Hi i am supposed to make a javascript program to play a simple game of hangman I have got several lines of code which works, but i stuck as to what do next... could somebody point me in the right direction please? below is what i have already I am getting prompt to enter a word, then player2 takes over and enters a charcter, i need to save this as an index of all anwsers and also correctly guessed but have no idea how to go about it. ----------- main_word=prompt("please enter hangman word:"); var casechanged=main_word.toUpperCase(); var lives=7 var main_word_array = []; var answer_so_far = []; var letters_guessed = []; for(var i=0;i<main_word.length;i++) { main_word_array[i]=main_word.charAt(i); answer_so_far[i] = " __ "; } prompt ('Please enter a character') alert (answer_so_far) alert (main_word_array)

Hello there, I am currently reading a book were they taught me how to make a hangman game(big coincidence) I just did it yesterday, I only know C++, so i can't help you with the code itself, but from what i've seen, java isnt much different. So lets start, First you create a new variable called wrong (or something like that) that stores the number of uncorrect guesses var wrong = 0; then you need to enter the main game loop: while((wrong < lifes) && (guessed_so_far != main_word){ var guess = prompt("Enter a guess:") if(main_word.find(guess) != string::npos) { for(var i = 0; i < main_word.lenght; ++i){ if(main_word[i] == guess){ answers_so_far[i] = guess; }//end nested if }//end for }else{ [send a message to the player saying that his guess is NOT in the word and increment the wrong variable by one] }//end main if [word.find(guess) != string::npos] Let me explain the "code": you start by creating a main loop that executes if the word hasn't been found yet AND the 'wrong' is bigger than 'lifes'. You ask the user for a guess, if the guess is in the word you cycle trough all the chars in the word and replace the "_" for its corresponding letter. if not, inform the player that the guess isnt in the word and ask him to guess again. Ending the game: when the main loop stops executing it's because the player ran out of lifes or he discovered the word, so you make a simple if statement: if(word_so_far == main_word){[congragtulate the player}else{inform what word it was afterall} I hope this helped, im kinda noob at helping people, and good luck on your game. PSI: dont forget the uppercase thingy so you can compare both words. PSII: Please repply saying if my answer helped ;D AMD ATHLON X2 5200 2.6ghz; ASUS M2N-E SLI; 2GB DDR800 KINGSTON; ASUS GF8600GTS; Seagate 7200rpm 320GB;

thanks, alot it helped loads, im not worried bout the code but more about the structure you have to apply to get correct answer cheers! Ellis UK

Glad to help =D (The first person I helped YAY!) AMD ATHLON X2 5200 2.6ghz; ASUS M2N-E SLI; 2GB DDR800 KINGSTON; ASUS GF8600GTS; Seagate 7200rpm 320GB;