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Author: darbyluv2code

section-05-arrays/src/main/java/WordQuestDemov2.java

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+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class WordQuestDemov2 {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+
+        // Define the secret word and maximum allowed attempts
+        String fileName = "data/sample-words.txt";
+        String secretWord = getRandomWord(fileName);
+
+        // NOTE: only for testing purposes
+        System.out.println("TESTING ONLY: secretWord=" + secretWord);
+        System.out.println();
+
+        int maxAttempts = 10;
+
+        // Create a game board with underscores to represent unrevealed letters
+        char[] gameBoard = new char[secretWord.length()];
+
+        // Initialize game board with underscores to represent unrevealed letters
+        final char EMPTY_PLACE_HOLDER = '-';
+        Arrays.fill(gameBoard, EMPTY_PLACE_HOLDER);
+
+        // Scanner to read player input
+        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
+
+        System.out.println("Welcome to Word Quest!");
+
+        // Flag to check if the word has missing letters
+        boolean hasMissingLetters = true;
+
+        // Main game loop: runs while there are attempts left and word has missing letters
+        while (maxAttempts > 0 && hasMissingLetters) {
+
+            System.out.print("Current word: ");
+            System.out.println(gameBoard);
+
+            System.out.println();
+            System.out.print("Guess a letter: ");
+
+            // Read the user's input, take the first character and convert it to uppercase
+            String userInput = scanner.next().toUpperCase();
+            char guess = userInput.charAt(0);
+
+            // Track if the guess is correct
+            boolean isGuessCorrect = false;
+
+            // Loop through each letter in the secret word and check if it matches the guess
+            for (int i=0; i < secretWord.length(); i++) {
+
+                if (secretWord.charAt(i) == guess) {
+                    // Reveal the correctly guessed letter on the game board
+                    gameBoard[i] = guess;
+                    isGuessCorrect = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Update game status based on the guess
+            if (isGuessCorrect) {
+                System.out.println("Good job! You found a match!");
+
+                // Check if the word has missing letters
+                hasMissingLetters = contains(gameBoard, EMPTY_PLACE_HOLDER);
+            } else {
+                System.out.println("Incorrect!");
+
+                // Decrement attempts for an incorrect guess
+                maxAttempts--;
+            }
+
+            // Display remaining attempts after each guess
+            System.out.println("Attempts remaining: " + maxAttempts);
+            System.out.println();
+        }
+
+        // End of game message based on whether the word has missing letters
+        if (hasMissingLetters) {
+            System.out.println("You've run out of attempts. The secret word was: " + secretWord);
+        } else {
+            System.out.println("Success!!! You've revealed the secret word: " + secretWord);
+        }
+
+        scanner.close();
+    }
+
+    private static boolean contains(char[] gameBoard, char EMPTY_PLACE_HOLDER) {
+        for (char temp : gameBoard) {
+            if (temp == EMPTY_PLACE_HOLDER) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static String getRandomWord(String fileName) throws IOException {
+       // String[] words = {"Java", "Airplane", "Friend"};
+
+        // read in all lines from the file
+        List<String> linesList = Files.readAllLines(Path.of(fileName));
+
+        // convert the List to an Array
+        String[] words = linesList.toArray(new String[0]);
+
+        Random random = new Random();
+        int index = random.nextInt(words.length);
+
+        String theWord = words[index];
+
+        return theWord.toUpperCase();
+    }
+}