Hi, I need some help with a C++ assignment. I'm supposed to write a Hangman program that will:
The user should be able to choose between playing against the computer, or against another human. The only difference will be how the word to be guessed is selected: If playing against the computer, the computer will choose from a built-in list of words, picking one of them at random; If playing against another human, the human hangman will type in a word (a string)(In C++, a string is MUCH preferable to the old-fashioned c-strings.)
The user (either the guesser or the hangman) should be asked for the number of incorrect guesses to allow the guesser... within the range 4 to 10 inclusive.
Before each guess entered by the user, the program should:
Display the letters already chosen
Display the number of guesses left
Display the portion of the word already guessed, inserting an * (asterisk) for each letter not yet guessed.
The user enters a character; the program will then indicate if an incorrect character was chosen:
A letter already chosen
Any non-alphabetic character (such as ?, /, 4, $, etc.) (Hint: see documentation on ctypes.h - especially isalpha())
If the user has correctly guessed a letter that appears in the word, the displayed word (with asterisks) is updated, replacing the proper asterisks with the correctly guessed letter. For example, if the word were "EAGLE" and the user guessed "E", both the first and last letters would be filled in : E***E.
If the user has correctly guessed the entire word without using all of the allowed incorrect guesses, a congratulatory message (and, optionally, bells and whistles!) Should be displayed. If, on the other hand, the user runs out of incorrect guesses, an appropriate message of condolence should be displayed.
Upon termination of a game the program should prompt the player if another game is wanted - an 'n' or 'N' will terminate the program, otherwise it will loop back, select another word, and do it all again!!
here's my code:
// PROGRAM 5
// HANGMAN GAME
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;
int instructions();
void manual();
void file( char* );
int letterFill( char, char*, char* );
void Unknown( char*, char* );
const int MAX_LENGTH=10;
void main()
{
bool done = false;
char word[MAX_LENGTH];
char unknown[MAX_LENGTH];
char letter;
char name[MAX_LENGTH];
int wrong_guesses=0;
int MAX_TRIES;
// SWITCH: MANUAL vs. SOURCE FILE
do
{
switch(instructions())
{
case 1:
{
manual();
break;
}
case 2:
{
file(word);
break;
}
default:
{
done = true;
break;
}
}
}
while(!done);
cout << "INPUT NUMBER OF GUESSES THE PLAYER IS ALLOWED: " << endl;
cin >> MAX_TRIES;
Unknown(word, unknown);
cout << endl << endl << "HANGMAN";
cout << endl << endl << "Each letter is represented by a star." << endl;
cout << "You have " << MAX_TRIES << " tries to try and guess the word.";
cout << "ENTER GUESS WHEN READY";
while (letter !='N' && letter !='n')
{
// LOOP UNTIL GUESSES USED UP
while (wrong_guesses < MAX_TRIES)
{
// DISPLAY UNKNOWN WORD
cout << unknown << endl;
cout << "Guess a letter: " << flush;
cin >> letter;
// REPLACE * W/ LETTER IF CORRECT,
// INCREMENT WRONG GUESSES IF INCORRECT.
if (letterFill(letter, word, unknown)==0)
{
cout << endl << "Uh Oh! That's ONE Guess down!" << endl;
wrong_guesses++;
}
else
{
cout << endl << "YAY! That letter is in the word" << endl;
}
// GUESSES LEFT
cout << "Guesses Left: " << MAX_TRIES-wrong_guesses << endl;
// GUESSED WORD?
if (strcmp(word, unknown) == 0)
{
cout << word << endl;
cout << "Yeah! You got it!" << endl;
exit(0);
}
cout << "Ouch, you've been hanged." << endl;
cout << "The word was : " << word << endl;
}
}
system (“pause”);
}
// PROGRAM MENU
int instructions()
{
int select = 0;
cout << endl << "HANGMAN" << endl << endl;
cout << " PROGRAM MENU" << endl;
cout << " Select option 1 or 2" << endl << endl;
cout << " 1. INPUT WORD MANUALLY" << endl;
cout << " 2. PLAY AGAINST THE COMPUTER" << endl;
cout << " 3. EXIT PROGRAM BY INPUTING: N or n" << endl << endl;
cin >> select;
return select;
}
//WORD FROM USER INPUT
void manual()
{
string word;
cout << endl << "INPUT WORD: " << endl;
cin >> word;
}
void file(char *roc)
{
ifstream fin("G:/wordsource.txt");
int x;
int count=1;
int word;
int i = 0;
// INITIALIZE RANDOM GENERATOR
srand(time(0));
// RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR
word = rand() % 20;
// MOVE TO CORRECT PLACE IN FILE
while (count < word)
{
fin >> x;
if (x==0)
{
count++;
}
}
// READ IN WORD
do
{
fin >> x;
roc[i++] = char (x);
}
while (x);
}
int letterFill( char guess, char *secretword, char *guessword )
{
int i;
int matches=0;
for( i=0; i<MAX_LENGTH; i++ )
{
// END OF WORD
if( secretword[i] == 0 )
{
break;
}
// GUESSED SAME LETTER TWICE
if( guess==guessword[i] )
{
return 0;
}
// MATCH GUESS TO SECRET WORD
if( guess==secretword[i] )
{
guessword[i] = guess;
matches++;
}
}
return matches;
}
// INITIALIZE UNKNOWN WORD
void Unknown( char *word, char *unknown)
{
int i;
int length=strlen(word);
for( i=0; i<length; i++ )
{
unknown[i]='*';
}
unknown[i]=0;
}It compiles, but then does some really odd things, so hopefully you can all help me edit it?
Assignment's due tomorrow and this program is driving me nuts. Any useful websites would be helpful as well.
Thanks!
