/// <summary>
/// find a legislator by name.
/// Note: the name is a case insensitive substring
/// to make finding the legislator more likely.
/// Note: This method lets you know if there are more
/// than one match.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="nom"></param>
/// <param name="msg"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public int FindLegislator(string nom, out string msg)
{
string nom_lower = nom.ToLower();
string NomFound = "";
msg = "";
int Total = 0;
if (nom == null || nom == "")
{
msg = "Invalid legislator name";
return(Total);
}
try
{
if (this.Leges == null || Leges.Count <= 0)
{
msg = "Legislative info not available.";
return(0);
}
int n = this.Leges.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
OneLege one = this.Leges[i];
if (one != null && one.People != null)
{
int m = one.People.Count;
for (int j = 0; j < m; j++)
{
string s = one.People[j].Name.ToLower();
if (s != null && s.Contains(nom_lower))
{
Total++;
NomFound = one.People[j].Name;
}
}
}
}
if (Total <= 0)
{
msg = "No legislator with the name " + nom;
}
else if (Total == 1)
{
msg = $"{NomFound} found.";
}
else
{
msg = $"There are {Total} legislators with names containing \"{nom}\".";
}
}
catch (System.Exception)
{
}
return(Total);
}
/// <summary>
/// summarize the legislature into a text string.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public string SummarizeLeges()
{
string Msg = "";
try
{
if (Leges != null)
{
int n = Leges.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
OneLege leg = Leges[i];
string LegeNom = leg.LegeName;
if (LegeNom != null)
{
string s = $"----- {this.State} {LegeNom} -----\n";
Msg += s;
if (leg.People != null)
{
int m = leg.People.Count;
for (int j = 0; j < m; j++)
{
OnePerson p = leg.People[j];
if (p != null && p.Name != null)
{
string PersonName = p.Name;
string s2 = $" {PersonName}\n";
Msg += s2;
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
catch (System.Exception)
{
}
return(Msg);
}