Simple Java Hangman Assignment
<p>I'm stuck on a java assignment for a class where we need to make a Hangman game but a REALLY BASIC one (It's an intro to Java class). Basically I have a word entered by someone and the other person has to guess the word but they dont see the word so it displays it like this for example (if the word is aardvark)<br /></p>

<p>* * * * * * * *</p>

<p>Then the user inputs a letter and if its part of the word it then displays those letters, example:<br /></p>

<p>Enter letter: a<br />
a a * * * a * *</p>

<p>Enter letter: k<br />
a a * * * a * k</p>

<p>Enter letter: r<br />
a a r * * a r k </p>

<p>And so one...so yeah I've been stuck on this for a while and I REALLY need help
Thanks</p>

<p>P.S: This is an intro class so all I know so far are loops (for, while, do while etc), if, if/else, switch statements etc.</p>

<pre><code>import java.util.Scanner;

public class ass_2 {

/**
 * @param args
 */
public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    //  public static final Comparator&lt;secretWord&gt; CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER;

    int attempts = 10;
    int wordLength;
    boolean solved;
    Scanner userInput = new Scanner(System.in);


    System.out.println("OK Guessing Player ... turn around, while your friend enters the word to guess!\n");
    System.out.println("Other Player ‐ Enter your word (letters only, no repeated letters and not case sensitive):");

    String secretWord = userInput.next();


    // 20 blank spaces WITH a for loop, we're smart!
    for(int i = 1; i &lt;= 20; i++)
        System.out.print("\n");


        Scanner userLetter = new Scanner(System.in);
        String letter;

        System.out.print("Word to date: ");
        for (int i = 0; i &lt; secretWord.length(); i++)
        {
            System.out.print("*");
        }

        while (attempts &lt;= 10 &amp;&amp; attempts &gt; 0)
        {
            System.out.println("\nAttempts left: " + attempts);
            System.out.print("Enter letter: ");

            attempts--;
        }

        System.out.println("\n---------------------------");
        System.out.println("Sorry you didn't find the mystery word!");
        System.out.println("It was \"" + secretWord + "\"");

}
</code></pre>

<p>}</p>

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