Need help with hangman game

[Danyn]

What is it you are trying to achieve?
I want to add a letter tracker to my program and I want to disable repeated letters from affecting the game.


What is the problem you are having?
I have no clue how to do so.


Describe what you have tried to solve this problem
I've tried using variables and put statements but nothing has worked.


Post any relevant code (You may choose to attach the file instead of posting the code if it is too long)

Turing:

var word, category, hidden : string var life : boolean var guess : string (1) var point1, point2, bodypart, colourIntro : int var font2 := Font.New ("georgia:40") bodypart := 0 procedure death     %Draws the death stage     drawline (50, 40, 250, 40, 255)     drawline (200, 40, 200, 270, 255)     drawline (200, 270, 125, 270, 255)     drawline (125, 270, 125, 240, 255) end death %Asks for word locate (15, 33) put "What's the word?" locate (16, 35) get word : * word := Str.Upper (word) cls %Asks for category locate (15, 33) put "What's the category?" locate (16, 35) get category : * cls %converts the word to hidden hidden := "" for i : 1 .. length (word)     if word (i) >= "A" and word (i) <= "Z" then         hidden += "-"     else         hidden += word (i)     end if end for %Puts hidden locate (15, 40) put hidden %Draws the death hanger death %Asks user to guess a letter and remove cursor View.Set ("nocursor") locate (13, 40) put "Guess a letter:" loop     %Sets the user's life to false     life := false     locate (15, 40)     Input.Flush     %Gets the guess     guess := Str.Upper (getchar)     %Checks to see if the guess is in the word     for i : 1 .. length (hidden)         if guess = word (i) then             %If it is then puts the letter there             hidden := hidden (1 .. i - 1) + guess + hidden (i + 1 .. *)             locate (15,40)             put hidden             %Changes life value to true so user doesn't lose a life             life := true         end if     end for     %If user doesn't guess a letter in the word changes life to false     if life = false then         %Adds one body part to the count         bodypart += 1     end if     %Draws body parts depending on body part count     if bodypart = 1 then         %Draws the head         Draw.Oval (125, 215, 25, 25, 255)     elsif bodypart = 2 then         %draws body         drawline (125, 190, 125, 110, 255)     elsif bodypart = 3 then         %draws arms         drawline (125, 185, 100, 120, 255) %left arm     elsif bodypart = 4 then         drawline (125, 185, 150, 120, 255) %right arm     elsif bodypart = 5 then         %draws legs         drawline (125, 110, 100, 60, 255) %left leg     elsif bodypart = 6 then         drawline (125, 110, 150, 60, 255) %right leg     end if     %How to win/lose     exit when bodypart = 6 or hidden = word end loop if bodypart = 6 then     colourIntro := 121     for decreasing intro : 121 .. 44         Font.Draw ("YOU LOSE", 210, 170, font2, colourIntro)         delay (25)         colourIntro -= 1     end for else     colourIntro := 121     for decreasing intro : 121 .. 44         Font.Draw ("YOU WIN", 210, 170, font2, colourIntro)         delay (25)         colourIntro -= 1     end for end if

Please specify what version of Turing you are using
4.1.1

[Dreadnought]

Basically, you want an array to keep track of what letters have already been tried. If you don't know what an array is (or want to learn more about Turing) see The Turing Walkthrough.

You could also use a string as an array of characters if you are more comfortable with strings than arrays.

The general idea is check if array tells you letter has been tried. if yes do something, if not do something else and modify the array to keep track of the current letter.

Hope this helps!

[Raknarg]

Easiest way, is make a string that starts out empty and when the player guesses a letter, add that to the string. However if that letter is already in the string, tell them they can't use that letter.

a string called something like usedLetters and the index function (you can look that up in the documentation) is all you would need for this.