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IN JAVA

Show the user a number of blank spaces equal to the number of letters in the word For cat, you would show _ _ _.

Prompt a user to guess a letter until they have run out of guesses or guessed the full word By default, the user should be able to make 7 failed guesses before they lose the game. If the user guesses a letter that is in the target word, it does not count against their remaining guesses.

After each guess, print to the console how many letters the user has correct so far and how many more missed guesses they can make. C _ _ . You have 6 misses remaining

At the end of the game (either when the user has guessed all letters or run out of guesses), you should print to the console the full word and a message that either congratulates the user or encourages them to try again. Your program needs to tell the player how they're doing by outputting how many guesses they have left and which letters of the word they've revealed.

• In this repository, there is a list of words. Your program must read from the list of words and select one at random for the user to guess

• Write a log of a game played to a file. That file should tell us what the word is, how many guesses the player has left and how much of the word they still have.

• Write a log file with every game played in a session

• Allow the user to select how many guesses they receive when playing

• Handle words with punctuation

  • Allow the user to choose a number of games to win and play until they win or lose that many

    brainstorm
    	marble
    	message
    	appearance
    	mother
    	horizon
    	veteran
    	revolutionary
    	burst
    	allowance
    	fault
    	theory
    	incident
    	overwhelm
    	admire
    	fruit
    	negligence
    	hilarious
    	frighten
    	specimen
    	custody
    	magnitude
    	snack
    	kneel
    	haircut
    	issue
    	endure
    	painter
    	draft
    	reflection
    	decide
    	favour
    	pasture
    	charity
    	baseball
    	husband
    	assembly
    	flatware
    	define
    	relevance
    	deviation
    	umbrella
    	colon
    	outlook
    	memorial
    	reliable
    	tolerant
    	sticky
    	arrangement
    	prosecute
    	linger
    	hallway
    	moral
    	tribe
    	development
    	engineer
    	railroad
    	mutual
    	angle
    	bridge
    	reckless
    	haunt
    	urgency
    	import
    	communication
    	exclude
    	wreck
    	disability
    	harass
    	thinker
    	layer
    	shaft
    	teacher
    	meadow
    	allow
    	passion
    	heavy
    	construct
    	flavor
    	account
    	overlook
    	palace
    	shout
    	goalkeeper
    	narrow
    	jealous
    	treatment
    	coincide
    	photography
    	thoughtful
    	evaluate
    	calorie
    	mosaic
    	contract
    	emergency
    	youth
    	innovation
    	creed
    	snarl
    	refrigerator

I posted a question and this was the code corresponding however I am unfamiliar with the asterisk parts of the code how can I REWRITE the code without that feature? What would be the alternative?

import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class GuessClass
{
    // READ WORDS from the file
    private static String[] words;

    static {
        try {
            words = readWords();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private static String word = words[(int) (Math.random() * words.length)];
    private static String asterisk = new String(new char[word.length()]).replace("\0", "*");
    private static int guesses = 0;
    // add a new string that contains already guessed characters
    private static String alreadyGuessed="";


    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Welcome to the Hnagman Game! \nYou will have 8 tries to guess a letter in the phrase.\nGood luck!");

        while (guesses < 8 & asterisk.contains("*"))
        {
            System.out.println("Guess a letter: ");
            System.out.println(asterisk);
            String guess = sc.next();

            showWord(guess);
            // add the guessed letter to the string
            alreadyGuessed += guess;
        }
        sc.close();
    }

    private static String[] readWords() throws IOException {
        String[] strings=new String[100];
        File file = new File("src//words.txt");

        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));

        String st;
        int i=0;
        while ((st = br.readLine()) != null)
            strings[i++]=st;
        return strings;
    }

    public static void showWord(String guess)
    {
        String newasterisk = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++)
        {
            if (word.charAt(i) == guess.charAt(0))
            {
                newasterisk += guess.charAt(0);
            }
            else if (asterisk.charAt(i) != '*')
            {
                newasterisk += word.charAt(i);
            }
            else
            {
                newasterisk += "*";
            }
        }

        if (asterisk.equals(newasterisk))
        {
            if(alreadyGuessed.contains(guess))
            {
                // already it is guessed. so, don't increase count
                System.out.println("You have already guessed it..!");
            }
            else
            {
                guesses++;
            }
            numGuesses();
        } else
        {
            asterisk = newasterisk;
        }
        if (asterisk.equals(word))
        {
            System.out.println("Yay! You guessed the whole phrase! :) " + "The phrase was: " + word);
            System.out.println("\nYou took "+guesses+" tries to guess "+word);
        }
    }

