puts "\n"
puts "Welcome to my election program. What a way to make a living!"
puts "\n"

# Specification (optional enhancement): handle write-in votes

puts "The official candidates are Dolly, Jane, and Lily. You may also enter a write-in candidate of your choice."
puts "\n"
puts "Please enter one candidate name per line and press return."
puts "\n"

votes = Array.new
i = 1
while i <= 10
  print "Vote ##{i}: "
  votes << gets.chomp.upcase.strip
  i += 1
end
puts "\n"

puts "Counting votes, beep boo beep beep ..."
puts "\n"
puts "The votes are counted! The results are"
puts "\n"

vote_counts_h = Hash.new(0)
votes.each do |candidate| vote_counts_h [candidate] += 1
end

vote_counts_a = vote_counts_h.sort_by { | v, k | k }
vote_counts_a.reverse!

# Specification (optional enhancement): Handle grammar of vote summary saying vote or votes appropriately
# Programmer note: Adding block to provide different output depending on
# whether candidate receive one vote or more than one vote.

vote_counts_a.each do |candidate, votes_received|
  if votes_received == 1
    puts candidate.capitalize + ": " + votes_received.to_s + " vote"
  else
    puts candidate.capitalize + ": " + votes_received.to_s + " votes"
  end
end

# Adding nifty code uncovered for Walk-A-Thon program that will create two variables
# from my vote_counts hash: one with the highest value (max_votes) and one with the key or keys
# associated with the highest value (max_candidate).
# The code below is much shorter than my initial code for this project, plus it makes handling ties easy.

max_votes = vote_counts_h.values.max
max_candidate = vote_counts_h.select { |k, v| v == max_votes}.keys

# Creating another variable to store the number of winners (winner_count):
# 1 for a single winner, or 2 or more in case of a tie.
# A variable isn't required here -- I could do it with some nested code
# -- but creating a variable makes the program easier to understand.

winner_count = max_candidate.count
puts "\n"

# Specification (optional enhancement): Handle ties for a winner appropriately
# Adding code to provide different outputs for a single winner and a tie.
# (Easy since I already did this in the Walk-A-Thon tracker program.)

if winner_count == 1
  puts "And the winner is ... #{max_candidate[0].capitalize} with #{max_votes} votes!"
else
  puts "And the winner is ... it's a tie! #{max_candidate[0..-2].join(', ').capitalize} and #{max_candidate[-1].capitalize} received #{max_votes} votes each."
end

puts "\n"