gistfile1.txt

var playerScore = 0;
var correctGuesses = [];

// A function to get the set of possible letters
function getLetters() {
  // Select the element with the id 'letters'
  var lettersContainer = document.querySelector('#letters');

  // Get the text content of the element
  var letters = lettersContainer.innerText;

  // Return the letters
  return letters;
}



// A function to get the user's guess
function getGuess() {
  // Select the input element where the user enters their guess
  var wordGuess = document.querySelector('input#word-guess');

  // Get the text content of the element
  var guess = wordGuess.value;
  
  console.log(guess);

  // Return the guess
  return guess;
}

function shuffleLetters() {
  var currentLetters = getLetters().split("");
  var newLetters = new Array(7);
  var randomIndex = (Math.floor(Math.random() * 7));
  
  for (i=0; i<7; i++) {
    while (newLetters[randomIndex]) {
      randomIndex = (Math.floor(Math.random() * 7));
    }
    newLetters[randomIndex] = currentLetters.pop();
  }
  return newLetters.join('');
}


// A function to display a message on the screen
function showMessage(messageText) {
  // Select the element to display a message
  var messageElem = document.querySelector('#game-message');

  // Set the text value of the element to the provided text
  messageElem.innerText = messageText;
}


// A function to check whether the guessed word is correct or not
function checkGuess() {
  
  // Collect the text from the letters and the guess
  var letters = getLetters();
  var guess = getGuess();
  
  if (guess.length === 0 || guess.length > 7) {
    showMessage("Guess is the wrong length! Try again!");
    return false;
  }

  // Convert both to uppercase so we can compare equals
  guess = guess.toUpperCase().split('');
  letters = letters.toUpperCase().split('');

  // Determine if all the characters in the guess are in the letters
  for (var i = 0; i < guess.length; i++) {
    var currentChar = guess[i];

    // If the current character can't be found in letters, the guess is incorrect
    if (letters.indexOf(currentChar) === -1) {
      // Show a message saying guess is incorrect
      showMessage("Wrong guess, try again.");
      // Return false to exit the function
      return false;
    }
    letters[letters.indexOf(currentChar)] = "-";
    console.log(letters);
  }

  // If we've made it this far, then the guess must be correct!
  // Show a message saying guess is correct
  showMessage("Good guess, that is correct!");
  correctGuesses.push(guess.join(''));
  document.getElementById("guesses").innerHTML = "<div>" + correctGuesses.join("</div><div>") + "</div><br>";
  // Return true to exit the function
  
  return true;
}

function getNewLetters()
{
    var text = "";
    var possible = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
  var vowels = "AEIOUY";
  var vowelNumber = 0;

    for( var i=0; i < 7; i++ ) {
        text += possible.charAt(getWeightedCharacterIndex());
    }
  
    for (var x=0; x<7; x++) {
      if (vowels.indexOf(text[x]) != -1) {
        vowelNumber += 1;
      }
    }
  if (vowelNumber < 2) {
    return getNewLetters();
  } else {
    return text;
  }
}
function updateLetters(fun, message) {
   document.getElementById("letters").innerHTML = fun();
  
  showMessage(message);
  
}

function startNewGame() {
  updateLetters(getNewLetters, "New game - good luck!");
  document.getElementById("guesses").innerHTML = "";
}

function shuffle() {
  updateLetters(shuffleLetters, "Letters shuffled!");
}

var letterThresholds = [8167, 9659, 12441, 16694, 29396, 31624, 33639, 39733, 46699, 46852, 47624, 51649, 54055, 60804, 68311, 70240, 70335, 76322, 82649, 91705, 94463, 95441, 97801, 97951, 99925, 99999];

function getWeightedCharacterIndex() {
  var num = Math.floor(Math.random() * 99999);
  for (var x=0; x<letterThresholds.length; x++) {
    if (num < letterThresholds[x]) {
      return x;
    }
  }
}