Hangman.java

/*
Sai Avula
1.24.24
Hangman.java
Create A game of Hangman
*/
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Hangman
{
    Scanner input;
    PrintWriter pw;
    String newwd;

    public static void main(String[]args)
    {
        Hangman sai = new Hangman();
        sai.runner();
    }
    public void runner()
    {
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("\n\n\n");
        System.out.print("Would you like to add to the dictionary, yes(1), no(2)? ");
        int ans = scan.nextInt();
        if(ans == 1)
        {
            System.out.print("What is your new word? ");
            String ans2 = scan.next();
            append(ans2);
        }
        int counter = 0;
        tryCatchIt();
        while(input.hasNext())
        {
            counter ++;
            String temp = input.next();
        }
        input.close();
        String [] words = new String[counter];
        int num = (int) (Math.random() * counter)-1;
        counter = 0;
        tryCatchIt();
        while(input.hasNext())
        {
            counter++;
            words[ counter-1 ] = input.next();
        }
        input.close();
        String wd = words[ num ];
        int numoflives = 5;
        newwd = "";
        wd = wd.toUpperCase();
        System.out.println("Here is your random word: \n ");
        hang(wd);
        for(int i = 0; i < wd.length(); i++)
        {
            newwd += "-";
        }
        while(numoflives > 0)
        {
            String [] ar = new String[wd.length()];
            System.out.print("Please guess a letter: ");
            String let = scan.next();
            let = let.toUpperCase();
            for(int i = 0; i < newwd.length(); i++)
            {
                if(newwd.charAt(i) == let.charAt(0))
                {
                    numoflives = numoflives-1;
                    System.out.println("That is incorrect. You have " + numoflives + " guess(es) left.");
                    break;
                }
            }
            int [] index = new int[wd.length()];
            int temp = 0;
            index[0] = -5;
            for(int i = 0; i < wd.length(); i++)
            {
                if(wd.substring(i,i+1).equalsIgnoreCase(let))
                {
                    temp ++;
                    index[temp-1] = i;
                    man(index[temp-1], newwd, let);
                }
            }
            System.out.println(newwd + "\n");
            if(index[0] == -5)
            {
                numoflives = numoflives-1;
                System.out.println("That is incorrect. You have " + numoflives + " guess(es) left.");
            }

            if(wd.equalsIgnoreCase(newwd))
            {
                System.out.println("You Won! Congratulations!");
                numoflives = 0;
            }
            else if(numoflives == 0)
            {
                System.out.println("You Lost! Try Again:(");
                System.out.println("The word was " + wd);
            }
        }
        System.out.println("\n\n");
    }
    public void tryCatchIt()
    {
        File inFile = new File ("dictionary.txt");
        String inFileName = "dictionary.txt";
        //value = "";
        input = null;
        try
        {
            input = new Scanner ( inFile );
        }
        catch ( FileNotFoundException e )
        {
            System.err.println("Cannot find " + inFileName + " file.");
            System.exit(1);
        }
    }
    public void append(String wd)
    {
        pw = null;
        File outFile = new File("dictionary.txt");
        try
        {
            pw = new PrintWriter( new FileWriter(outFile, true) );
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            System.err.println("Cannot append to " +  " dictionary.txt");
            System.exit(1);
        }
        pw.println( wd );
        pw.close();
    }
    public void hang(String wd)
    {
        for(int i = 0; i < wd.length(); i++)
        {
            System.out.print(" - ");
        }
        System.out.println(" \n ");
    }
    public void man(int index, String wd, String let)
    {
        String temp = newwd;
        newwd = "";
        for(int i = 0; i < wd.length(); i ++)
        {
            if(index== i)
            {
                newwd += let;
            }
            else newwd += temp.charAt( i );
        }
    }
}