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| 1 | +#!/usr/bin/env node |
| 2 | +// WORD |
| 3 | +// |
| 4 | +// Converted from BASIC to Javascript by Oscar Toledo G. (nanochess) |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +import { print, tab, input } from '../../00_Common/javascript/common.mjs'; |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +// These are the words that the game knows about> If you want a bigger challenge you could add more words to the array |
| 9 | +const WORDS = ["DINKY", "SMOKE", "WATER", "GLASS", "TRAIN", |
| 10 | + "MIGHT", "FIRST", "CANDY", "CHAMP", "WOULD", |
| 11 | + "CLUMP", "DOPEY"]; |
| 12 | +const WORD_COUNT = WORDS.length; |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +// Main control section |
| 15 | +async function main() |
| 16 | +{ |
| 17 | + print(tab(33) + "WORD\n"); |
| 18 | + print(tab(15) + "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY\n"); |
| 19 | + print("\n"); |
| 20 | + print("\n"); |
| 21 | + print("\n"); |
| 22 | + print("I AM THINKING OF A WORD -- YOU GUESS IT. I WILL GIVE YOU\n"); |
| 23 | + print("CLUES TO HELP YOU GET IT. GOOD LUCK!!\n"); |
| 24 | + print("\n"); |
| 25 | + print("\n"); |
| 26 | + outer: while (1) { |
| 27 | + print("\n"); |
| 28 | + print("\n"); |
| 29 | + print("YOU ARE STARTING A NEW GAME...\n"); |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | + const secretWord = WORDS[Math.floor(Math.random() * WORD_COUNT)]; |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | + let guessCount = 0; |
| 34 | + // This array holds the letters which have been found in the correct position across all guesses |
| 35 | + // For instance if the word is "PLAIN" and the guesses so far are |
| 36 | + // "SHALL" ("A" correct) and "CLIMB" ("L" correct) then it will hold "-LA--" |
| 37 | + const knownLetters = []; |
| 38 | + for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) |
| 39 | + knownLetters[i] = "-"; |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | + let guess = undefined; |
| 42 | + while (1) { |
| 43 | + print("GUESS A FIVE LETTER WORD:"); |
| 44 | + guess = (await input()).toUpperCase(); |
| 45 | + guessCount++; |
| 46 | + if (secretWord === guess) { |
| 47 | + // The player has guessed correctly |
| 48 | + break; |
| 49 | + } |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | + if (guess.charAt(0) === "?") { |
| 52 | + // Player has given up |
| 53 | + print("THE SECRET WORD IS " + secretWord + "\n"); |
| 54 | + print("\n"); |
| 55 | + // Start a new game by going to the start of the outer while loop |
| 56 | + continue outer; |
| 57 | + } |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | + if (guess.length !== 5) { |
| 60 | + print("YOU MUST GUESS A 5 LETTER WORD. START AGAIN.\n"); |
| 61 | + print("\n"); |
| 62 | + guessCount--; |
| 63 | + continue; |
| 64 | + } |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | + // Two things happen in this double loop: |
| 67 | + // 1. Letters which are in both the guessed and secret words are put in the lettersInCommon array |
| 68 | + // 2. Letters which are in the correct position in the guessed word are added to the knownLetters array |
| 69 | + let lettersInCommonCount = 0; |
| 70 | + const lettersInCommon = []; |
| 71 | + for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {// loop round characters in secret word |
| 72 | + let secretWordCharacter = secretWord.charAt(i); |
| 73 | + for (let j = 0; j < 5; j++) {// loop round characters in guessed word |
| 74 | + let guessedWordCharacter = guess.charAt(j); |
| 75 | + if (secretWordCharacter === guessedWordCharacter) { |
| 76 | + lettersInCommon[lettersInCommonCount] = guessedWordCharacter; |
| 77 | + if (i === j) { |
| 78 | + // Letter is in the exact position so add to the known letters array |
| 79 | + knownLetters[j] = guessedWordCharacter; |
| 80 | + } |
| 81 | + lettersInCommonCount++; |
| 82 | + } |
| 83 | + } |
| 84 | + } |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + const lettersInCommonText = lettersInCommon.join(""); |
| 87 | + print("THERE WERE " + lettersInCommonCount + " MATCHES AND THE COMMON LETTERS WERE... " + lettersInCommonText + "\n"); |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | + const knownLettersText = knownLetters.join(""); |
| 90 | + print("FROM THE EXACT LETTER MATCHES, YOU KNOW............ " + knownLettersText + "\n"); |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | + if (knownLettersText === secretWord) { |
| 93 | + guess = knownLettersText; |
| 94 | + break; |
| 95 | + } |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | + if (lettersInCommonCount <= 1) { |
| 98 | + print("\n"); |
| 99 | + print("IF YOU GIVE UP, TYPE '?' FOR YOUR NEXT GUESS.\n"); |
| 100 | + print("\n"); |
| 101 | + } |
| 102 | + } |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | + print("YOU HAVE GUESSED THE WORD. IT TOOK " + guessCount + " GUESSES!\n"); |
| 105 | + print("\n"); |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | + print("WANT TO PLAY AGAIN"); |
| 108 | + const playAgainResponse = (await input()).toUpperCase(); |
| 109 | + if (playAgainResponse !== "YES") |
| 110 | + break; |
| 111 | + } |
| 112 | +} |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +main(); |
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