// Word masking and hint helpers for Skribbl mode. function normalize(s) { return String(s || "") .trim() .toLowerCase() .replace(/\s+/g, " "); } function maskWord(word, revealed = new Set()) { // produce a mask like "_ _ _ _" preserving spaces return word .split("") .map((ch, i) => { if (ch === " ") return " "; if (revealed.has(i)) return ch.toLowerCase(); return "_"; }) .join(""); } function pickRevealIndex(word, revealed) { const candidates = []; for (let i = 0; i < word.length; i++) { if (word[i] === " ") continue; if (revealed.has(i)) continue; candidates.push(i); } if (candidates.length === 0) return null; return candidates[Math.floor(Math.random() * candidates.length)]; } function isCloseGuess(guess, word) { const g = normalize(guess); const w = normalize(word); if (!g || !w || g === w) return false; if (Math.abs(g.length - w.length) > 2) return false; // simple Levenshtein const m = g.length, n = w.length; const dp = Array.from({ length: m + 1 }, () => new Array(n + 1).fill(0)); for (let i = 0; i <= m; i++) dp[i][0] = i; for (let j = 0; j <= n; j++) dp[0][j] = j; for (let i = 1; i <= m; i++) { for (let j = 1; j <= n; j++) { const cost = g[i - 1] === w[j - 1] ? 0 : 1; dp[i][j] = Math.min( dp[i - 1][j] + 1, dp[i][j - 1] + 1, dp[i - 1][j - 1] + cost ); } } return dp[m][n] <= 2; } module.exports = { normalize, maskWord, pickRevealIndex, isCloseGuess };