Hangman C++

[omiexstrike]

Hey everybody, I am creating a hangman game with C++ and I am having a little bit of trouble with a part of the code.

My question is,
for the secret word in hangman, how do i make special symbols like ! and @, etc, not be blocked by dashes?

For example, if the word was CALIFORNIA! It should output it as ----------! when trying to guess,

See how it doesn't block the exclamation with a dash or cover it, how would I be able to do that? Thanks a lot. My code is below:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <cctype>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>


using namespace std;

char getGuess(string &used); //Prototype Function Declaration
char EntryIsCorrect();	 //Prototype Function Declaration



int main()
{
// set-up
const int MAX_Incorrect = 5;	 // maximum number of incorrect guesses allowed

vector<string> words;	 // collection of possible words to guess
words.push_back("CALIFORNIA");



srand(static_cast<unsigned int>(time(0)));
random_shuffle(words.begin(), words.end());
const string SECRET_WORD = words[0]; // word to guess
int wrong = 0; // number of incorrect guesses
string soFar(SECRET_WORD.size(), '-'); // word guessed so far

string used = ""; // letters already guessed

cout << "Welcome to the game of Hangman!\n";

// main loop
while ((wrong < MAX_Incorrect) && (soFar != SECRET_WORD))
{
cout << "\n\nYou have " << (MAX_Incorrect - wrong);
cout << " incorrect guesses left.\n";
cout << "\nYou have used the following letters:\n" << used << endl;
cout << "\nCurrently, the word is:\n" << soFar << endl;


char guess = getGuess(used);

if (SECRET_WORD.find(guess) != string::npos)
{
cout << "That is correct! " << guess << " is in the word.\n";

// update soFar to include newly guessed letter
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < SECRET_WORD.length(); ++i)
{
if (SECRET_WORD[i] == guess)
{
soFar[i] = guess;
}
}
}
else
{
cout << "Incorrect! " << guess << " is not in the word.\n";
++wrong;
}
}

// shut down
if (wrong == MAX_Incorrect)
cout << "\nYou have lost!";
else
cout << "\nYou guessed the word!";

cout << "\nThe word was " << SECRET_WORD << endl;


system("pause");
return 0;
}

//----getGuess Function Return starts here---

char getGuess(string & used)
{
char guess;
cout << "\n\nEnter your guess: ";
cin >> guess;
guess = toupper(guess);

//make uppercase since secret word in uppercase
while (used.find(guess) != string::npos)	//if guess IS in the string, ask for guess again in while loop
{
cout << "\nYou have already guessed " << guess << endl;
cout << "Please enter another guess: ";
cin >> guess;
guess = toupper(guess);

}
used += guess;
return guess;

}

[Daleth]

Whereever you are displaying the "hidden" word, you can test if the character is a letter:

#include <cctype>
#include <vector>

void display_hidden_word(
   const std::string& word,
   const std::vector<char>& already_found
){
   for(size_t i(0); i < word.size(); ++i)
      cout << (
         !isalpha(word[i]) ||
         (std::find(already_found.begin(), already_found.end(), word[i]) != already_found.end())
            ? word[i] : '-'
      );
}

My design isn't that great, so you could improve upon it.

[agnibho]

@omiexstrike Hey I tried to run your program on Borland Turbo C++ but the compiler's not accepting stdafx.h, and namespace std. I have seen these files included before in other programs, but each time, my compiler doesn't compile these...please could you help me with it?? Your program logic seems to be good, have ya tried out Daleth's part??