private static string EncodeBallotChoices(object choices, int logId)
{
// offices separated by $
// candidates separated by |
// writeIn indicated by *
string result = null;
if (choices is Dictionary <string, object> officeDictionary)
{
var offices = new List <string> {
logId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
};
foreach (var officeKey in officeDictionary.Keys)
{
if (!(officeDictionary[officeKey] is Dictionary <string, object>
candidateDictionary)) // it's a ballot measure
{
var key = Referendums.GetIdByReferendumKey(officeKey);
var val = officeDictionary[officeKey] as string;
// > indicates ballot measure
offices.Add($"{key}|>{val}");
}
else
{
var keys = new List <string> {
Offices.GetId(officeKey).ToString()
};
foreach (var politicianKey in candidateDictionary.Keys)
{
if (candidateDictionary[politicianKey] is int)
{
// politician key
keys.Add(Politicians.GetId(politicianKey).ToString());
}
else
{
if (candidateDictionary[politicianKey] is string writeIn)
{
writeIn = Uri.EscapeUriString(Regex.Replace(writeIn, "[$|]", "-"));
keys.Add($"*{writeIn}");
}
}
}
offices.Add(Join("|", keys));
}
}