task "WordGuess"

java-tester-x · java-tester-x · commit dee247896f45 · 2014-02-21T20:03:47.000+02:00
task "WordGuess"
diff --git a/difficult/WordGuess.java b/difficult/WordGuess.java
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+/**
+ * Write a program to guess a word by trying to guess the individual characters.
+ * The word to be guessed shall be provided using the command-line argument.
+ * 
+ * Your program shall look like:
+ * > java WordGuess testing
+ * Key in one character or your guess word: t
+ * Trail 1: t__t___
+ * Key in one character or your guess word: g
+ * Trail 2: t__t__g
+ * Key in one character or your guess word: e
+ * Trail 3: te_t__g
+ * Key in one character or your guess word: testing
+ * Trail 4: Congratulation!
+ * You got in 4 trials
+ * 
+ * Hints:
+ * 1. Set up a boolean array to indicate the positions of the word
+ * that have been guessed correctly.
+ * 2. Check the length of the input String to determine whether the player enters 
+ * a single character or a guessed word. If the player enters a single character,
+ * check it against the word to be guessed, and update the boolean array that 
+ * keeping the result so far.
+ * 3. Try retrieving the word to be guessed from a text file (or a dictionary) randomly.
+ */
+
+package javaexercises.difficult;
+
+public class WordGuess {
+    
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+    {
+        WordGuess aWordGuess = new WordGuess();
+    }
+    
+}
