What is wrong with my code?

[cplusplusnoob]

#include <iostream> 
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>


using namespace std;

string make_Stars(int num_Of_Stars);
string get_The_Word();
void humanHead();
void the_Neck();
void the_Frakin_Body();
void left_Arm();
void right_Arm();
void left_Leg();
void right_Leg(int guesses);

int main()
{	
	char user_Letter_Guess;
	string word_To_Guess;
	string GUESSED;
	int number_Of_Stars, wrong_Guess, right_Guess, length_Word, location, bparts;
	
	word_To_Guess = get_The_Word();

	GUESSED = make_Stars(number_Of_Stars);
	length_Word = word_To_Guess.length();
	wrong_Guess = 0;
	right_Guess = 0;

	while((wrong_Guess < 7) && (right_Guess < length_Word))
	{
		cout << "Your word is " << GUESSED << endl;
		cout << "Give me a guess--> ";
		cin >> user_Letter_Guess;
		location = word_To_Guess.find(user_Letter_Guess);

		if(word_To_Guess.find(user_Letter_Guess) == string::npos)
		{
			cout << "Wrong!" << endl;
			wrong_Guess++;
		}
		else
		{
			cout << "Correct!" << endl;
			right_Guess++;
			user_Letter_Guess[location] = '*';
			GUESSED[location] = user_Letter_Guess;
		}
		
		if(wrong_Guess == 1)
			humanHead();
		if(wrong_Guess == 2)
			the_Neck();
		if(wrong_Guess == 3)
			left_Arm();
		if(wrong_Guess == 4)
			the_Frakin_Body();
		if(wrong_Guess == 5)
			left_Leg();
		right_Leg(wrong_Guess);

	}

	return 0;
}

string make_Stars(int number_Of_Stars)
{
	string can_Do = ""; 
	int adding;
	string word;

	word = get_The_Word();
	number_Of_Stars = word.length();
	adding = 0;

	while(adding < number_Of_Stars)
	{
		can_Do = can_Do + "*";
		++adding;
	}
	return can_Do;
}
string get_The_Word()
{
	ifstream bring_In;
	int num_Of_Words;
	int guess_Word;
	string the_Word_To_Guess;
	string word1, word2, word3, word4;

	srand(time(NULL));

	bring_In.open("words.dat");
	bring_In >> num_Of_Words;
	getline(bring_In, word1);
	getline(bring_In, word2);
	getline(bring_In, word3);
	getline(bring_In, word4);

	guess_Word = rand() % num_Of_Words + 1;

	if(guess_Word == 1)
	{
		the_Word_To_Guess = word1;
	}
	if(guess_Word == 2)
	{
		the_Word_To_Guess = word2;
	}
	if(guess_Word == 3)
	{
		the_Word_To_Guess = word3;
	}
	if(guess_Word == 4)
	{
		the_Word_To_Guess = word4;
	}

	bring_In.close();

