Wordle

2022-01-17.py

question = """

Using the rules of Wordle, given a guessWord and a solutionWord, 
return a set of emojis returned from the guessWord.

Example:

let solutionWord = "fudge"

$ wordleGuess("reads", solutionWord)
$ "⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛"

$ wordleGuess("lodge", solutionWord)
$ "⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩"

"""

def wordleGuess(guess, solution):
    output = []
    green_block = "\U0001F7E9"
    yellow_block = "\U0001F7E8"
    gray_block = "\U00002B1B"

    # map solution characters
    solution_chars = {}
    place = 0
    for char in solution:
        if char not in solution_chars:
            solution_chars[char] = {'count': 0, 'placement': []}
        solution_chars[char]['count'] += 1
        solution_chars[char]['placement'].append(place)
        place += 1

    # walk through guess, compare to solution
    place = 0
    for char in guess:
        if not char in solution_chars:
            output.append(gray_block)
        elif place not in solution_chars[char]['placement']:
            output.append(yellow_block)
        else:
            output.append(green_block)
        place += 1

    # print output
    print(''.join(output))

solutionWord = "fudge"
wordleGuess("reads", solutionWord)
wordleGuess("lodge", solutionWord)