Dear all,
I am a newbie in programming and ruby.
I have tried to learn ruby via practicing.
And here is a simple program I have just written for fun.
I would like to get some comments for improvement from you.
Thank you for your time in prior.
(Well, this is a little old game for guessing a word.)
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class Words
attr_reader :word
WORDS_LIST = %w(linux window mac office perl python ruby java
smalltalk fortan pascal)
def initialize
WORDS_LIST.shuffle!
@word = WORDS_LIST[rand(WORDS_LIST.size - 1)]
end
def word_length
@word.size
end
end
class Interface
attr_reader :secret, :s_length, :secret_array, :letters
def initialize
@secret = Words.new.word
@secret_array = @secret.split(//)
@s_length = secret_length
@letters = ("a".."z").to_a
show_blurred_word([])
main_loop([])
end
def secret_length
length = secret.size
end
def getting_input
input = gets.chomp
input.strip
end
def analysis_input(input)
case input
when "a".."z"
delete_from_letters_list(input)
guessing(input)
when "hints"
puts "You are cheating. The word is #@secret."
nil
when "exit"
puts "Goodbye"
exit
end
end
def print_remained_letters
puts "The remaining letters list: (or exit/hints) "
p letters
end
def guessing(letter)
matched_idx = []
secret_array.each_with_index do |char, idx|
if char == letter
matched_idx << idx
end
end
matched_idx
end
def show_blurred_word(matched_array)
if matched_array.empty?
print " _ " * s_length
else
secret_array.each_with_index do |obj, idx|
if matched_array.include? idx
print " #{@secret_array[idx]} "
else
print " _ "
end
end
end
puts "\n"
end
def delete_from_letters_list(letter)
letters.delete(letter)
end
def greeting
print "Please enter a letter to guess: "
end
def main_loop(matched_array)
print_remained_letters
greeting
user_input = getting_input
checked = analysis_input(user_input)
if checked != nil
matched_array << checked
end
if matched_array.nil?
main_loop(matched_array)
else
matched_array.flatten!
matched_array.uniq!
show_blurred_word(matched_array)
if matched_array.size == s_length
print "You got it! The word is #@secret!\n"
else
main_loop(matched_array)
end
end
end
end
Interface.new
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