Hangman, show letters

[Army]

I want the letters to show but I don't know how to select and element from the array, and then check if that element has a letter in the actual word and then print it. Any thoughts on how?

import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class Hangman extends BasicGame
{

    Random randy = new Random();
    private int guesses;
    private final int maxGuesses = 6;
    private String word = "";
    private int strikes;
    private String[] words = {"Apple", "Beret", "Arose", "Along", "Beamy", "becks", "decks", "barks",
                              "stark", "start", "stabs", "baggy", "asked", "asset", "asses", "audit",
                              "bowls", "boxes", "bongs", "balls", "boats", "boxer", "brick", "bound",
                              "brass", "caked", "braid", "caged", "essay", "fault", "dents", "dutch",
                              "ethos", "dunks", "paids", "faxes", "mummy", "mixer", "mills", "might",
                              "moral", "teeth" };
    
    public String getWords (){
        String randomWord = words[randy.nextInt( words.length)];
        return randomWord;
    }
    
    public void mainScreen (){
        while (guesses != maxGuesses){
            JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "The word has five letters, make your guess!");
            
        }
        
    }
    
    public void bodyParts(){
        if(guesses == 1){
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You now have a head! Guesses left: 5");
        }
        if(guesses == 2){
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You now have a body! Guesses left: 4");
        }
        if(guesses == 3){
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You now have a right arm! Guesses left: 3");
        }
        if(guesses == 4){
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You now have a left arm! Guesses left: 2");
        }
        if(guesses == 5){
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You now have a right leg! Guesses left: 1");
        }
        if(guesses == maxGuesses){
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You lose!");
        }
    }
}

[Herjan]

This guy will definitely help you out with all your string problems:

[Army]

I have a problem. I want to get the String letterInput, but I can't since I use it for a certain method that I need. Also it's a local variable. How do I put that String into an instance variable. Have any ideas? Maybe a getLetterInput method but it'd still have that problem right?

import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Hangman extends BasicGame
{

    Random randy = new Random();
    private int guesses;
    private final int maxGuesses = 6;
    private String word = "";
    private int strikes;
    private String letter;
    private String letterSelected;
    private String[] words = {"Apple", "Beret", "Arose", "Along", "Beamy", "becks", "decks", "barks",
                              "stark", "start", "stabs", "baggy", "asked", "asset", "asses", "audit",
                              "bowls", "boxes", "bongs", "balls", "boats", "boxer", "brick", "bound",
                              "brass", "caked", "braid", "caged", "essay", "fault", "dents", "dutch",
                              "ethos", "dunks", "paids", "faxes", "mummy", "mixer", "mills", "might",
                              "moral", "teeth" };
    
    
    public String getWords (){
        String randomWord = words[randy.nextInt( words.length)];
        return randomWord;
    }
    
    public void start(){
        strikes = 0;
        word = getWords();
        String letterInput = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "The word has five letters, make your guess!");
    }
   
    public void continueGame(){
        if(words.indexOf(getWords()).equalsIgnoreCase(letterInput)){
        strikes++;
    }
        bodyParts();
        JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "");
    }
    
    public void mainScreen (){
        start();
        while (guesses != maxGuesses){
            continueGame();
            
        }
        gameOver();
    }
    
    public void bodyParts(){
        if(guesses == 1){
            System.out.println("You now have a head! Guesses left: 5");
        }
        if(guesses == 2){
            System.out.println("You now have a body! Guesses left: 4");
        }
        if(guesses == 3){
            System.out.println("You now have a right arm! Guesses left: 3");
        }
        if(guesses == 4){
            System.out.println("You now have a left arm! Guesses left: 2");
        }
        if(guesses == 5){
            System.out.println("You now have a right leg! Guesses left: 1");
        }
        if(guesses == maxGuesses){
            System.out.println("You lose!");
        }
    }
    
    public void gameOver(){
        System.out.println("Game Over!");
    }
}

ignore the intermingle of println and panes lol

[Army]

Does anyone know how to edit the continue() method to where I can change the String word to where the letter they select replaces the "-----"?

/**
 * TODO:
 * Make it print dashes for the letters.
 * Make it print the letter where index is.
 * Make it continue after start.
 * Add letter to the continue method.
 * Compare random word and selected indexes.
 * Find index of random word, use that index to put the letter into that index
 * then replace the '_' with the letter with that index.
 * Index with Element of the word
 * ...
 */



/** Import necessary packages*/
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.lang.String;

public class Hangman extends BasicGame
{
    /**Call all of the variables*/
    Random randy = new Random();
    private int guesses;
    private final int maxGuesses = 6;
    private String myGeneratedRandomWord = getWords();
    private String word = "-----";
    private String letter;
    private String letterSelected;
    private String[] words = {"Apple", "Beret", "Arose", "Along", "Beamy", "becks", "decks", "barks",
                              "stark", "start", "stabs", "baggy", "asked", "asset", "asses", "audit",
                              "bowls", "boxes", "bongs", "balls", "boats", "boxer", "brick", "bound",
                              "brass", "caked", "braid", "caged", "essay", "fault", "dents", "dutch",
                              "ethos", "dunks", "pains", "faxes", "mummy", "mixer", "mills", "might",
                              "moral", "teeth", "wings", "works", "walls", "tolls", "crawl", "toxin",
                              "urine", "tough"};
    
    /**Get the random word from the array*/
    public String getWords (){
        String randomWord = words[randy.nextInt( words.length)];
        return randomWord;
    }
    
