Java Hangman implementation

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I'm learning Java and plan to take the OCA Java SE8 exam pretty soon. I made a fairly primitive Hangman game to aid with the learning. I would love some feedback on it if possible. Anything that's not done to required standards (naming conventions, how quick some of the methods are etc), I would love to know.

The two things I'm not happy with is that:

1. I am not sure how to mask user input, at the moment player 2 can see the word to be guessed.
2. This game is done line by line. I'm not sure how to make it more 'static' i.e the asterisks are in one place and it doesn't move and there is a line of words already guessed (I hope that makes sense). I am trying to avoid using a GUI.

package hangman2;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Hangman2 {

static int guessesRemaining;
static String stringWord;
static char[] charWord;

public static void playHangman() {

    System.out.print("Welcome to Hangman! ");
    System.out.println("Player 1: Enter a word");
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
    stringWord = scan.nextLine();

    //Loop to get user to enter in letters only
    while (stringWord.matches(".*[^a-z].*")) {
        System.out.println("Please enter letters only, try again:");
        stringWord = scan.nextLine();
    }

    System.out.println("The length of the word is " + stringWord.length()); //Print out length of word.
    stringWord = stringWord.toLowerCase();

    int lettersRemaining = stringWord.length(); //Letters to be gussed is equal to the word length.

    //Create a new char array equal to the word length, add * to each index.
    charWord = new char[stringWord.length()];
    for (int i = 0; i < stringWord.length(); i++) {
        charWord[i] = ('\u002A');
    }
    int livesRemaining = 7; // 7 lives remaining!
    MainLoop:
    /*
    Main loop, gets user input using Scanner, ensures it is only a letter (not a number or special character)
    Converts string to char, uses the guess method which compares the secret word to the character entered and
    returns true if it found it, false if it didn't. 
    If found, letters remaining - 1, if the char array contains any asterisks, envoke the gameWon() method.
    If not found, lives remaining - 1, if no more lives, envoke the gameLost() method.
    */
    while (livesRemaining > 0) {
        System.out.println("Player 2: Guess a Letter:!");
        char guessLetter;
        String b = scan.next();
        while (b.matches(".*[^a-z].*")) {
            System.out.println("Please enter letters only, try again:");
            b = scan.next();
        }
        guessLetter = b.toLowerCase
                                                

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