	return the_Word_To_Guess;
}
void humanHead()
{

	cout << "---------" << endl;
	cout << "| ^   ^ |" << endl;
	cout << "|   <   |" << endl;
	cout << "|  ***  |" << endl;
	cout << "---------" << endl;
}
void the_Neck()
{
	cout << "---------" << endl;
	cout << "| ^   ^ |" << endl;
	cout << "|   <   |" << endl;
	cout << "|  ***  |" << endl;
	cout << "---------" << endl;
	cout << "   |||   " << endl;
	cout << "   |||   " << endl;
}
void left_Arm()
{
	cout << "---------" << endl;
	cout << "| ^   ^ |" << endl;
	cout << "|   <   |" << endl;
	cout << "|  ***  |" << endl;
	cout << "---------" << endl;
	cout << "   |||   " << endl;
	cout << "   |||   " << endl;
	cout << "  /      " << endl;
	cout << " /       " << endl;
	cout << "/        " << endl;
}
void the_Frakin_Body()
{
	cout << "---------" << endl;
	cout << "| ^   ^ |" << endl;
	cout << "|   <   |" << endl;
	cout << "|  ***  |" << endl;
	cout << "---------" << endl;
	cout << "   |||   " << endl;
	cout << "   |||   " << endl;
	cout << "  /|-|   " << endl;
	cout << " / |*|   " << endl;
	cout << "/  |*|   " << endl;
	cout << "   ---   " << endl;
}
void right_Arm()
{
	cout << "---------" << endl;
	cout << "| ^   ^ |" << endl;
	cout << "|   <   |" << endl;
	cout << "|  ***  | /" << endl;
	cout << "---------/" << endl;
	cout << "   |||  /  " << endl;
	cout << "   ||| /   " << endl;
	cout << "  /|-|   " << endl;
	cout << " / |-|   " << endl;
	cout << "/  |-|   " << endl;
	cout << "   ---   " << endl;
}
void left_Leg()
{
	cout << "---------" << endl;
	cout << "| ^   ^ |" << endl;
	cout << "|   <   |" << endl;
	cout << "|  ***  | /" << endl;
	cout << "---------/" << endl;
	cout << "   |||  /  " << endl;
	cout << "   ||| /   " << endl;
	cout << "  /|-|   " << endl;
	cout << " / |-|   " << endl;
	cout << "/  |-|   " << endl;
	cout << "   ---   " << endl;
	cout << "  ||     " << endl;
	cout << "  ||     " << endl;
	cout << "  ||     " << endl;
	cout << " <__|    " << endl;
}
void right_Leg(int guesses)
{

	if(guesses == 6)
	{
	cout << "---------" << endl;
	cout << "| ^   ^ |" << endl;
	cout << "|   <   |" << endl;
	cout << "|  ***  | /" << endl;
	cout << "---------/" << endl;
	cout << "   |||  /  " << endl;
	cout << "   ||| /   " << endl;
	cout << "  /|-|   " << endl;
	cout << " / |-|   " << endl;
	cout << "/  |-|   " << endl;
	cout << "   ---   " << endl;
	cout << "  || ||    " << endl;
	cout << "  || ||    " << endl;
	cout << "  || ||    " << endl;
	cout << " <__||_>   " << endl;
	cout << "You Lose!  " << endl;
	}
}

It where I have [location] that it is an array item. What am I doing wrong with it?

[Return 0]

Line 22 char user_Letter_Guess; is not declared or initialized as an array, however in line 50 user_Letter_Guess[location] = '*';
you are attempting to use user_Letter_Guess as an array.

Return 0;

[cplusplusnoob]

So what do I do that would get the same point across?

[cplusplusnoob]

????

[firedraco]

Ummm...make it an array.

[cplusplusnoob]

I'm not allowed. It has to be w/out array

[simply thunder]

what are you trying to do by setting user input to '*'?
and shouldn't user input just be 1 char?

also i would suggest finding the "location" inside a loop which is inside the else block. For when there are more than one of the same Letter.
For example letter has two 'e' s and 't' s. with the current code that u have now (ignoring the array, still don't get that) when u put in e and t for the word letter you would have *et*** when you should really have *ette*.

and this isn't important and the program would work fine with out it: change the while loop inside num_of_chars() to a for loop

any way i might be completely wrong im just a high school kid + newb

return 1;//until i know what right guesses is for

[helios]

I think you meant to make user_Letter_Guess an std::string.

[cplusplusnoob]

I think you meant to make user_Letter_Guess an std::string.
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clarify for me?

[helios]

//char user_Letter_Guess;
std::string user_Letter_Guess;
string word_To_Guess;
string GUESSED;

[cplusplusnoob]

now it tells me that it cannot convert from std::string to a char. What do I do? typecast/

[cplusplusnoob]

the only problem now is turning the * into the char value the user puts in if correct. how do i do that?