Thread: Hangman-esque

Hi, I've been having some trouble with a "hangman-esque" program. I have it so that a person can enter a letter, and make it show up in the right spot, but I can't get the program to ask again, until the phrase has been completed. I've tried a do/while loop, but that hasn't done it. I would appreciate any help or suggestions you can make. Also, once I get the program to re-ask, how would I mange to keep the already guessed charecters in the correct spot? Thanks.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
        char text[40]="EVEN BETTER HARRY POTTER";
/* Phrase not of my origin */        
        printf("Let's play Wheel-of-Fortune\n");
        char ch_in;
        int kk, len, found;
        len = (int)strlen(text);
        printf("There are %d charecters\n",len);
        printf("Enter an upper-case charecter:");
        ch_in = getchar();
        printf("%c was entered.\n", ch_in);
        found = 0;
        for(kk=0; kk<len; kk++){
         if(text[kk] == ch_in){
               found = 1;
               printf("%c", ch_in);
         }else printf(".");        
        }
        printf("\n");
        if(found==0) printf("No Match!\n");
}

The while loop was just something to try. As for the for loop, that is how the entered character was checked against the charecter string. If there is anyother way to check if the entered character is correct, I'm all ears.

Sure:

Example

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int main(void) {
	char text[40]="EVEN BETTER HARRY POTTER", *mask;
	char ch_in;
	int kk, len, found, done;

	/* Phrase not of my origin */

	printf("Let's play Wheel-of-Fortune\n");
	len = (int)strlen(text);
	mask = (char *)malloc(len);
	memset(mask, 0, len);


	for(kk = 0; kk < len; kk++)
		if(text[kk] != ' ')
			printf("_ ");
		else {
			mask[kk] = 1;
			printf("  ");
		}
	putc('\n', stdout);

	done = 0;

	do {
		found = 0;
		done = 1;

		printf("Enter a letter: ");
		ch_in = toupper(getchar());

		// this is a nasty way of handling the newline that you get from
		// getchar()
		if(ch_in == '\n') {
			putc('\r', stdout);
			done = 0;
			continue;
		}

		if(isalpha(ch_in)) {
			for(kk=0; kk<len; kk++){
				if((toupper(text[kk]) == ch_in) && (text[kk] != ' ')){
					found = 1;
					mask[kk] = 1;
					putc(ch_in, stdout);
				} else {
					if(mask[kk])
						putc(text[kk], stdout);
					else {
						if(text[kk] != ' ')
							printf("_ ");
	  					else
	  						printf("  ");
						done = 0; // if a letter is missing then we aren't done yet
					}
				}
			}
			putc('\n', stdout);

			if(!found)
				puts("No Match!");
		} else
			puts("Invalid character!");

		printf("%d %d\n", found, done);

	} while(!done);

	puts("You win!");
	free(mask);

	return 0;

}