def full_search(offensive_list)
    p 'Full check:'
    p "Comparing #{$all_vehicles.count} records against #{offensive_list.count} banned combinations"
    p 'This will take a few minutes'
    vrm_array, example_array = [], []
    vrm_list = $all_vehicles.keys.sort
    vrm_list.each do |vrm|
        vrm_array << vrm.split("") #We split each reg into an array of characters
    end
    offensive_list.each do |example|
        example.strip!
        example_array << example.split("") #and the same with our banned combinations
    end

        vrm_array.each do |vrm|
            example_array.each do |example| #itterate through vrms x examples
                @formatted_vrm = vrm.dup
                if example.length == vrm.length
                    example.each_index do |index|
                        if example[index] == "?" #for each wildcard we add a wildcard to the vrm for comparison
                            @formatted_vrm[index] = "?"
                        end
                    end
                    if @formatted_vrm == example then offensive_found(vrm, example) end
                end
            end
        end
end

def offensive_found(vrm, example)
    built_vrm = ""
    built_example = ""
    if vrm.class == Array #clean up formatting so we can store it
    vrm.each do |character|
            built_vrm << character
        end
        example.each do |character|
            built_example << character
        end
    else
        built_example = example #clearly redundant, but it works so...
        built_vrm = vrm
    end

    if $bad_vrms[built_example] # if we already have a record
        prev_matched = $bad_vrms[built_example] #just add to the array
        prev_matched << built_vrm
        $bad_vrms.store(built_example, prev_matched)
    else
        new_match = [built_vrm]        # or create a new hash key
        $bad_vrms.store(built_example, new_match)
    end
    #p "#{built_vrm} - matched with #{built_example}"
end