Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts by Steve Pugh

Author:Steve Pugh [Pugh, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9781593271824
Publisher: No Starch Press

The Code

unless ARGV[0] and File.exists?(ARGV[0])

puts "\n\nUsage is wordScramble.rb <word.file>\n\n"

exit

end

tries = 10

words = File.readlines(ARGV[0])

mystery_word = words[rand(words.size)].chomp

scramble_word = mystery_word.split(//).sort_by{rand}.join

scramble_word.downcase!

puts "\n\n\nThe scrambled word is: #{scramble_word}"

puts "Guess the word..."

puts "You have #{tries} guesses left."

guess = $stdin.gets.chomp.downcase

while guess =~ /[^Qq]/

if tries == 0

puts "\n\nNice try, but the word is: #{mystery_word}."

exit

elsif guess != mystery_word.downcase

puts "\nYour guess was incorrect. #{tries-=1} left..."

puts "\nThe scrambled word is: #{scramble_word}."

guess = $stdin.gets.chomp.downcase

else

puts "\n\n\nYou got it, great job!\n\n"

puts "Press <Enter> to continue."

$stdin.gets

exit

end

end

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