public class HangmanGame
{

	private String secretWord;
	private char[] dashes;
	private int lives;

	public HangmanGame(String wordIn)
	{
		secretWord = wordIn;
		dashes = new char[secretWord.length()];
		fillDashes();
		lives = 8;  //default
	}

	public boolean guessLetter(char letterIn)
	{
		boolean found = false;
		for(int i = 0; i<secretWord.length(); i++)
		{
			if(letterIn == secretWord.charAt(i)){
				dashes[i] = letterIn;
				found = true;
			}

		}
		if(!found)
			lives--;

      return found; //in case needed

	}

	public boolean gameOver()
	{
		if(secretWord.equalsIgnoreCase(showDashes()) || lives == 0)
			return true;
		else
			return false;
	}

	public String showSecretWord()
	{
		return secretWord;
	}

	public String showDashes()
	{
		String s ="";
		for(int i = 0; i< dashes.length; i++)
			s +=dashes[i];

		return s;
	}

	public void fillDashes()
	{
		for(int i = 0; i< dashes.length; i++)
		dashes[i]='-';
	}

	public int getLives()
	{
		return lives;
	}

	public void setLives(int livesIn)
	{
		lives = livesIn;
	}


}