js hangman with repeated characters code example
Example: js hangman with repeated characters
var secretWord = 'apple',
letters = '';
function play(letter) {
if(letters.indexOf(letter) != -1) {
console.log("You've already tried '" + letter + "' ...");
}
else {
letters += letter;
if(secretWord.indexOf(letter) == -1) {
console.log(letter + ' -> wrong!');
}
else {
var progress = secretWord.replace(new RegExp('[^' + letters + ']', 'g'), '_');
console.log(letter + ' -> ' + progress);
if(progress == secretWord) {
console.log('Well done!');
}
}
}
}
play('i');
play('e');
play('p');
play('e');
play('a');
play('l');