added links to hyperchad anywhere

[selectricity] / app / models / vote.rb

diff --git a/app/models/vote.rb b/app/models/vote.rb
index 33927cd16db995528e15da3aa6ab943353d5bc09..f263a75bb687d332527bc5ce938ada35ab4eb9b2 100644 (file)
--- a/app/models/vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/vote.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,15 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def votestring
-    self.votes.join("")
+    # create a mapping of candidates ids and the relative order of the
+    # candidates as they appear when sorted alphabetically
+    cand_relnums = {}
+    self.voter.election.candidates.sort.each_with_index do |c, i|
+      cand_relnums[c.id] = i + 1
+    end
+
+    # assemble the votestring
+    self.votes.collect {|v| cand_relnums[v]}.join("")
   end
 
   # the following subroutine is used for quickvotes. it creates a vote