GCSDD prereq 2

This project is an implementation of a University of Washington | Bothell (UWB), School of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics, Graduate Certificate in Software Design and Development (GCSDD), Prerequisite Sample Coursework number two of four.

Hangperson Game (CLI)

Written primarily on June 4, 2023 in C++, this is a sample assignment from UWB Computing & Software Systems (CSS) 142: Programming Competency Self-Assessment: Second Assessment -- "Hangperson Game," a Command Line Interface (CLI) word guessing game. See "CSS142-SampleCoursework.pdf" for the program specification.

Note: implemented in C++ rather than Java as per GCSDD curriculum.

References

UWB STEM Graduate Certificate Prerequisite Sample Coursework

UWB GCSDD Overview

Sample runs

Two sample runs of the program:

Welcome to the hangperson game ...
To play, guess a letter to try to guess the word.
Every time you choose an incorrect letter another
body part appears on the gallows. If you guess the
word before you're hung, you win  :-)
If you get hung, you lose  :-(

Time to guess...

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Letters guessed already => 
Number of wrong guesses => 0
The word so far => ----

Choose a letter => o
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Letters guessed already => o 
Number of wrong guesses => 0
The word so far => -o--

Choose a letter => x
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Letters guessed already => o x 
Number of wrong guesses => 1
The word so far => -o--

Choose a letter => 3

Invalid. Don't you know your ABCs? Try again.

Choose a letter => l
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Letters guessed already => l o x 
Number of wrong guesses => 1
The word so far => -ol-

Choose a letter => o

You already tried this letter.

Choose a letter => a
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Letters guessed already => a l o x 
Number of wrong guesses => 1
The word so far => -ola

Choose a letter => h
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|     O
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Letters guessed already => a h l o x 
Number of wrong guesses => 1
The word so far => hola

Congratulations, you win!!!
Do you want to play again? (y/n): y

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Letters guessed already => 
Number of wrong guesses => 0
The word so far => ----

Choose a letter => x
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|     O
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Letters guessed already => x 
Number of wrong guesses => 1
The word so far => ----

Choose a letter => z
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|     O
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Letters guessed already => x z 
Number of wrong guesses => 2
The word so far => ----

Choose a letter => p
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|     O
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Letters guessed already => p x z 
Number of wrong guesses => 3
The word so far => ----

Choose a letter => y
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|     O
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Letters guessed already => p x y z 
Number of wrong guesses => 4
The word so far => ----

Choose a letter => m
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|     O
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Letters guessed already => m p x y z 
Number of wrong guesses => 5
The word so far => ----

Choose a letter => n
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|     O
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|    /
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Letters guessed already => m n p x y z 
Number of wrong guesses => 6
The word so far => ----

Choose a letter => q
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|     O
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|    / \ 
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Letters guessed already => m n p q x y z 
Number of wrong guesses => 7
The word so far => ----

Too bad, you lose!
The word was ==> hola
Do you want to play again? (y/n): n

Thanks for playing!