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 /*
  * File: Hangman.java
  * ------------------
  * This program will eventually play the Hangman game from
  * Assignment #4.
  */
 
 import acm.graphics.*;
 import acm.program.*;
 import acm.util.*;
 
 import java.awt.*;
 
 public class Hangman extends ConsoleProgram {
 
 	private RandomGenerator rgen = RandomGenerator.getInstance();
 
 	private String orig;
 	private String hidden;
 	private String userInput;
 	private String lowerInput;
 	// private String missedLetters = "";  // this is not needed
 
 	private char lastLetter;
 	private int guess = 8;
 
 	//private boolean guessed = false;    //this is not needed
 	private boolean GameWon = false;     // added this to stop the program before 8 tries passed if all letters were guessed
 
 	public class getWord extends HangmanLexicon {
     	int rand = rgen.nextInt(getWordCount());
     	String str = getWord(rand);
     }
 
 	getWord w = new getWord();
 	private String getAWord() {
     	return(w.str);
     }
 
     public void run() {
     	console();
 //    	graphics();
 //    	readLexicon();
 	}
 
     private void console() {
     	orig = getAWord();
-		hidden = orig;   // assign it here, only once. Used then due the game to control win/loss
+   		// write dashes in HIDDEN only once. Used then during the game to control win/loss
         hidden = orig.replaceAll(".","-");
     	interactWithUser();
     }
 
     private void interactWithUser() {
     	println("Welcome to Hangman!");
     	gameProcess();
     	gameEnd();    // changed to finish game regardless of current status. gameEnd will determine if won or lost.
     }
 
     private void gameProcess() {
     	while (guess != 0 || GameWon) {   // added "or if GameWon = true" to exit the loop if won before 8 tries
         	println("The word now looks like this: " + hidden);
         	checkUserInput();
         	println("You have " + guess + " guesses left.");
     	}
     }
 
     private void checkUserInput() {
     	userInput = readLine("Your guess: ");
     	lastLetter = userInput.charAt(0);
 		lowerInput = orig.toLowerCase();
 		if (orig.contains(userInput) || lowerInput.contains(userInput)) {
 			// guessed = true;   // this is not needed
 			updateHidden();
 			checkWin();
     	} else {
     		guess--;    // placed instead of guessed = false;
     	}
 		// this is not needed
 		//if (!guessed) {
 		//	guess--;
 		//}
     }
 
 	private void updateHidden() {
-			if (orig.charAt(i).toLowerCase() == lastLetter.toLowerCase()) {
+
-				// match found, need to replace
+			if (Character.toLowerCase(orig.charAt(i)) == lastLetter.toLowerCase() ) {
-				hidden.charAt(i) = orig.charAt(i);
+				char c = orig.charAt(i);
 				hidden = replaceChar(hidden, c ,  i);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	private String replaceChar(String str, char ch, int index) {
     	return str.substring(0, index) + ch + str.substring(index+1);
 	}
 
 	private void checkWin() {
 		if (!hidden.contains("-")) {
 			GameWon =  true;
 		}
 	}
 
     private void gameEnd() {    // changed from gameLost to gameEnd
     	if (guess == 0) {
     		println("You're completely hung.");
     		println("The word was: " + getAWord());
     		println("You lose.");
     	}
 		if (GameWon) {
     		println("Congratulations, you WON!!");
 			println("The word was: " + getAWord());
 		}
     }
 
 }