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Thread: Hangman Program for CP1

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    Default Hangman Program for CP1

    Okay, so I'm in high school and taking a mandatory Computer Programming class. I have to create a hangman program that the user can play over and over again using different words. However, whenever the user plays again, it just uses the same word from before. Can anyone help me?

    import java.util.*;
    import java.io.*;
    import java.net.*;

    public class Hangman
    {
    public static String getRandomWord()
    {
    try
    {
    URL page = new URL("http://projecteuler.net/project/words.txt");
    BufferedReader br= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(page.openStream()));
    String pageSource=br.readLine();
    pageSource=pageSource.replace("\"","");
    String[] words=pageSource.split(",");
    int randNum=(int)(Math.random()*words.length);
    String word=words[randNum];
    word=word.toLowerCase();
    return word;
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
    return "hippopotamus";
    }
    }

    public static String Masquerade(String Word, String UsedLetters)
    {
    String NewWord= "";
    for (int i=0;i<Word.length();i++)
    {
    String letter = Word.substring(i,i+1);
    if (UsedLetters.contains(letter))
    {
    NewWord+=letter;
    }
    else
    {
    NewWord = NewWord+" _ ";
    }
    }
    NewWord=NewWord.replace(" ", " ");
    NewWord=NewWord.trim();
    return NewWord;
    }

    public static String Noose(int Miss)
    {
    if(Miss==1)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if(Miss==2)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if(Miss==3)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | / ");
    System.out.println(" | / ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if(Miss==4)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if(Miss==5)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | \\ | ");
    System.out.println(" | \\| ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if (Miss==6)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | \\ | / ");
    System.out.println(" | \\|/ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if (Miss==7)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | (x_x) ");
    System.out.println(" | \\ | / ");
    System.out.println(" | \\|/ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }
    return "";
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
    String Word=getRandomWord();
    int Miss=0;
    String UsedLetters="";

    for (int i=0;i<100;i++)
    {
    Scanner Maryann=new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Guess a letter: ");
    String Input=Maryann.nextLine();
    String Guess=Input.toLowerCase();
    UsedLetters+=Guess;
    System.out.println(Masquerade(Word, UsedLetters));

    if (Word.contains(Guess))
    {
    Miss+=0;
    }
    else
    {
    Miss+=1;
    }
    Noose(Miss);

    if (Miss>=7)
    {
    System.out.println("You just lost the game.");
    System.out.println("The word was "+Word+".");
    System.out.println("Care to play again? Type y for yes, and n for no.");
    String Response=Maryann.nextLine();

    if(Response.equals("y"))
    {
    Miss=0;
    UsedLetters="";
    getRandomWord();
    }
    else if (Response.equals("n"))
    {
    break;
    }
    else
    {
    System.out.println("Type y for yes, and n for no.");
    }
    }

    if(!Masquerade(Word, UsedLetters).contains("_"))
    {
    System.out.println("Congratulations! You won!");
    System.out.println("The word was "+Word+".");
    System.out.println("Care to play again? Type y for yes, and n for no.");
    String Response=Maryann.nextLine();

    if (Response.equals("y"))
    {
    Miss=0;
    UsedLetters="";
    getRandomWord();
    }
    else if (Response.equals("n"))
    {
    break;
    }
    else
    {
    System.out.println("Care to play again? Type y for yes, and n for no.");
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }


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    Default Hangman Program for CP1

    So, I'm taking a mandatory computer programming class at my high school, and we are supposed to create a hangman program that the user can play over and over again using different words. However, when the user plays again, mine uses the same word as before. Any help?

    Code=Java

    import java.util.*;
    import java.io.*;
    import java.net.*;

    public class Hangman
    {
    public static String getRandomWord()
    {
    try
    {
    URL page = new URL("http://projecteuler.net/project/words.txt");
    BufferedReader br= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(page.openStream()));
    String pageSource=br.readLine();
    pageSource=pageSource.replace("\"","");
    String[] words=pageSource.split(",");
    int randNum=(int)(Math.random()*words.length);
    String word=words[randNum];
    word=word.toLowerCase();
    return word;
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
    return "hippopotamus";
    }
    }

    public static String Masquerade(String Word, String UsedLetters)
    {
    String NewWord= "";
    for (int i=0;i<Word.length();i++)
    {
    String letter = Word.substring(i,i+1);
    if (UsedLetters.contains(letter))
    {
    NewWord+=letter;
    }
    else
    {
    NewWord = NewWord+" _ ";
    }
    }
    NewWord=NewWord.replace(" ", " ");
    NewWord=NewWord.trim();
    return NewWord;
    }

    public static String Noose(int Miss)
    {
    if(Miss==1)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if(Miss==2)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println(" | ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if(Miss==3)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | / ");
    System.out.println(" | / ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if(Miss==4)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if(Miss==5)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | \\ | ");
    System.out.println(" | \\| ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if (Miss==6)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | ('_') ");
    System.out.println(" | \\ | / ");
    System.out.println(" | \\|/ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }

    if (Miss==7)
    {
    System.out.println("\n _______ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | (x_x) ");
    System.out.println(" | \\ | / ");
    System.out.println(" | \\|/ ");
    System.out.println(" | | ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println(" | / \\ ");
    System.out.println("__|_______ \n");
    }
    return "";
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
    String Word=getRandomWord();
    int Miss=0;
    String UsedLetters="";

    for (int i=0;i<100;i++)
    {
    Scanner Maryann=new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Guess a letter: ");
    String Input=Maryann.nextLine();
    String Guess=Input.toLowerCase();
    UsedLetters+=Guess;
    System.out.println(Masquerade(Word, UsedLetters));

    if (Word.contains(Guess))
    {
    Miss+=0;
    }
    else
    {
    Miss+=1;
    }
    Noose(Miss);

    if (Miss>=7)
    {
    System.out.println("You just lost the game.");
    System.out.println("The word was "+Word+".");
    System.out.println("Care to play again? Type y for yes, and n for no.");
    String Response=Maryann.nextLine();

    if(Response.equals("y"))
    {
    Miss=0;
    UsedLetters="";
    getRandomWord();
    }
    else if (Response.equals("n"))
    {
    break;
    }
    else
    {
    System.out.println("Type y for yes, and n for no.");
    }
    }

    if(!Masquerade(Word, UsedLetters).contains("_"))
    {
    System.out.println("Congratulations! You won!");
    System.out.println("The word was "+Word+".");
    System.out.println("Care to play again? Type y for yes, and n for no.");
    String Response=Maryann.nextLine();

    if (Response.equals("y"))
    {
    Miss=0;
    UsedLetters="";
    getRandomWord();
    }
    else if (Response.equals("n"))
    {
    break;
    }
    else
    {
    System.out.println("Care to play again? Type y for yes, and n for no.");
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    /code

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    Default Re: Hangman Program for CP1

    Please edit your post and wrap your code with
    [code=java]
    <YOUR CODE HERE>
    [/code]
    to get highlighting and preserve formatting.

    it just uses the same word from before.
    Where does it get the word from? How can it get a different word next time the game is played?
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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