Implement coloured output & rework logic to display like wordle

src/pydle.py

@@ -66,29 +66,53 @@ def intro():
 
 # Prints the results, a thank-you message and gracefully exits
 def game_over(user_was_right, correct_word):
-    coloured_correct_word = add_colour(Fore.GREEN, ''.join(correct_word).capitalize())
     if user_was_right:
-        print("Congratulations! The word was:", coloured_correct_word)
+        print("Congratulations! You figured it out!")  # No need to display the word again? - Goudham
     else:
-        print("Ran out of guesses! The word was:", coloured_correct_word)
+        print("Ran out of guesses! The word was:", add_colour(Fore.GREEN, ''.join(correct_word).capitalize()))
     input("Thanks for playing! Press ENTER to exit :)")
     sys.exit(0)
 
 
-# Takes in the users guess and the myriad lists involved in the game logic, and compares the letters in the guess
-# with the word to be guessed.
-# Inserts the letter into the appropriate list, based on its presence & position (or lack thereof)
+# Store how many times each letter appears in the word - Goudham
+def count_letter_frequency(word):
+    letter_frequency = {}
+    for letter in word:
+        letter_frequency[letter] = letter_frequency[letter] + 1 if letter in letter_frequency else 1
+    return letter_frequency
+
+
+# Initialise the letter frequency map to count up the way as a letter is encountered out of position - Goudham
+def initialise_letter_frequency(word):
+    letter_frequency = {}
+    for letter in word:
+        letter_frequency[letter] = 0
+    return letter_frequency
+
+
 # So this is like a massive rework right, it's basically like the actual wordle game with colouring - Goudham
-def check_letter_in_word(users_guess_input, word_to_be_guessed, users_guess_results):
-    correct = []
-    for i in range(len(users_guess_input)):
-        if word_to_be_guessed[i] == users_guess_input[i]:
-            correct.append(users_guess_input[i])
-            users_guess_results[i] = add_colour(Fore.GREEN, users_guess_input[i])
-        elif users_guess_input[i:] in word_to_be_guessed and users_guess_input[i] not in correct:
-            users_guess_results[i] = add_colour(Fore.YELLOW, users_guess_input[i])
+def get_wordle_string(users_guess_input, word_to_be_guessed):
+    green_letter_map = count_letter_frequency(word_to_be_guessed)
+    yellow_letter_map = initialise_letter_frequency(word_to_be_guessed)
+    raw_letters = []
+    wordle_string = []
+
+    # Doing a first pass to just check the correct letters and updating 'green_letter_map' - Goudham
+    for index, letter in enumerate(users_guess_input):
+        if word_to_be_guessed[index] == letter:
+            green_letter_map[letter] = green_letter_map[letter] - 1
+            wordle_string.append(add_colour(Fore.GREEN, letter))  # Green if it's in the right place - Goudham
         else:
-            users_guess_results[i] = users_guess_input[i]
+            wordle_string.append(add_colour(Fore.LIGHTBLACK_EX, letter))  # Grey if it doesn't exist - Goudham
+        raw_letters.append(letter)
+
+    # On the second pass, if there are any letters out of position using the knowledge from the first pass - Goudham
+    for index, letter in enumerate(raw_letters):
+        if letter in word_to_be_guessed and yellow_letter_map[letter] < green_letter_map[letter]:
+            yellow_letter_map[letter] = yellow_letter_map[letter] + 1
+            wordle_string[index] = add_colour(Fore.YELLOW, letter)  # Yellow if it's in the wrong position - Goudham
+
+    return " ".join(wordle_string)  # Return the list as string since no need to keep track of other lists - Goudham
 
 
 # Main game flow.
@@ -97,12 +121,9 @@ def game_logic():
     counter = 1
     while counter < 7:
         users_guess_input = get_guess(counter)
-        # You can check if the game is over right after the user enters the word - Goudham
+        print("Result:", get_wordle_string(users_guess_input, word_to_be_guessed))  # No need to pass in lists
         if check_word_is_right(word_to_be_guessed, users_guess_input):
             game_over(True, word_to_be_guessed)
-        users_guess_results = ["_"] * 5
-        check_letter_in_word(users_guess_input, word_to_be_guessed, users_guess_results)
-        print("Result: " + " ".join(users_guess_results))
         counter += 1
     game_over(False, word_to_be_guessed)
 
@@ -113,6 +134,8 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    # I promise that this just started out with wanting to add colours... turned into a rework sorry :( - Goudham
+    # READ THIS -> I promise that this just started out with wanting to add colours...
+    #  And then it just turned into a rework sorry :( - Goudham
+
     init()  # Read -> https://pypi.org/project/colorama/ - Goudham
     main()