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Morice

Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:37 pm


Help with a hangman game

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ok so im getin rlly stressed trying to figure out how to change a character if it occurs more then once so anyway who knos can tehy tell me
hers my code
look for the I DONT KNO WHAT TO PUT RIGHT HERE cause thatss wher im havin troubles 
thanks a lot :)



// The "HangmanGame" class.
import java.awt.*;
import hsa.Console;
import java.lang.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.Object;
public class HangmanGame
{
    static Console c;           // The output console

    public static void main (String [] args)
    {
        c = new Console ();
        int guessNum = 0, underlines = 0, goodCount = 0, badCount = 0, somecounter = 0;
        String word = "", wrongGuess = "";
        char guess;
        //*****************************************************************The Words**********************************************************//
        String [] arrayOfWords = new String [11];
        arrayOfWords [0] = new String ("Mathematics");
        arrayOfWords [1] = new String ("Canada");
        arrayOfWords [2] = new String ("Romania");
        arrayOfWords [3] = new String ("Shopping");
        arrayOfWords [4] = new String ("Hawkins");
        arrayOfWords [5] = new String ("ComputerScience");
        arrayOfWords [6] = new String ("Good Marks");
        arrayOfWords [7] = new String ("Music");
        arrayOfWords [8] = new String ("Boston");
        arrayOfWords [9] = new String ("Windsor");
        arrayOfWords [10] = new String ("Calculus");
        //*************************************************************End of the Words********************************************************//
        guessNum = (int) (Math.random () * 10); //get a random number
        c.print (arrayOfWords [guessNum]);

        underlines = arrayOfWords [guessNum].length (); //getting the length of the word


        for (int x = 0 ; x < underlines ; x++) //loop to "hide" the word
        {
            word = word + "*";
            c.print ("*");
        }
        c.println ("");

        //**********************************************************************Main Loop************************************************************//
        while (goodCount < underlines)
        {
            c.setCursor (5, 1);
            c.println ("Please enter your letter."); //getting the answer from the user
            guess = c.readChar (); //getting the answer from the user

            if (arrayOfWords [guessNum].indexOf (guess) >= 0) //if statement to check if the guess is in the word
            {
                c.setCursor (2, 1);
                if (arrayOfWords [guessNum].indexOf (guess) == arrayOfWords [guessNum].lastIndexOf (guess)) //if statmenet to check more than one of the same letter
                {
                    c.print (word.substring (0, arrayOfWords [guessNum].indexOf (guess)) + guess + word.substring ((arrayOfWords [guessNum].indexOf (guess)) + 1, underlines)); //display the guess with the hidden letters
                    word = word.substring (0, arrayOfWords [guessNum].indexOf (guess)) + guess + word.substring ((arrayOfWords [guessNum].indexOf (guess)) + 1, underlines); //stores the guess with the hidden letters
                    goodCount++;
                }
                else
                {
                    somecounter++;
                    for (int ii = 0 ; ii < underlines ; ii++)
                    {

                        if (arrayOfWords [guessNum].charAt (ii) == guess)
                        {

                         I DONT KNO WAT TO PUT RIGHT HERE 
                        }
                    }


                    c.setCursor (2, 1);
                    c.print (word);

                }

            }

            if (arrayOfWords [guessNum].indexOf (guess) == -1)
            {
                badCount++;
                c.setCursor (10, 1);
                c.print ("Here are your wrong guesses:");
                wrongGuess = wrongGuess + guess + " ";
                c.print (wrongGuess);

                if (badCount == 15)
                {
                    break;
                }
            }


        }
        //***************************************************************End of Main Loop************************************************************//

        c.println ("");
        if (goodCount == underlines)
        {
            c.println ("You Win!");

        }
        else
        {
            c.println ("You Suck! GAME OVER");
        }
    } // main method
} // HangmanGame class


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ericfourfour

Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:48 pm


Re: Help with a hangman game

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Please use syntax or code tags so you code appears indented.

Have you tried writing this out on a piece of paper? It is a pretty simple algorithm:
Read in a letter. If the letter has not been guessed, store the letter in a list of guessed letters. Do all of the other stuff with the letter.


What is that piece of code supposed to do?
 if (arrayOfWords 


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Morice

Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:41 pm


Re: Help with a hangman game

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tat piece of code is supposed to check if thers an occurence of an word more then once
ya i kno i kinda complicated myself however i want to keep it in two different thigns like with only one word and with the guess appereaing more then once in a word like a in Canada
so far if i run this program it will only output the first a so it will be *a**** so wat im trying to do with tat through tat if statment is to check if thers more then one occurance so i can put it in 
cause i dont kno how to do tat
so ya
hopefully u guys understand wat i mean


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Morice

Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:37 pm


Re: Help with a hangman game

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YEY I FIGURED IT OUT 
all on my own i might add
this is teh for loop tat i neded
thansk anyway :)

for (int ii = 0 ; ii < underlines ; ii++)
                    {

                        if (arrayOfWords [guessNum].charAt (ii) == guess)
                        {
                            goodCount++;
                            word = word.substring (0, ii) + guess + word.substring (ii + 1, word.length());