largeprogram2v1

//Giovanna Rea-espin, COP2220, October 10, 2017, Large Program 1 Algorithm. Letter guessing game.
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#define MAXGUESSES 5
 
//this function provides instructions to the user on how to play the game
void GameRules() {
    printf("Welcome to the Letter Guesing Game\n");
    printf("\nYou will begin by entering the number of games you want to play\n");
    printf("\nFor each game you will have 5 chances to guess each letter\n");
    printf("\nLet's Start\n");
    return;
}

void GuessTheLetter(char);
int CompareLetters(char,char);
//this function runs one game.
char oneGame(char);

char GetTheGuess()
{
    char guessLetter;
    printf("Enter a letter: ");
    scanf("%c", &guessLetter);
    return guessLetter;
}
 
//all other functions to Play one round of a game
//are called from within the GuessTheLetter function
void GuessTheLetter(char solution) {
    int win = 0;
    int numGuesses = 0;
    //char userGuess;
    //declare additional variables 

    while (numGuesses < MAXGUESSES && win == 0)
    {
        //get a guess from the user  by calling the GetTheGuess function
        char userGuess = GetTheGuess();

        //change the guess to lowercase
        //win = call the function to compare the guess with the solution
        numGuesses++; //count the number of guesses so far
        CompareLetters(solution, userGuess);
    }

}

int main ()

{
    char lowerCaseLetter;
    //input: character from the file, void return type
    //char getCharacter(void);
    char getCharacter;
    FILE *inPtr;
    inPtr = fopen("letterList.txt", "r");
    fscanf(inPtr, " %c", &getCharacter);
    printf(" %c", getCharacter);
    fclose(inPtr);
    return getCharacter;
        
    GameRules();
    GuessTheLetter(getCharacter);
    //this function prompts the player to make a guess and returns that guess
    //this function is called from inside the GuessTheLetter( ) function described above
 
    //this function takes two arguments, the guess from the player
    //and the solution letter from the file.
    //The function returns 1 if the guess matches the solution and returns a 0 if they do not match
    //This function also lets the user know if the guess comes alphabetically before or after the answer
    int CompareLetters(char, char);
    GameRules();
    return 0;
}

int CompareLetters(char letterFromFile, char guessFromUser)
{
    if (letterFromFile == guessFromUser) //if the guess matches the solution
    {
        printf("You got it!\n");
        return 1;
    }

    else if (letterFromFile < guessFromUser)
    {
        printf("The letter you are trying to guess comes after %c\n", letterFromFile);
        printf("Try Again!\n");
        GetTheGuess();
        return 0;
    }

    else if (letterFromFile > guessFromUser)
    {
        printf("The letter you are trying to guess comes before %c\n", letterFromFile);
        printf("Try Again!\n");
        GetTheGuess();
        return letterFromFile;
    }
    return 0;
}