import { countMatchingCharacters } from "../utils/utils";

export const getWildcardWords = (
  letters: string,
  dictionary: string[],
  length?: number
) => {
  const numberWildcards = letters.split("?").length - 1;
  const possibleWildcardWords: string[] = [];

  for (const word of dictionary) {
    if (word.length <= letters.length) {
      const matchingCharacters = countMatchingCharacters(word, letters);

      if (matchingCharacters + numberWildcards === word.length) {
        if (length && word.length === length) {
          possibleWildcardWords.push(word);
        } else if (!length) {
          possibleWildcardWords.push(word);
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return possibleWildcardWords;
};