Question

I’m trying to write a piece of code that allows me to type in a letter and then checks if the letter belongs to the word. Then it should display the word with only the correct letter visible.

Example:

Word that I need to guess : jungle book

as displayed on screen: ***** ****

letter that I am guessing: j

display on screen: j**** ****

and so on

What I’ve got so far:

public void guessConsonent()  {
    String guessedConsonent = consonentInput(); 
    // returns a letter

    wordInStars = ""; 

    for (int s = 0; s < secretWord.length(); s++)
        if (secretWord.substring(s, s+1).equals(guessedConsonent)) {
            wordInStars += guessedConsonent;
        } else if (woordVanCat.substring(s, s+1).equals(" ")) {
            wordInStars += " ";
        } else {
            wordInStars += "*";
        }
    System.out.println(wordInStars);
}

The problem is that it does not add the consonent to the word even if it’s correct. I still only get ‘ ***’

regards

Answer 1

It seems you are writing a hangman-clone in Java. The snippet I don’t see is:

if (wordVanCat.charAt(i) == a){
    woordSterRaden.setCharAt(i, a);
} else {
    woordSterRaden.setCharAt(i, '*');
}