Thread: String - Hangman Simulation

I'm looking for help in how to properly modify my program so that a display message will indicate the number of incorrect guesses that remain each time the user enters an incorrect letter. This is for a program that simulates the Hangman game. Could anyone offer help or suggestions?

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace  std;

int main()
{
	//declare the variables
	string origWord = "";
	string letter = "";
	char dashReplaced ='N';
	char gameOver ='N';
	int numIncorrect = 0;
	string displayWord = "-----";

	//get original word
	do //begin loop
	{
		cout << "Enter a 5-letter word in uppercase: ";
		getline(cin, origWord);
	}   while (origWord.length() != 5);
	//clear the system
	system("cls");

	//start guessing
	cout << "Guess this word: " <<
	displayWord << endl;
	while (gameOver == 'N')
	{
		cout << "Enter an uppercase letter: ";
		cin >> letter;

		//serarch for the letter in the original word
		for (int x = 0; x < 5; x += 1)
		{
			//if the current character matches
			//the letter, replace the corresponding
			//dash in the displayWord variable and then
			//set the dashReplaced variable to 'Y'
			if (origWord.substr(x, 1) == letter)
			{
				displayWord.replace(x, 1, letter);
				dashReplaced = 'Y';
			}   //end if
		}   //end for

		//if a dash was replace, check whether the
		//displayWord variable contains any dashes
		if (dashReplaced == 'Y')
		{
			//if the displayWord variable does not
			//contain any dashes, the game is over
			if (displayWord.find("-", 0) == -1)
			{
				gameOver = 'Y';
				cout << endl << "Yes, the word is "
					<< origWord << endl;
				cout << "Great guessing!" << endl;
			}
			else //otherwise, continue guessing
			{
				cout << endl << "Guess this word: "
					<< displayWord << endl;
				dashReplaced = 'N';
			} //end if
		}
		else //processed when dashReplaced contains 'N'
		{
			//add 1 to the number of incorrect guesses
			numIncorrect += 1;
			//if the number of incorrect guesses is 10,
			//the game is over
			if (numIncorrect == 10)
			{
				gameOver = 'Y';
				cout << endl << "Sorry, the word is "
					<< origWord << endl;
			} //end if

		} //end if

	} //end while

	system("pause");
	return 0;
} //end of main function

Cross-posted

So ... you're calculating the number of incorrect guesses. You say you want to print it out. You print out many many other things along the way. What's different about this one?