add reading a specific election

main.go

@@ -62,19 +62,78 @@ func findElectoralVotes(stateVotes []StateVotes, stateName string) (int, error)
 
 /* Results for the elections */
 
+type StateResult struct {
+	State string
+	Party string
+}
+
+func readElectionResults(filename string) ([]StateResult, error) {
+	var results []StateResult
+
+	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error opening the file: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	reader := csv.NewReader(file)
+	// Skip the header
+	if _, err := reader.Read(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading header row: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for {
+		record, err := reader.Read()
+		if err != nil {
+			break // End of file or an error
+		}
+		results = append(results, StateResult{State: record[0], Party: record[1]})
+	}
+
+	if len(results) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no data found")
+	}
+
+	return results, nil
+}
+
+// findWinningParty searches the provided slice of StateResults for a given state and returns its winning party.
+func findWinningParty(results []StateResult, stateName string) (string, error) {
+	for _, result := range results {
+		if strings.EqualFold(result.State, stateName) {
+			return result.Party, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If the loop completes without finding the state, it's not in the list.
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("state not found")
+}
+
 func main() {
-	// Get electoral votes
-	filename := "data/electoral-college-votes.csv"
-	stateVotes, err := readElectoralVotes(filename)
+	filename := "data/2000.csv" // Update with the actual filename
+	results, err := readElectionResults(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error:", err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Get baserates
-
 	// Example states to query
 	states := []string{"California", "Texas", "Florida"}
+	for _, state := range states {
+		party, err := findWinningParty(results, state)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error: %s\n", err)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("%s won by %s in 2000 US election.\n", state, party)
+		}
+	}
+
+	filename = "data/electoral-college-votes.csv"
+	stateVotes, err := readElectoralVotes(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error:", err)
+		return
+	}
 	for _, state := range states {
 		votes, err := findElectoralVotes(stateVotes, state)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -83,4 +142,5 @@ func main() {
 			fmt.Printf("%s has %d electoral votes.\n", state, votes)
 		}
 	}
+
 }