I am attempting to develop a hang man game but, I can't get the String Buffer to work in seperating my characters. When prompting input from the user(The word to be guessed) how do I put the individual characters of the inputted word into an array. Do I have to use the String Buffer at all?
Any hints to develop this hang man game please Respond!!!
Hi,
I'm not sure to nderstand ur problem.
Just get the word to be guessed an create a new StringBuffer with it.
Then to check characters enter to guess the word use the chatAt(int position) method in StringBuffer.
Here a sample code that ask for the word to be guessed then a character and check if it exists in the secret word before showing where the letter appears
char c;//char enter to guess the word
StringBuffer word; // word to be guess
StringBuffer found;//character found
...
BufferedReader reader=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.println("Enter the word to be guessed");
word=new StringBuffer(reader.readLine());
for (int i=0;i<word.length();i++)
found.append('_'); // use a '' word to begin
...
//add a loop to ask for a character until the word is guessed or the game ends
//check a letter
System.out.println("enter a character");
c=reader.readLine().charAt(0);
for(int i=0;i<word.length();i++){
if (c==word.charAt(i)){
found.charAt(i)=c;
}
}
System.out.println(found);
//end loop
Hope this helps
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