Created Hangman game

Author: sureshp820

Hangmangame.java

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+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class HangmanGame {
+    private static String[] words = {"java", "programming", "hangman", "computer", "algorithm"};
+    private static String selectedWord;
+    private static String guessedWord;
+    private static int maxAttempts = 6;
+    private static int attemptsLeft = maxAttempts;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
+        selectWord();
+
+        while (true) {
+            System.out.println("Word: " + guessedWord);
+            System.out.println("Attempts left: " + attemptsLeft);
+            System.out.print("Enter a letter or the entire word: ");
+            String guess = scanner.nextLine().toLowerCase();
+
+            if (guess.length() == 1) {
+                processLetterGuess(guess.charAt(0));
+            } else if (guess.length() == selectedWord.length()) {
+                processWordGuess(guess);
+            } else {
+                System.out.println("Invalid input. Please enter a single letter or the entire word.");
+            }
+
+            if (guessedWord.equals(selectedWord)) {
+                System.out.println("Congratulations! You've guessed the word: " + selectedWord);
+                break;
+            } else if (attemptsLeft == 0) {
+                System.out.println("You've run out of attempts. The word was: " + selectedWord);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        scanner.close();
+    }
+
+    private static void selectWord() {
+        selectedWord = words[(int) (Math.random() * words.length)];
+        guessedWord = new String(new char[selectedWord.length()]).replace('\0', '_');
+    }
+
+    private static void processLetterGuess(char letter) {
+        boolean found = false;
+        for (int i = 0; i < selectedWord.length(); i++) {
+            if (selectedWord.charAt(i) == letter) {
+                guessedWord = guessedWord.substring(0, i) + letter + guessedWord.substring(i + 1);
+                found = true;
+            }
+        }
+        if (!found) {
+            attemptsLeft--;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void processWordGuess(String word) {
+        if (word.equals(selectedWord)) {
+            guessedWord = selectedWord;
+        } else {
+            attemptsLeft--;
+        }
+    }
+}