Hi everyone, forgive me for asking for help as a first post but this is critical. I’m making a learning package for my degree and im incorporating a hangman game into it using this code:
initGame();
stop();
function initGame() {
// get phrase
phrase = “tsar nicholas II”;
man.gotoAndStop(1);
// build display
display = “”;
for(i=0;i<phrase.length;i++) {
// place spaces in the right spots
if (phrase.charAt(i) == " ") {
display = display + " ";
} else {
// place underscores in place of letters
display = display + “_”;
}
}
}
function makeGuess(code) {
// get the character that corresponds to the key pressed
letter = String.fromCharCode(code);
// check to see whether it is a letter
if (isAlpha(letter)) {
// assume that the letter will not be found
gotOne = false;
// start building new display
newDisplay = “”;
for(i=0;i<phrase.length;i++) {
// see whether letters match
if (phrase.charAt(i).toUpperCase() == letter.toUpperCase()) {
// place letter in display text
newDisplay = newDisplay + letter.toUpperCase();
// note that at least one match has been found
gotOne = true;
} else {
// not found, so display same character
newDisplay = newDisplay + display.charAt(i) ;
}
}
// show new display
display = newDisplay;
// if no match found, then add more to man
if (!gotOne) {
man.nextFrame();
// see whether the man is done
if (man._currentFrame == 8) {
gotoAndPlay(“lose”);
}
} else if (display == phrase.toUpperCase()) {
// the display matches the original, game over
gotoAndPlay(“win”);
}
}
}
// utility to test whether a character is in A-Z
function isAlpha(letter) {
// get character code
n = letter.charCodeAt(0);
// convert low case to upper case
if (n > 90) n -= 32;
// see whether it is in A-Z
return ((n >= 65) and (n <= 90));
}
Does anybody know any way i could list loads of phrases and have the program randomly choose one of them rather than just one at a time?
e.g.
tsar nicholas II
winston churchill
etc etc
Any help much appreciated,
Layfie!
