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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Remaining Tries

Posted by Ian Bishop
Ian Bishop
1,123 Points

Remaining Tries not Decreasing

It stays at 7 tries. Tried all I could think of to make it work.

class Game{ public static final int MAX_MISSES = 7; private String answer; private String hits; private String misses;

public Game(String answer){ this.answer = answer; hits = ""; misses = "";

} boolean applyGuess(char letter){ boolean isHit = answer.indexOf(letter) != -1; if (isHit){ hits += letter; }else{ hits += misses; } return isHit; }

public int getRemainingTries(){ return MAX_MISSES - misses.length(); }

public String getCurrentProgress(){ String progress = ""; for (char letter : answer.toCharArray()){ char display = '-'; if (hits.indexOf(letter) != -1){ display = letter; } progress += display; } return progress; }

}

public class Hangman {

public static void main(String[] args) { // Your incredible code goes here...

Game game = new Game("treehouse");
Prompter prompter = new Prompter(game);
while (game.getRemainingTries() > 0){
    prompter.displayProgress();
    prompter.promptForGuess();    
}

} }

4 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

The formatted code looks much better! But after the change, both conditions are doing the same thing. That's still not quite what I was suggesting:

    if (isHit){
      hits += letter;
    }else{
      hits += letter;  // should this be "misses += letter;" instead?
    }
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

For "getRemainingTries()" to decrease, you must add to "misses"; but that doesn't seem to be done anywhere.

Perhaps the issue is in this section of the "applyGuess" method:

  if (isHit) {
    hits += letter; 
  } else {
    hits += misses;  // should this have been "misses += letter;" instead?
  }

And when posting code, use the instructions for code formatting in the Markdown Cheatsheet pop-up below the "Add an Answer" area. :arrow_heading_down:   Or watch this video on code formatting.

Ian Bishop
Ian Bishop
1,123 Points
Ian Bishop
Ian Bishop
1,123 Points

Thanks for the suggestion on formatting my code. I never knew how to do it until now. Your suggestion above I believe is in my code.

class Game{
  public static final int MAX_MISSES = 7;
  private String answer;
  private String hits;
  private String misses;

  public Game(String answer){
  this.answer = answer;
  hits = "";
  misses = "";

  }
  boolean applyGuess(char letter){
    boolean isHit = answer.indexOf(letter) != -1;
    if (isHit){
      hits += letter;
    }else{
      hits += letter;
    }
    return isHit;
  }

  public int getRemainingTries(){
    return MAX_MISSES - misses.length();
  }

  public String getCurrentProgress(){
    String progress = "";
    for (char letter : answer.toCharArray()){
      char display = '-';
      if (hits.indexOf(letter) != -1){
        display = letter;
      }
      progress += display;
    }
    return progress;
  }

}
Ian Bishop
Ian Bishop
1,123 Points
Ian Bishop
Ian Bishop
1,123 Points

I just saw that and fixed it. Thanks greatly appreciated.