comp110-worksheet-B

Base repository for COMP110 worksheet B

Submission of: Paul Rauca

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//Convention: '//' will be used to denote comment lines

//Declaration of the 2 words: the computer-generated secret word and the user input

secret_word <- random word
player_guess <- input word

//NOTE 1: the following while loop can be safely omitted if we
//consider both words (secret_word and player_guess) to be 
//of the same length by default

while length of player_guess is not equal to length of secret_word do:
	player_guess <- input word
end while

attempts <- 1
word_was_guessed <- false
similarity <- 0

//the program prompts for user input while the user still has attempts left or until they guess the word

while attempts <= 5 or word_was_guessed is false do:
	
	//Similarity calculation	
	
	for each letter in secret_word
		if player_guess[letter] = secret_word[letter] then:
			similarity <- similarity + 1
		end if

	print 'Similarity of words is' + similarity
	
	//Check if the user guess was correct
	
	if similarity = length of secret_word then:
		word_was_guessed <- true
	end if

	if word_was_guessed = false then:
		player_guess <- input word

		//See NOTE 1 regarding the while loop below

		while length of player_guess is not equal to length of secret_word do:
			player_guess <- input word
		end while
		
		//number of (failed) attempts is increased by 1 and the similarity score is reset for the next attempt
		
		attempts <- attempts + 1
		similarity <- 0
end while

//If the user guessed the word, a positive message is displayed. and a negative message otherwise

if word_was_guessed = true then:
	print 'Perfect match! Accessing terminal...'
else
	print 'TERMINAL LOCKED'
	print 'PLEASE CONTACT AN ADMINISTRATOR'
end if

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