Guessing Game HW

guessinggame.rb

#Guessing Game for user to guess the items in the array by Jeff Scholen with user feedback. Iron Yard Rails Engineering 3/31/2014
@n = 0
@atv_values = ["Be Nice.", "Dream Big.", "Pay It Forward.", "Work Hard. Play Hard."]
@atv_guess = ["Be ----.", "----- Big.", "Pay It -------.", "Work-------Play Hard."]
@atv_hints = ["---- guys finish last.", "I have a -----.", "Kevin Spacey, Haley Joel Osment Movie", 
	"A serious and fun work culture motto." ]
@atv_missing_values = ["nice", "dream", "forward", "hard"]

def match_answer(user_input)
	case user_input
	when "phrase"
	puts "#{@atv_guess}"	
	when "nice"	
		@atv_guess[0]= ("Be Nice.")
		puts "#{@atv_guess}"	
		@atv_hints.delete("---- guys finish last.")
		@atv_missing_values.delete("nice")
	when "dream"
		@atv_guess[1]=("Dream Big.")
		puts "#{@atv_guess}"	
		@atv_hints.delete("I have a -----.")
		@atv_missing_values.delete("dream")
	when "forward"
		@atv_guess[2]=("Pay It Forward.")
		puts "#{@atv_guess}"	
		@atv_hints.delete("Kevin Spacey, Haley Joel Osment Movie")
		@atv_missing_values.delete("forward")
	when "hard"
		@atv_guess[3]=("Work Hard. Play Hard.")	
		puts "#{@atv_guess}"	
		@atv_hints.delete("A serious and fun work culture motto.")
		@atv_missing_values.delete("hard")
	when "hint"
		give_a_hint(user_input)
	else
		puts "I think you need a hint."
		puts "Please type in hint:"
		answer = gets.chomp.downcase
		if @answer == "hint"
			give_a_hint(@answer)
		else
			puts "I REALLY think you need a hint."
			puts "Please type in hint:(Last Chance!)"
			@answer = gets.chomp.downcase
			if @answer == "hint"
				give_a_hint(@answer)
			else
				puts "Bye-Bye."
				exit
			end	
		end	
	end
end			

def give_a_hint(answer)
	# @n = 0 if @n > 3
	current_value_of_missing_value = @atv_missing_values[0]
	while @answer != current_value_of_missing_value
		puts "#{@atv_hints[0]}"
		puts "Guess?"
		#puts "#{@atv_missing_values[0]}" for debugging
		@answer = gets.chomp.downcase
			if @answer != current_value_of_missing_value
				puts "Try again!"
				length_of_answer = @answer.length
				missing_value = current_value_of_missing_value
				length_of_missing_value = missing_value.length
				
				if length_of_answer == length_of_missing_value 
						puts "You have the right number of letters!" 
				else
						puts "You dont have the right number of letters!"
				end	
			end	
	end	
	match_answer(@answer)
	# @n += 1	
end

puts "It's time to start the Phrase GUESSING GAME!"
sleep 1
puts "Go ahead and guess a word to see if it works in the phrase."

while @atv_guess != @atv_values
	
	print "Word?, type 'hint' if you want a hint, type 'phrase' to see where you are:"
	@answer = gets.chomp.downcase
	match_answer(@answer)
	

end

puts "You guessed the WHOLE phrase correctly!"

I left off the good stuff! Sorry about that. I'll look at refactoring it with regard to your comments.