Subrina Thompson

Program 6: Hangman

Spring 2014
University of Bridgeport

General Instructions:
Create a simple hangman game.
Hangman is played as follows:
1. One player chooses a secret word, then writes out a number of dashes equal to the word length.
2. The other players begin guessing letters. If a player guesses a letter that's in the word, the first player reveals all
instances of that letter in the word. Otherwise, the guess is incorrect.
3. The game ends either when all the letters in the word have been revealed or when the guessers have run out of
guesses.

Specific Instructions:
The entire logic for this program should be written in a User-defined class. You should run your program until the user
decides to end the game.
Your program should do the following:
1. Prompt the user for a word length, re-prompting as necessary until the user enters a number such that there's
at least one word that's exactly that long. That is, if the user wants to play with words of length -42 or 137, since
no English words are that long, you should re-prompt her.
2. Prompt the user for a number of guesses, which must be at an integer greater than zero.
3. Print out how many guesses the user has remaining, along with any letters the player has guessed and the
current blanked-out version of the word.
4. If the player has run out of guesses, display the secret word.
5. If the player correctly guesses the word, display congratulations.

Please personalize your program.

Sample Runs:
run:
Enter a word length: 4
Enter number of guesses: 6
Enter guess: a

You have 5 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A
Word: _ _ A _
Enter guess: e

You have 4 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E
Word: _ _ A _
Enter guess: o

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Program 6: Hangman

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University of Bridgeport

You have 3 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E O
Word: _ O A _
Enter guess: r

You have 2 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E O R
Word: _ O A _
Enter guess: t

You have 1 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E O R T
Word: _ O A _
Enter guess: l

You have 0 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E O R T L
Word: L O A _
You lose. Word is: loaf
Play again? 'y' or 'n': y
Enter a word length: 5
Enter number of guesses: 6
Enter guess: e

You have 5 guess(es) left.

Used letters: E
Word: _ _ _ _ _
Enter guess: r

You have 4 guess(es) left.

Used letters: E R
Word: _ _ _ _ _
Enter guess: o

You have 3 guess(es) left.

Used letters: E R O
Word: _ _ O O _
Enter guess: l

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Program 6: Hangman

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University of Bridgeport

You have 2 guess(es) left.

Used letters: E R O L
Word: _ _ O O _
Enter guess: n

You have 1 guess(es) left.

Used letters: E R O L N
Word: _ _ O O _
Enter guess: s

You have 0 guess(es) left.

Used letters: E R O L N S
Word: S _ O O _
You lose. Word is: spook
Play again? 'y' or 'n': y
Enter a word length: 4
Enter number of guesses: 15
Enter guess: a

You have 14 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A
Word: _ _ _ _
Enter guess: e

You have 13 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E
Word: _ _ _ _
Enter guess: i

You have 12 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I
Word: _ _ _ _
Enter guess: o

You have 11 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O
Word: _ _ O _
Enter guess: n

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University of Bridgeport

You have 10 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O N
Word: _ _ O _
Enter guess: m

You have 9 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O N M
Word: _ _ O _
Enter guess: r

You have 8 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O N M R
Word: _ _ O _
Enter guess: s

You have 7 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O N M R S
Word: _ _ O _
Enter guess: p

You have 6 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O N M R S P
Word: _ _ O P
Enter guess: b

You have 5 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O N M R S P B
Word: _ _ O P
Enter guess: d

You have 4 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O N M R S P B D
Word: _ _ O P
Enter guess: c

You have 3 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O N M R S P B D C
Word: _ _ O P
Enter guess: g

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You have 2 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O N M R S P B D C G
Word: _ _ O P
Enter guess: k

You have 1 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O N M R S P B D C G K
Word: _ _ O P
Enter guess: l

You have 0 guess(es) left.

Used letters: A E I O N M R S P B D C G K L
Word: _ _ O P
You lose. Word is: whop
Play again? 'y' or 'n': y
Enter a word length: 5
Enter number of guesses: 25
Enter guess: i

You have 24 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I
Word: _ _ _ _ _
Enter guess: o

You have 23 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O
Word: _ _ _ _ _
Enter guess: r

You have 22 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R
Word: _ _ R _ _
Enter guess: e

You have 21 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E
Word: E _ R E _
Enter guess: n

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You have 20 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N
Word: E _ R E _
Enter guess: t

You have 19 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T
Word: E _ R E T
Enter guess: c

You have 18 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T C
Word: E _ R E T
Enter guess: m

You have 17 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T C M
Word: E _ R E T
Enter guess: s

You have 16 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T C M S
Word: E _ R E T
Enter guess: d

You have 15 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T C M S D
Word: E _ R E T
Enter guess: a

You have 14 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T C M S D A
Word: E _ R E T
Enter guess: i
Guess already used.

You have 14 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T C M S D A
Word: E _ R E T
Enter guess: u

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University of Bridgeport

You have 13 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T C M S D A U
Word: E _ R E T
Enter guess: b

You have 12 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T C M S D A U B
Word: E _ R E T
Enter guess: p

You have 11 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T C M S D A U B P
Word: E _ R E T
Enter guess: l

You have 10 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T C M S D A U B P L
Word: E _ R E T
Enter guess: g

You have 9 guess(es) left.

Used letters: I O R E N T C M S D A U B P L G
Word: E G R E T
Congratulations, you win!
Play again? 'y' or 'n': n
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 2 minutes 57 seconds)

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