    public static void numGuesses()
    {
        if (guesses == 1)
        {
            System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. \nYou have 7 chances left.");
        }

        if (guesses == 2)
        {
            System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. :)\nYou have 6 chances left.");
        }

        if (guesses == 3)
        {
            System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. :)\nYou have 5 chances left.");
        }

        if (guesses == 4)
        {
            System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. :)\nYou have 4 chances left.");
        }

        if (guesses == 5)
        {
            System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. (:\nYou have 3 chances left.");
        }

        if (guesses == 6)
        {
            System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. :)\nYou have 2 chances left.");
        }

        if (guesses == 7)
        {
            System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again :)\nYou have one last chance.");
        }


        if (guesses == 8)
        {
            System.out.println("You ran out of guesses! :( Game over.");

            System.out.println("The word was: " + word);
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

please do upvote.If you have any problem do comment and i shall be happy to help you.Thanks for using HomeworkLib.

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There is no alternative way to achieve required functionality without the asterisk feature.

I have added comments to explain the asterisk parts of code

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import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class GuessClass
{
// READ WORDS from the file
private static String[] words;

static {
try {
words = readWords();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

private static String word = words[(int) (Math.random() * words.length)];
  
//make a string called asterisk and it will contain all letters as *
//length of asterisk= length of word
//so e.g if word=cat then asterisk=***
// private static String asterisk = new String(new char[word.length()]).replace("\0", "*");
   private static String asterisk = word.replaceAll(".", "*");

private static int guesses = 0;
// add a new string that contains already guessed characters
private static String alreadyGuessed="";

public static void main(String[] args)
{
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Welcome to the Hnagman Game! \nYou will have 8 tries to guess a letter in the phrase.\nGood luck!");

while (guesses < 8 & asterisk.contains("*"))
{
System.out.println("Guess a letter: ");
System.out.println(asterisk);
String guess = sc.next();

showWord(guess);
// add all the guessed letters to the string alreadyGuessed
alreadyGuessed += guess;
}
sc.close();
}

private static String[] readWords() throws IOException {
String[] strings=new String[100];
File file = new File("src//words.txt");

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));

String st;
int i=0;
while ((st = br.readLine()) != null)
strings[i++]=st;
return strings;
}

public static void showWord(String guess)
{
String newasterisk = "";
for (int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++)
{
   //if letter of guess matches with letter at position i in word
   //attach the guess at the end of newasterisk
if (word.charAt(i) == guess.charAt(0))
{
newasterisk += guess.charAt(0);
}
  
   //if letter of guess does not matches with letter at position i in word
//and the asterisk is not * at position i ,instead it is guessed
//then attach that letter at end of newasterisk
else if (asterisk.charAt(i) != '*')
{
newasterisk += word.charAt(i);
}
  
   //if letter of guess does not matches with letter at position i in word
//and the asterisk is * at position i
//then attach * at the end of newasterisk
else
{
newasterisk += "*";
}
}

//if asterisk is same as new asterisk
if (asterisk.equals(newasterisk))
{
if(alreadyGuessed.contains(guess))
{
// already it is guessed. so, don't increase count
System.out.println("You have already guessed it..!");
}
else
{
guesses++;
}
numGuesses();//show leftover guesses
} else
{
//if asterisk is not same as newasterisk
   //make asterisk = newasterisk
  
asterisk = newasterisk;
}
  
//if asterisk is same as word
//we have guessed the word
if (asterisk.equals(word))
{
System.out.println("Yay! You guessed the whole phrase! :) " + "The phrase was: " + word);
System.out.println("\nYou took "+guesses+" tries to guess "+word);
}
}

public static void numGuesses()
{
if (guesses == 1)
{
System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. \nYou have 7 chances left.");
}

if (guesses == 2)
{
System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. :)\nYou have 6 chances left.");
}

if (guesses == 3)
{
System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. :)\nYou have 5 chances left.");
}

if (guesses == 4)
{
System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. :)\nYou have 4 chances left.");
}

if (guesses == 5)
{
System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. (:\nYou have 3 chances left.");
}

if (guesses == 6)
{
System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again. :)\nYou have 2 chances left.");
}

if (guesses == 7)
{
System.out.println("That letter is not in the phrase, try again :)\nYou have one last chance.");
}

if (guesses == 8)
{
System.out.println("You ran out of guesses! :( Game over.");

System.out.println("The word was: " + word);
}
}
}