Simple Java Hangman Assignment

Question

I\'m stuck on a java assignment for a class where we need to make a Hangman game but a REALLY BASIC one (It\'s an intro to Java class). Basically I have a word entered by someon

Answer 1

Store a array of characters that is the same length as the secret word. Initialize the characters to * and when a match is found, using [indexOf][1], reveal the found characters:

String secretWord = userInput.next();
int len = secretWord.length(); //Store the length which will be used to see if puzzle was solved.
char[] temp = new char[len]; //Store a temp array which will be displayed to the user
for(int i = 0; i < temp.length; i++) //initialize the array
{
    temp[i] = '*';
}
System.out.print("\n");
System.out.print("Word to date: ");
while (attempts <= 10 && attempts > 0)
{
    System.out.println("\nAttempts left: " + attempts);
    System.out.print("Enter letter: ");
    String test = userInput.next();

    if(test.length() != 1) 
    {
        System.out.println("Please enter 1 character");
        continue;
    }

    char testChar = test.charAt(0);

    //Find matches
    int foundPos = -2;
    int foundCount = 0; //How many matches did we find
    while((foundPos = secretWord.indexOf(testChar, foundPos + 1)) != -1)
    {
        temp[foundPos] = testChar; //Update the temp array from * to the correct character
        foundCount++;
        len--; //Decrease overall counter
    }

    if(foundCount == 0)
    {
        System.out.println("Sorry, didn't find any matches for " + test);
    }
    else
    {
        System.out.println("Found " + foundCount + " matches for " + test);
    }

    //Print 
    for(int i = 0; i < temp.length; i++)
    {
        System.out.print(temp[i]);
    }
    System.out.println();

    if(len == 0)
    {
        break; //Solved!
    }

    attempts--;
}

if(len == 0)
{
    System.out.println("\n---------------------------");
    System.out.println("Solved!");
}
else
{
    System.out.println("\n---------------------------");
    System.out.println("Sorry you didn't find the mystery word!");
    System.out.println("It was \"" + secretWord + "\"");
}