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    Default Java Hangman!

    I am new to java. All suggestions as far as this program goes is appreciated however please do not change the entire code because I am aware that there are bugs/issues with it. The questions I have is when I run this program(eclipse) I have a Dictionary.txt and that works fine. However when I guess the word correctly the while loop of the game does not end, how do I fix this? Can I not compare a StringBuilder to a String? When I guess the word wrong(run out of attempts) the program ends the while loop but jumps back into it after the endGame() method. I assume because it picks up from where the method was called. How can I change this a little to allow the game to function as I intended? I am not familiar with the structure of a game in java. Also how do I attach programs to the forum as other members have? Tried to attach a .java and it would not let me. Apologize for the .txt format


    PHP Code:
    public class Hangman1 {
        public static 
    void main(String[] args){        
            
    initGame();        
            
            
        }
    //end main

        
    private static void initGame() {    // needs io exception
            
    System.out.println("Chris' Hangman");
            
    System.out.println("Enter Number For Difficulty You Would Like To Play");
            
    System.out.print("Easy: 1, Medium: 2, Hard: 3 -- ");
            
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
                
    int diff scan.nextInt();        
                while(
    true){
                    if(
    diff == || diff == || diff == ){
                        
    getDifficulty(diff);
                        
    //break;
                    
    }
                    else{
                        
    System.out.print("Please Enter The Number 1, 2, Or 3 -- ");
                        
    diff scan.nextInt();
                        
    //System.out.println("");
                    
    }
                }
    //end while
            
    }//end initGame()

        
    private static void getDifficulty(int diff) {
            
    Scanner scan null;
            try {
                 
    scan = new Scanner(new File("Dictionary"));
            } catch (
    FileNotFoundException e) {
                
    System.out.println("File Not Found");
                
    System.exit(0);
            }
            
            
    ArrayList<Stringeasy = new ArrayList<String>();
            
    ArrayList<Stringmedium = new ArrayList<String>();
            
    ArrayList<Stringhard = new ArrayList<String>();
            
            
            while (
    scan.hasNextLine()){     // sorts file into 3 arrayLists based on length of word.
                //while(true){
                
    String s = new String(scan.nextLine());
                if(
    s.length() > && s.length() <= 9){    //hard 8-9 letters
                    
    hard.add(s);
                    
    //break;
                
    }
                if(
    s.length() > && s.length() <= ){    //medium 6-7 letters
                    
    medium.add(s);
                    
    //break;
                
    }
                if(
    s.length() > && s.length() <= 5){    //easy 4-5 letters
                    
    easy.add(s);
                    
    //break;
                
    }
            }
    //end while
                
            
    switch(diff){    //after method call within switch program continues to run through other cases or start over in an infinite loop
            
    case 1:
            
                
    Random rand1 = new Random();
                
    int i1 rand1.nextInt(easy.size());
                
    startGame(easy.get(i1));// Get word from random index of ArrayList easy
                    
            
    case 2:
            
                
    Random rand2 = new Random();
                
    int i2 rand2.nextInt(medium.size());
                
    startGame(medium.get(i2));// Get word from random index of ArrayList medium
            
            
    case 3:
            
                
    Random rand3 = new Random();
                
    int i3 rand3.nextInt(hard.size());
                
    startGame(hard.get(i3));// Get word from random index of ArrayList hard
            
    }//end switch
    }//end getDifficulty

        
    private static void startGame(String string) {
            
    //StringBuilder secret = new StringBuilder(string); // if you can compare a StringBuilder to a String then this is not needed
            
    String secret string;
            
    String word "";    
            
            
    //"word" = 1 dash for each char in secret until letter guessed correctly replaces a dash
            
    for(int i 0secret.length(); i++){    // display dashes for length of word
                
    word += "-";    
                
    //System.out.print(word); //test
            
    }
            
    StringBuilder guessedWord = new StringBuilder(word);
            
    System.out.println(guessedWord); // print number of dashes for word
        
    //-------------------BEGIN GUESSING----------------------------\\        
            
            
            
            
    int numGuesses 0;
            
    char guess;
             
    ArrayList<CharacterlettersGuessed = new ArrayList<Character>();
             
             while (
    secret.equals(guessedWord) == false && numGuesses 6){ // while you did not win or lose
                 
    System.out.print("Guess Letter: ");
                 
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
                 
    guess scan.next().charAt(0);
                 for(
    int i 0guessedWord.length(); i++){        //check if letter has been guessed
                     
    if(guessedWord.charAt(i) == guess){    //if letter is in word more than once then print statements will print more than once. BUG
                         
    System.out.println("You Already Guessed This Letter!");
                         
    System.out.print("Guess Again: ");
                         
    guess scan.next().charAt(0);    // if letter is guessed already this will assume player guesses a new letter next turn. BUG
                     
    }
                 }
                     
                 
    lettersGuessed.add(guess);//add letter to letters guessed
                 
    for(int i 0guessedWord.length(); i++){    // check for letter in word
                    
    if(guess == secret.charAt(i)){
                        
    guessedWord.setCharAt(iguess);
                        
                    }
                    
                 }
    //end for
                 
    System.out.println(guessedWord);//print new guessedWord after checking for letter in word 
                 
                 
    if(secret.indexOf(guess) == -){    //if letter not in secret then numGuesses goes up by 1 and while loop continues
                     
    numGuesses++;
                     
    System.out.println("Incorrect Guesses: " numGuesses);
                     
    System.out.println(guessedWord);
                     
    System.out.println("Secret: " secret);
                 }
                
                 
                 
                 
             }
    //end while
             
             
    if(numGuesses == 6){
                 
    endGame(false);
             }
             else{
                 
    endGame(true);
             }
             
        }
    //end startGame

        

        
    private static void endGame(boolean won) {
            
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
            
            if(
    won){
                
    System.out.println("Great Job, You Won!");
                
    System.out.print("Would You Like To Play Again? Y or N: ");
                
                
    char playAgain scan.next().charAt(0);
                if(
    playAgain == 'y' || playAgain == 'Y'){
                    
    initGame();
                }else{
                    
                }
                
            }else{
                
    System.out.println("You Lost! Better Luck Next Time!");
                
    System.out.print("Would You Like To Play Again? Y or N: ");
                
                
    char playAgain1 scan.next().charAt(0);
                if(
    playAgain1 == 'y' || playAgain1 == 'Y'){
                    
    initGame();
                }else{
                    
                }
            }
    //end else
            
        
    }//end endGame
        
    }// end class 
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    Last edited by JavaManNoob; October 29th, 2012 at 01:22 AM. Reason: PHP CODE!


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