How do you pass the value inputted from a prompt to a function?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I am creating a hangman game using react and js. After pressing the Guess word button I want to use a prompt box to have the user enter what they think the full word is. However, when I input a word into the prompt box I get "TypeError: Object doesn't support property or method 'checkWholeWord'". I am new to js coding and I really don't know what I am doing wrong here.

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import './App.css';
import words from './words'

class App extends Component {
    //chooses random word
    state = {
        word: words[Math.floor(Math.random() * words.length)],
        guessedLetters: [],
        guessesRemaining: 6
    }

    //pass function to child to update
    updateGuessedLetters(letter){
        if(this.state.guessedLetters.includes(letter)){
            alert('ALREADY TRIED THAT')
        }else{
            this.setState({
                //makes new array with letter
                guessedLetters: [...this.state.guessedLetters, letter]
            })
        }
    }

    //keeps track of how many times wrong letter is entered
    updateGuessesRemaining(letter){
        if(!this.state.guessedLetters.includes(letter) && !this.state.word.split('').includes(letter)){
            this.setState({guessesRemaining: this.state.guessesRemaining -1})
        }
    }
    //fix this function 
    wordIsGuessed(){
        const guessState = this.state.word.split('').map(letter => {
            if (this.state.guessedLetters.includes(letter)){
                return letter
            }
        })
        return guessState.join('') === this.state.word
    }

    //checks if game is over by checking guesses remaining
    gameOver(){
        if(this.state.guessesRemaining <= 1){
            alert('You lose')
        }else if (this.wordIsGuessed()){
            alert('You win!')
        }
    }

    //when someone attempts to guess whole word checks inputted word
    checkWholeWord(wholeWord){
        if (wholeWord===
                                                

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