    /**Get the indexes of the letter of the random word indices don't start with 1*/
    public String getSelected(){
        return letterSelected;
    }
    
    /**Finds index of the letter of randomWord*/
    public int getIndex(){
        int index = getWords().indexOf(getSelected());
        return index;
    }
    
    /**Get the first input, set strikes to zero, get the random word*/
    public void start(){
        guesses = 0;
        word = getWords();
        letterSelected = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, word + "Make your guess!");
        if(myGeneratedRandomWord.indexOf(letterSelected ) != -1) {
            // it contains the letter
            
       }
       else {
            // wrong guess
            guesses++;
       }
    }
    
    /**Continue the game on, checks if the letter is there if not then apply the letter*/
    public void continueGame(){
       letterSelected = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Take another guess!");
       if(myGeneratedRandomWord.indexOf(letterSelected ) != -1) {
            // it contains the letter
       }
       else {
            // wrong guess
            guesses++;
       }
    }
    
    /** Runner basically*/
    public void mainScreen (){
        start();
        while (guesses != maxGuesses){
            continueGame();
            
        }
        gameOver();
    }
    
    /**Gets the */
    
    
    /**After certain strikes head is called etc.*/
    public void checkBodyParts(){
        if(guesses == 1){
            System.out.println("You now have a head! Guesses left: 5");
        }
        if(guesses == 2){
            System.out.println("You now have a body! Guesses left: 4");
        }
        if(guesses == 3){
            System.out.println("You now have a right arm! Guesses left: 3");
        }
        if(guesses == 4){
            System.out.println("You now have a left arm! Guesses left: 2");
        }
        if(guesses == 5){
            System.out.println("You now have a right leg! Guesses left: 1");
        }
        if(guesses == maxGuesses){
            System.out.println("You lose!");
        }
    }
    
    /**You lose.*/
    public void gameOver(){
        System.out.println("Game Over!");
        System.exit(0);
    }
}

[Army]

Can anyone help me finish this thing, seriously... All I need is for it to show the freaking words.

/**
 * TODO:
 * Make it print dashes for the letters.
 * Make it print the letter where index is.
 * Make it continue after start.
 * Add letter to the continue method.
 * Compare random word and selected indexes.
 * Find index of random word, use that index to put the letter into that index
 * then replace the '_' with the letter with that index.
 * Index with Element of the word
 * ...
 */



/** Import necessary packages*/
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.lang.String;

public class Hangman extends BasicGame
{
    /**Call all of the variables*/
    Random randy = new Random();
    private int guesses;
    private final int maxGuesses = 6;
    private String myGeneratedRandomWord = getWords();
    private String letter;
    private String letterSelected;
    private String[] words = {"apple", "beret", "arose", "along", "beamy", "becks", "decks", "barks",
                              "stark", "start", "stabs", "baggy", "asked", "asset", "asses", "audit",
                              "bowls", "boxes", "seats", "balls", "boats", "boxer", "brick", "bound",
                              "brass", "caked", "braid", "caged", "essay", "fault", "dents", "dutch",
                              "ethos", "dunks", "pains", "faxes", "mummy", "mixer", "mills", "might",
                              "moral", "teeth", "wings", "works", "walls", "tolls", "crawl", "toxin",
                              "bangs", "tough"};
    
    /**Get the random word from the array*/
    public String getWords (){
        String randomWord = words[randy.nextInt( words.length)];
        return randomWord;
    }
    
    /**Get the indexes of the letter of the random word indices don't start with 1*/
    public String getSelected(){
        return letterSelected;
    }
    
    /**Finds index of the letter of randomWord*/
    public int getIndex(){
        int index = getWords().indexOf(getSelected());
        return index;
    }
    
    /**Get the first input, set strikes to zero, get the random word*/
    public void start(){
        guesses = 0;
        getWords();
        letterSelected = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Make your guess!");
        if(myGeneratedRandomWord.indexOf(letterSelected ) != -1) {
            // it contains the letter
            
       }
       else {
            // wrong guess
            guesses++;
       }
    }
    
    /**Continue the game on, checks if the letter is there if not then apply the letter*/
    public void continueGame(){
       letterSelected = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Take another guess!");
       if(myGeneratedRandomWord.indexOf(letterSelected ) != -1) {
            // it contains the letter
            getIndex(getWords());
       }
       else {
            // wrong guess
            guesses++;
       }
    }
    
    /** Runner basically*/
    public void mainScreen (){
        start();
        while (guesses != maxGuesses){
            continueGame();
            checkBodyParts();
        }
        gameOver();
    }
    
    /**Gets the */
    
    
    /**After certain strikes head is called etc.*/
    public void checkBodyParts(){
        if(guesses == 1){
            System.out.println("You now have a head! Wrong guesses left: 5");
        }
        if(guesses == 2){
            System.out.println("You now have a body! Wrong guesses left: 4");
        }
        if(guesses == 3){
            System.out.println("You now have a right arm! Wrong guesses left: 3");
        }
        if(guesses == 4){
            System.out.println("You now have a left arm! Wrong guesses left: 2");
        }
        if(guesses == 5){
            System.out.println("You now have a right leg! Wrong guesses left: 1");
        }
        if(guesses == maxGuesses){
            System.out.println("You lose!");
        }
    }
    
    /**You lose.*/
    public void gameOver(){
        System.out.println("Game Over!");
        System.exit(0);
    }
}

[Army]

I still need some help with this...