diff --git a/da_detector.py b/da_detector.py
index 8d816ef..20ad129 100755
--- a/da_detector.py
+++ b/da_detector.py
@@ -150,6 +150,50 @@ class da_detector:
 			raise e
 		return probabs
 
+	def attempt_detection(self, probabs: list, lang_list: list):
+		import numpy as np
+
+		if not isinstance(probabs, list) or not isinstance(lang_list, list):
+			raise TypeError("not a list, bailing")
+		elif len(probabs) == 0 or len(lang_list) == 0:
+			raise ValueError("empty list, bailing")
+
+		sums = []
+		absolute_sums = []
+		what_we_came_up_with = []
+
+		try:
+			for probab in probabs:
+				sums.append(np.sum(np.log(probab)))
+
+			for da_sum in sums:
+				absolute_sums.append(1 / abs(da_sum))
+
+			for da_abs_sum in absolute_sums:
+				what_we_came_up_with.append(da_abs_sum / sum(absolute_sums))
+		except Exception as e:
+			raise e
+
+		print("[*] languages considered: ", end="")
+		print(lang_list)
+		print("[*] probabilities: ", end="")
+		print(what_we_came_up_with)
+		max_prob = max(what_we_came_up_with)
+
+		try:
+			final_results = {}
+			for i in range(len(lang_list)):
+				final_results.__setitem__(
+					lang_list[i],
+					what_we_came_up_with[i]
+				)
+			da_winner = max(final_results, key=final_results.get)
+		except Exception as e:
+			raise e
+		print("[*] the winner is: " + da_winner + " with probability ", end="")
+		print(max_prob)
+		return final_results
+
 
 freqs_folder = "./freqs/"
 test_str = "what freaking ever, nobody cares one bit of a heck"