats a list of the words referred to by candidate indices.
+fn formatCandidates(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, candidates: Candidates) !std.ArrayList(u8) {
+    // cache dictionary for repeated lookup
+    const dict = Dict.getDictionary();
+
+    // dynamically allocate formatted words
+    var formatted: std.ArrayList(u8) = .empty;
+    for (candidates.items, 0..) |wordIdx, idx| {
+        // prefix word with space unless it's the first one
+        if (idx != 0) {
+            try formatted.append(alloc, ' ');
+        }
+
+        // append the word in the dictionary
+        try formatted.appendSlice(alloc, &dict[wordIdx]);
+    }
+
+    return formatted;
+}
+
+test "simple naive score" {
+    const election = [_]Vote{.{
+        .pattern = Wordle.strToWord("abas\x00"),
+        .score = 1,
+    }};
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(wordScore(Wordle.strToWord("abash"), &election), 1);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(wordScore(Wordle.strToWord("abask"), &election), 1);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(wordScore(Wordle.strToWord("abear"), &election), 0);
+}
+
+test "simple naive election" {
+    const election = [_]Vote{.{
+        .pattern = Wordle.strToWord("abas\x00"),
+        .score = 1,
+    }};
+
+    const alloc = std.heap.smp_allocator;
+    var candidates = try naiveElect(alloc, &election);
+    defer candidates.deinit(alloc);
+
+    var candidatesFmt = try formatCandidates(alloc, candidates);
+    defer candidatesFmt.deinit(alloc);
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(candidatesFmt.items, "abash abask");
+}