NAME
Games::GuessWord - Guess the letters in a word (ie Hangman)
SYNOPSIS
use Games::GuessWord;
my $g = Games::GuessWord->new(file => "/path/to/wordlist");
print "Score: " . $g->score . "\n";
print "Chances: " . $g->chances . "\n";
print "Answer: " . $g->answer . "\n";
my @guesses = $g->guesses;
$g->guess("t");
# ...
if ($g->won) {
print "You won!\n";
$g->new_word;
}DESCRIPTION
This module is a simple wrapper around a word guessing game. You have to guess the word by guessing letters in the word, and is otherwise known as Hangman.
METHODS
new
This is the constructor. You can either pass in a list of words or a wordlist. A random word is picked:
my $g = Games::GuessWord->new(words => ["sleepy", "grumpy"]);
# or...
my $g = Games::GuessWord->new(file => "t/words");You can also set the number of chances each game has with the chances parameter
my $g = Games::GuessWord->new(file => "t/words",
chances => 5);answer
This method returns the current word being guessed, with asterisks (*) replacing letters that have not been guessed yet. For example, if trying to guess "buffy" and the letters "b" and "f" have been correctly guessed, this will return "b*ff*".
print "Answer: " . $g->answer . "\n";chances
This method returns the number of chances left. You start off with six chances by default and lose a chance everytime you get a guess wrong.
print "Chances: " . $g->chances . "\n";guess
This methods guesses a letter in the word:
$g->guess("t");guesses
This method returns the guesses taken so far this turn:
my @guesses = $g->guesses;new_word
This method throws the current turn away and picks a new word:
$g->new_word;secret
This method returns the secret word that the user is trying to guess:
my $secret = $g->secret;score
This method returns the current score. You get a higher score if you guess the word earlier on. The score persists over turns if you win:
print "Score: " . $g->score . "\n";won
Returns true if and only if they have won the game, i.e. if the answer equals the secret word.
lost
Returns true if and only if they have lost the game, i.e. if they have no more chances left
starting_chances
Sets the number of starting chances, i.e. the number of chances the player gets for each game. By default this is six.
SHOWING YOUR APPRECIATION
There was a thread on london.pm mailing list about working in a vacumn - that it was a bit depressing to keep writing modules but never get any feedback. So, if you use and like this module then please send me an email and make my day.
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AUTHOR
Leon Brocard <acme@astray.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001-8, Leon Brocard
LICENSE
This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.