Bulls and Cows - Removing lives

[deeztc]

Hi, when I enter an incorrect guess it will only take a life if the incorrect guess has the same number of letters as the hidden word.

// Fill out your copyright notice in the Description page of Project Settings.
#include "BullCowCartridge.h"

void UBullCowCartridge::BeginPlay() // When the game starts
{
    Super::BeginPlay();

    SetupGame();

    PrintLine(TEXT("The HiddenWord is: %s."), *HiddenWord); //Debug Line
}

void UBullCowCartridge::OnInput(const FString& Input) // When the player hits enter
{
    if (bGameOver)
    {
        ClearScreen();
        SetupGame();
    }
    else   // else Checking PlayerGuess
    {
        ProcessGuess(Input);
    }
}

void UBullCowCartridge::SetupGame()
{
    // Welcoming The Player
    PrintLine (TEXT("Welcome to the Farm!"));

    HiddenWord = TEXT("cakes"); 
    Lives = HiddenWord.Len(); 
    bGameOver = false;

    PrintLine (TEXT("Guess the %i letter word!"), HiddenWord.Len()); 
    PrintLine (TEXT("You have %i lives"), Lives); 
    PrintLine (TEXT("Type in your guess and \npress Enter to continue...")); // Prompt Player For Guess 

    // const TCHAR HW[] = TEXT("plums");
    // PrintLine(TEXT("Character 1 of the hidden word is: %c"), HiddenWord[0]); // pint "c"
    // PrintLine(TEXT("The 4th Character of HW is: %c"), HW[3]); // prints "m"
}

void UBullCowCartridge::EndGame()
{
    bGameOver = true;
    PrintLine(TEXT("\nPress enter to play again."));
}

void UBullCowCartridge::ProcessGuess(FString Guess)
{
    if (Guess == HiddenWord)
    {
        PrintLine(TEXT("You have Won!"));
        EndGame();
        return;
    } 
    
    if (Guess.Len() != HiddenWord.Len())
    {
        PrintLine(TEXT("The hidden word is %i leters long"), HiddenWord.Len());
        PrintLine(TEXT("Sorry, try guessing again. \nYou have %i lives remaining"), Lives);
        return;
    }

    // Check If Isogram
    if (!IsIsogram(Guess))
    {
        /* code */
        PrintLine(TEXT("No repeating letters, guess again"));
        return;
    }

    // Remove Life
    PrintLine(TEXT("You have lost a life!"));
    --Lives; 

    if (Lives <= 0)  
    {       
        ClearScreen();
        PrintLine(TEXT("You have no lives left!"));
        PrintLine(TEXT("THe hidden word was: %s"), *HiddenWord);
        EndGame(); 
        return;             
    }

    // Show Player Bulls and Cows
    PrintLine(TEXT("Guess again, you have %i lives left"), Lives);    
}

bool UBullCowCartridge::IsIsogram(FString Word) const 
{
    // For each letter 
    // Start at element [0]
    // Compare against the next leter.
    // Until we reach [Word.Len() -1]
    // if any are the same return false.

    return true;
}

[DanM]

@deeztc

Hi, when I enter an incorrect guess it will only take a life if the incorrect guess has the same number of letters as the hidden word.

That is intentional. Mike doesn’t want to deprecate a life if the guess isn’t an isogram or the right length. This is the point of the returns, they exit the function. The rest of the function won’t execute.

[deeztc]

Got ti! I thought I missed something. Thank you!