C# - Guess the Secret Word
Here you can find the complete source code for guessing the secret word in C# Programming Language.
The program will read the words from the given input file and will pick up a word and store it as a secret word. It starts with displaying the number characters as "*" and the following sequence is self explanatory.
Your secret word is: **********
Guess now (To stop the program, enter #) :
Kathir
***h******
School
**********
Tech
*ech******
techno
techno****
technology
Congrats! You have guessed it correctly
Source Code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
namespace GuessWord
{
class GuessWord
{
static int ReadWordsFromFile(string [] words)
{
string filename = "words_input.txt";
if (System.IO.File.Exists(filename) == false)
return -1;
System.IO.StreamReader s = new System.IO.StreamReader(filename);
int count = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
{
if(s.EndOfStream == true)
break;
words[count++] = s.ReadLine();
}
s.Close();
return count;
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Welcome to Guess a Word\n");
string[] words = new string[100];
int count = ReadWordsFromFile(words);
if (count < 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("No words found in the file");
return;
}
if (words == null)
return; // Exception message was already shown
Random r = new Random();
int guessX = (int)(r.Next(count));
String secretWord = words[guessX];
int numChars = secretWord.Length;
Console.Write("Your secret word is: ");
for(int i = 0; i < numChars; i++)
Console.Write("*");
Console.WriteLine();
bool bGuessedCorrectly = false;
Console.WriteLine("Guess now (To stop the program, enter #) : ");
while (true)
{
string choice = Console.ReadLine();
if (choice.StartsWith("#"))
break;
if (choice.CompareTo(secretWord) == 0)
{
bGuessedCorrectly = true;
break;
}
for (int i = 0; i < numChars; i++)
{
if (i < secretWord.Length &&
i < choice.Length)
{
if (secretWord[i] == choice[i])
Console.Write(choice[i]);
else
Console.Write("*");
}
else
Console.Write("*");
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
if (bGuessedCorrectly == false)
Console.WriteLine("Unfortunately you did not guess it correctly. The secret word is: " + secretWord);
else
Console.WriteLine("Congrats! You have guessed it correctly");
}
}
}
Output
// contents of words_input.txt
computer
science
school
schooling
information
technology
Welcome to Guess a Word
Your secret word is: **********
Guess now (To stop the program, enter #) :
Kathir
***h******
School
**********
Tech
*ech******
techno
techno****
technology
Congrats! You have guessed it correctly
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