need help with this java code

[nobody58]

hi I've done this java code to make the computer guess a random word from the array

import java.util.*;

// bluej is actually a bad name of a class because it should start with capital letter.
public class WordGuesser {

public void main(String[]args) {
System.out.println("start");
ArrayList words = new ArrayList();


words.add("hello");
words.add("car");
words.add("dog");
words.add("plane");
words.add("plant");
words.add("help");
words.add("job");
words.add("java");
words.add("blue");
words.add("bathroom");

Die die = new Die(words.size());

System.out.println(die);


boolean isCorrect = false;
while(!isCorrect) {
System.out.println("What word am I thinking of?");
String guess = ""; // read in guess using System.in

isCorrect = die.equals(guess);
if(!isCorrect) {
System.out.println("Sorry that wasn't correct.");
} else {
System.out.println("That's correct. I was thinking of " + die);
}
} 
System.out.println("finish");
}

    }

I need help to make the computer guess the word letter by letter

please help cause I'm not that great on java just started learning it a month ago

[PhHein]

What is Die? What exactly are you having trouble with?

[nobody58]

What is Die? What exactly are you having trouble with?

Die is a class that makes the computer guess a random word this is it's code

public class Die 
{
  private int noFaces;
  private int faceValue;


  /**
   * @param faces the number of faces on the new die
   */
  public Die( int faces )
  {
    if (faces > 1)
    {
      noFaces = faces;
    }
    else
    {
      noFaces = 2;
    } // if

       // initialise faceValue as a default 
    faceValue = roll(); 

  } // constructor


  /**
   * @return the value the current face is to
   */
  public int getFaceValue()
  // this method may not be used in the completed game
  {
    System.out.println("Face has value: " + faceValue);
    return faceValue;
  } 


  /**
   * @param newFaceValue  the value to set the face to
   */
  public void setFaceValue(int newFaceValue)
  {
    if (newFaceValue > noFaces) {
      faceValue = noFaces; 
    }
    else {
      faceValue = newFaceValue;
    } 

    System.out.println("Face set to value: " + faceValue);
  } 


  /**
   * @return the value a newly-selected face is set to
   */
  public int roll() 
  {
    faceValue = (int) (Math.random() * noFaces) + 1;
    // System.out.println("New face set to value: " + faceValue);
    return faceValue;
  } 

}

and what I want help with is the game I'm making



I'm making a hangman game for the computer

so a random word from the arraylist is chosen and the computer has to guess it

with the code that I've got the computer is guessing them word by word

and I need help making the computer guess them letter by letter and I don't really know how to do it

[PhHein]

Huh?! The computer doesn't guess anything at all. :confused:

[nobody58]

ohhhh I'm mixed up can you help me fix it cause I don't really know what I'm doing

[PhHein]

Same here. I have no idea what you are trying to do. What you have said before isn't reflected anywhere in your code.
I suggest you start from scratch and do it step by step with lots of debug outputs.

Nobody here will fix anything for you. You have to do it yourself. We'll be glad to answer specific questions and give advice.

[iluxa]

I think what you want to do is this: instead of

isCorrect = die.equals(guess)

have

String wordToTarget = (String)words.get (die.getFaceValue ());
isCorrect = wordToTarget.equals (word);

[nobody58]

ok thank you both

I'll start it again and see what I come up with