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word-guess.rb

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+word_corpus_array = ["strings", "things", "icing", "imagination", "ocean", "jungle", "fairy", "desk", "tart", "chair", "mountain", "beach", "fridge", "fancy", "river", "mushroom", "books", "sticker", "mango", "street", "lucky", "paper", "crystal", "plant", "cactus", "author", "ship", "canoe", "happy", "jump"]
+
+
+# This method choses a word at random from the word_corpus_array
+
+def word_selection (corpus_array)
+  target_word = corpus_array.sample
+  return target_word
+end
+
+# This method takes the length of the selected word and generates an
+# array of blanks of the same length.
+def generate_solution_array (letter_array_length)
+  array_o_blanks = []
+  letter_array_length.times do
+    blank = "_"
+    array_o_blanks << blank
+  end
+  return array_o_blanks
+end
+
+=begin This suite of methods uses the two private methods above
+along with the .length method and .split method to choose a word
+from the word corpus array and convert it into the input the values
+that an instance of the Solution class needs.
+=end
+
+our_target_word = word_selection(word_corpus_array)
+our_target_word_array = our_target_word.split('')
+target_length = our_target_word_array.length
+solution_array = generate_solution_array(target_length)
+
+
+
+class Solution
+  attr_accessor :guess_word, :guess_word_array, :guess_word_length, :guess_solution_array, :failed_guess_count, :fails_allowed
+  def initialize (guess_word, guess_word_array, guess_word_length, guess_solution_array)
+    @guess_word = guess_word
+    @guess_word_array = guess_word_array
+    @guess_word_length = guess_word_length
+    @guess_solution_array = guess_solution_array
+    @failed_guess_count = 0
+    @fails_allowed = 5
+    @piranhas = [
+      " ><(((('> ",
+      " ><(((('> ><(((('> ",
+      " ><(((('> ><(((('> ><(((('> ",
+      " ><(((('> ><(((('> ><(((('> ><(((('> ",
+      " ><(((('> ><(((('> ><(((('> ><(((('> ><(((('> "
+      ]
+  end
+
+  def identify_match_locations(user_guess)
+    iterations = @guess_word_length - 1
+    match_position_array = []
+    for i in 0..iterations
+      if @guess_word_array[i] == user_guess
+        match_position = i
+        match_position_array << match_position
+      end
+    end
+    return match_position_array
+  end
+
+  def guess_succeed_or_fail(array_of_matches_found)
+    if array_of_matches_found.none?
+      #the puts statement below is temporary and just for testing.
+      puts "\nYour guess failed.\n"
+      @failed_guess_count += 1
+    else
+      puts "\nYou guessed a correct letter!\n"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def replace_blank_with_successful_guess(identified_match_positions, user_guess)
+    original_guess_solution_array = @guess_solution_array
+    identified_match_positions.each do |location|
+      @guess_solution_array.insert(location, user_guess)
+      @guess_solution_array.delete_at(location + 1)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def piranhas
+    puts "Now, a school of #{@failed_guess_count} piranha(s) has come to eat you!"
+    puts @piranhas[@failed_guess_count - 1]
+  end
+
+  def guesses_left
+    guesses_remaining = @fails_allowed - @failed_guess_count
+    puts "\n\nYou have #{guesses_remaining} failed guess(es) remaining."
+    return guesses_remaining
+  end
+
+  def test_for_loss
+    if @failed_guess_count == 5
+      #These 'Puts' statements are temporary, for testing.
+      puts "\nThe piranhas ate you! You have lost!"
+      exit
+      #puts "The piranhas are circling, but you're still alive."
+    end
+  end
+
+  def check_for_win
+      if !@guess_solution_array.include?("_")
+        #Temporary output for TESTING
+        puts "\nYou have survived the piranha attack! You win."
+        #puts "The Pirhanas are getting hungrier!"
+        exit
+      end
+  end
+end
+
+
+class GuessRecord
+  attr_accessor :array_of_guessed_letters
+
+  def initialize
+    @array_of_guessed_letters = []
+  end
+
+
+  def update_guess_array (guessed_letter)
+    @array_of_guessed_letters << guessed_letter
+  end
+
+  def get_number_of_guesses
+    number_of_guesses = @array_of_guessed_letters.length
+    # puts "You have made #{number_of_guesses} guess(es).\n"
+    return number_of_guesses
+  end
+
+end
+
+# STANDALONE METHOD FOR GUESS SOLICITATION
+
+def solicit_guess
+  puts "Please guess a letter: "
+  guess = gets.chomp
+end
+
+# INSTANTIATE NECESSARY CLASSES
+
+test_solution = Solution.new(our_target_word, our_target_word_array, target_length, solution_array)
+
+test_guess_record = GuessRecord.new
+
+# PROCEDURE FOR RENDERING INITIAL DISPLAY
+puts "\n\n"
+puts "Welcome to Word Guessing Game!\n"
+puts "If you guess wrong, piranhas will start to appear and if you lose, they will eat you! No pressure or anything.\n\n"
+puts "________________________________________\n\n"
+puts "#{solution_array}"#solution_array  {Note -- not processed via class}
+puts "\n\nYou get #{test_solution.fails_allowed} guesses!\n\n"
+
+#Until (win || loss) do
+
+until test_solution.test_for_loss || test_solution.check_for_win do
+
+
+  player_guess = solicit_guess
+
+  test_guess_record.update_guess_array(player_guess)
+
+  puts "Here are the letters you've guessed so far: #{test_guess_record.array_of_guessed_letters}"
+
+  first_match_array = test_solution.identify_match_locations(player_guess)
+  # puts "#{test_solution.guess_word}" #this shows the solution word
+
+  if !test_solution.guess_succeed_or_fail(first_match_array)
+    test_solution.replace_blank_with_successful_guess(first_match_array, player_guess)
+  end
+
+  print test_solution.guess_solution_array
+
+  test_solution.check_for_win
+
+  test_guess_record.get_number_of_guesses
+
+  #piranhas_needed = test_guess_record.get_number_of_guesses
+
+  test_solution.test_for_loss
+
+  test_solution.guesses_left
+
+  test_solution.piranhas
+
+end