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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Current Progress

Posted by Dinu Comendant
Dinu Comendant
6,049 Points

Why prompter.displayProgress(); was written twice in the Hangman.java??

I don't understand why prompter.displayProgress(); had to be written twice in the Hangman.java

Jesse Ma
Jesse Ma
4,398 Points

The first one displays the initial progress, it should be ------ only because no guess was made. After the user makes a character guess, the second purpose is executed to display the updated progress (if the letter is found, it will show up something like h-----

This is my understanding of it so far if this helps

1 Answer

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
1,321 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
1,321 Points

We ask it to run twice because we want to see the progress made on each guess.

The first prompter.displayProgress(); should be blank since no guesses have been made...

"_ _ _ _ _"

then the code asks for a guessed letter...

"Enter a letter: "

I entered the letter 'E'.

the prompter.displayProgress(); runs again so we can see our progress after our guess...

"_ E _ _ _"

*Remeber Craig said everything he is doing is for the purpose of the tutorial. More than likely there is an efficient way of executing this same program.

Good luck!