animation.txt

|----
|
|
|
|------\
|----
|   0
|
|
|------\
|----
|   0
|   |
|
|------\
|----
|   0
|  -|
|
|------\
|----
|   0
|  -|-
|
|------\
|----
|   0
|  -|-
|  /
|------\
|----
|   0
|  -|-
|  / \
|------\
|----
|   0
| *-|-
|  / \
|------\
|----
|   0
| *-|-*
|  / \
|------\
|----
|  X.X
| *-|-*
|  / \
|------\
|----
|  W
|   I
|    N
|------\

hangman.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

def make_guess
  #returns a guess that is one charater long OR compares against the whole word
  print "Guess a single letter (a-z) or the entire word: "
  guess = gets.chomp

  if !(/[a-zA-z]/.match(guess))
    puts "Please a enter a letter or word"
    guess = make_guess
  elsif guess.length > 1
    puts "Are you sure you want to guess #{guess} as the whole word? (y/n)"
    yesorno = gets.chomp
      if yesorno.include?('y')
        return guess
      elsif yesorno.include?('n')
        puts "Ok thats what I thought, Please enter your guess"
        guess=make_guess
      else
        puts "Well clearly you didnt follow instructions you guess will count as #{guess}"
      end
  end
  guess.downcase
end

def rand_word
  #returns a word a random
  words = %w(time person year way day thing man world life hand part child eye woman place work week case point government company number group problem fact)
  words.shuffle.pop
end

def is_in?(word_to_guess, guess)
  word_to_guess.include?(guess)
end

def show_count_of_guess( guess, word_to_guess)
    count = 0
    word_to_guess.each do |current|
        count += 1 if current == guess
    end
    puts "\nFound #{count} occurrence(s) of the character #{guess}.\n"
end

def print_correct_letters(correct_guess)
  print "Word: " + correct_guess.join + " \n "
end

def update_correct_guess(correct_guess, guess, word_to_guess)
  word_to_guess.each_with_index do |letter, position|
    if letter == guess
      correct_guess[position] = guess
    end
  end
  correct_guess
end

def win_game
     puts "Congratulations, you've guessed the word!"
    false
end

def animate(init_chances, number_of_chances)

  anime = File.open('animation.txt').to_a

  location =   init_chances - number_of_chances

  range_min = 0 + (location * 5)
  range_max = 4 + (location * 5)

  (range_min..range_max).each do |position|
    puts anime[position]

  end

end


def hangman(number_of_chances = 8)
  init_chances = number_of_chances
  puts "Welcome to hangman!"
  word_to_guess = rand_word.split(//)
  unsolved = true
  correct_guess = Array.new(word_to_guess.length) { |i| i= ' _ ' }

    while number_of_chances > 0 && unsolved
      animate(init_chances, number_of_chances)
      print_correct_letters( correct_guess)
      puts "Chances remaining: #{number_of_chances}"
      guess = make_guess

      if is_in?(word_to_guess, guess)
        show_count_of_guess( guess, word_to_guess)
        correct_guess = update_correct_guess(correct_guess, guess, word_to_guess)

        if correct_guess == word_to_guess
          animate(10,0)
          unsolved = win_game
        end
      elsif guess.length > 1
        if guess == word_to_guess.join
          animate(10,0)
          unsolved = win_game
        else
          animate(8,0)
          puts "You Lose! #{guess} was not the correct word"
          break
        end
      else
        puts "\nSorry, no #{guess}'s found \n"
        number_of_chances -= 1
      end

      if number_of_chances <= 0
          animate(8,0)
          puts "Sorry you lose the game"
      end
    end

end

hangman