hangman

[josepho16]

okay i need any ideas you guys can provide. I'm making a hangman game and while i know it is overly complicated, i don't care about that just yet. Running it, it allows you to guess a letter, then displays that letter with the other letters concealed (if its a correct guess), but on the next run through, the first concealed letter will of course be covered up again, and another correct guess will show up instead if entered. How do i maintain the first letter and show a second one?

  #include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <ctime>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
//hangman
/*
display area
pick word randomly
ask for input
handle input
display new area
prompt user again
handle drawing
handle win
handle loss


*/


//prototyping----------------------
void startScreen(int wordsize, string chosenWord);
void pickWord();
void guessCheck(string chosenWord, int wordsize);
void updateMan(int counter);

//let choose color of text

int main()
{
	system("cls");


	//setting text color //needs to handle errors in text color input. some return to main w/ else statement i guess.
	string color;
	cout << "Hi. Enter the color you'd like to use: ";
	cin >> color;
	system("cls");

	if (color == "blue" || color == "Blue" || color == "BLUE")
	{
		HANDLE hConsole;
		hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
		SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);

	}


	else if (color == "red" || color == "Red" || color == "RED")
	{
		HANDLE hConsole;
		hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
		SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);

	}


	else if (color == "green" || color == "Green" || color == "GREEN")
	{
		HANDLE hConsole;
		hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
		SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);


	}









	string choice;

	cout << "Hello. enter 'play' to play a new game" << endl;
	cin >> choice;
	if (choice == "PLAY" || choice == "Play" || choice == "play")
	{
		pickWord();

	}
	else
	{
		cout << "what..?" << endl;
		main();
	}





	cout << endl;
	system("pause");
}







void startScreen(int wordsize, string chosenWord)
{


	cout << " ________" << endl;
	cout << "|       |" << endl;
	cout << "|       |" << endl;
	cout << "|" << endl;
	cout << "|" << endl;
	cout << "|" << endl;
	cout << "|" << endl;
	cout << "|" << endl;
	cout << endl;












	for (int k = 0; k < wordsize; k++)
	{
		cout << '*';

	}



	//run the function that asks for inputs(guesses)
	guessCheck(chosenWord, wordsize);



	//in case i need an alternate, yet faulty method for the stars
	/*char k = wordsize;
	//char stars[wordsize];
	char wordToGuess[k];



	for (int j = 0; j < wordsize; j++)
	{
	wordToGuess[k] = chosenWord.at(j);

	}

	*/
}


















void pickWord()
{
	//open dictionary file
	ifstream dictionary;
	dictionary.open("dictionary.txt");


	//check for error
	if (dictionary.fail())
	{
		cerr << "Failure loading dictionary." << endl;
		system("pause");
		exit(0);
	}


	//pick random word from dictionary------------------------------
	srand(time(0));
	string word[8000];
	cout << "loading dictionary...\n";
	for (int i = 0; i < 8000; i++)
	{
		dictionary >> word[i];
	}



	int choice = 1 + (rand() % 8000);
	string chosenWord = word[choice];

	cout << endl << chosenWord << endl;

	int wdsz = chosenWord.length();

	startScreen(wdsz, chosenWord);
}




void guessCheck(string chosenWord, int wordsize)
{
	char guess;

	


	cout <<endl<< "please make a guess: "; //store the guess, then check its validity. this could be enclosed in a loop of some sort. do while?
	cin >> guess;

	int visitToManCounter = 0; //counts how many times the user has guessed incorrectly
	bool x = false;
	char found[15];
	

		for (int l = 0; l < wordsize; l++)
		{
			if (chosenWord.at(l) == guess)
			{
				cout << chosenWord.at(l);
				found[l] = chosenWord.at(l);				//could use a vector here
				x = true;
				
			}
			else //except the prior discovered letters...how do i handle this?
			{
					cout << '*';
			}
			
		}



		if (x == true)
		{
			guessCheck(chosenWord, wordsize);
		}
		else if (x == false)
		{
			visitToManCounter++;
			updateMan(visitToManCounter);
		}

}



void updateMan(int counter)
{
	switch (counter)
	{

	case 1:
		cout << " ________" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       O" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << endl;
		break;

	case 2:
		cout << " ________" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       O" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << endl;
		break;


	case 3:
		cout << " ________" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       O" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|      /" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << endl;
		break;


	case 4:
		cout << " ________" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       O" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|      / \\" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << endl;
		break;


	case 5:
		cout << " ________" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       O" << endl;
		cout << "|      \|" << endl;
		cout << "|      / \\" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << endl;
		break;


	case 6:
		cout << " ________" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       |" << endl;
		cout << "|       O" << endl;
		cout << "|      \|/" << endl;
		cout << "|      / \\" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << "|" << endl;
		cout << endl;
		break;
		
	}
	cout << "You lose!";
	exit(0); //needs to handle replays
}

[admkrk]

Your biggest problem is this

i know it is overly complicated, i don't care about that just yet.

Start off by getting rid of the colors or at least give a prompt for a real choice. What if the user enters r, y, yellow, purple, black ...?

If you want someone to test it for you, hard code a couple words in instead of having a 8000 word .txt file that no one else has.

Then narrow down your problem to a lot less than 350 lines.

Of course once you do that you might be able to answer your own question.