Reddit Daily Programmer #237 - Broken Keyboard

broken-keyboard.ps1

#https://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/comments/3pcb3i/20151019_challenge_237_easy_broken_keyboard/
#Import the list of words.
$wordList = Get-Content -Path .\word.txt	#http://norvig.com/ngrams/enable1.txt

#Get the first part of input, which is an integer.
$numbers = Read-Host "Enter the number of combinations to check"
$counter = 0
$checkArray = @()

#Loop through them to get all of the input.
while($counter -lt $numbers) {
	$checkArray += Read-Host "Enter a string of characters"
	$counter++
}

#Perform each check.
foreach($item in $checkArray) {
	$winningWord = ""
	
	foreach($word in $wordList) {
		$goodWord = $true
		#Split each word into an array of characters.
		$letterArray = $word.ToCharArray()
		
		#Now check each character.
		foreach($letter in $letterArray) {
			if(-not($item.Contains($letter))) {
				$goodWord = $false
				break
			}
		}
		
		#If the word is valid, figure out the length.
		if($goodWord) {
			if($word.Length -gt $winningWord.Length) {
				$winningWord = $word
			}
		}
	}
	
	#At the end, write everything back out.
	Write-Host "$item = $winningWord"
}