public static string TabulateVotes(string[] Ballots, int MaxVotes)
{
StringBuilder sb = new();
Dictionary <string, int> Votes = new();
int TooManyVotesDiscardedBallots = 0;
foreach (string Ballot in Ballots)
{
string[] RawVotes = Ballot.Split(",").Select(x => x.ToLower().Trim()).ToArray();
if (RawVotes.Length > MaxVotes)
{
TooManyVotesDiscardedBallots++;
continue;
}
foreach (string rawVote in RawVotes)
{
if (!Votes.ContainsKey(rawVote))
{
Votes[rawVote] = 0;
}
Votes[rawVote]++;
}
}
sb.AppendLine("======= Results ======")
.AppendFormat("Discarded Ballots due to Too Many Votes: {0}", TooManyVotesDiscardedBallots)
.AppendLine()
.AppendLine();
foreach (var KVP in Votes.OrderByDescending(x => x.Value))
{
sb.AppendFormat("{0} \t\t\t\t - \t {1}", KVP.Key, KVP.Value)
.AppendLine();
}
return(sb.ToString());
}