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gurveer aulakh
2,800 PointsPrompter.java
in the prompter class what is the use of the below code in PromptForGuess method: char guess = guessInput.charAt(0); As I got confused on that line because why are we asking to get the first letter of the word.
2 Answers
markmneimneh
14,132 PointsHello
if the confusion is related to the use of 0 in this like
char guess = guessInput.charAt(0);
Then this is because java is zero(0) based index language ... same a s C and C#,
therefore, if I have an array of 3 elements ,,, le cally myArry[3]. the the array contents are:
myArry[0]. myArry[1], myArry[2]
you can think of a string a an arry of Char. Therefore is a have a string "this is my string" and I wan to get the first char in this string, then I would
char myChar= "this is my string".charAt(0);
myChar will hold the letter 't'
Hope this helps clarifies
Thanks
Mustafa Alordowny
4,495 Pointsthis line is used to assign the value of the first letter in the string guessInput to the character named guess.
gurveer aulakh
2,800 Pointsbut why are we assigning the value to only to the first letter.As don't we need to assign to the whole word.
Mustafa Alordowny
4,495 Pointsbecause the concept of Hangman game is to take a letter from the player as a guess. the player has to guess each letter of the word separately.