Moved file-reader into its own repo

Accidentally built hangman while practicing opening and reading from
text files. This is fun

go.mod

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+module file-reader
+
+go 1.22

main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
+	"os"
+	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var (
+	player        PlayerStats
+	names         []string
+	err           error
+	guess         string
+	guessLetter   rune
+	filePath      string
+	randWord      string
+	hiddenChars   []string
+	revealedChars []string
+)
+
+type PlayerStats struct {
+	name  string
+	lives int8
+}
+
+func fillSecrets() {
+	// Filling the array that will contain the unrevealed characters
+	for _, v := range randWord {
+		if string(v) == " " {
+			hiddenChars = append(hiddenChars, " ")
+		} else {
+			hiddenChars = append(hiddenChars, "_")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Filling the array that will contain the revealed characters
+	for _, v := range randWord {
+		revealedChars = append(revealedChars, string(v))
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	if len(os.Args) < 2 || len(os.Args) > 2 {
+		fmt.Println("Usage: ./file-reader words.txt")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	filePath = os.Args[1]
+	randWord = getWord(filePath)
+
+	fillSecrets()
+
+	for {
+		clear()
+
+		fmt.Printf("Welcome to the hanged man game!\nMay I know your name?\nName: ")
+		player.name = scanLine()
+		fmt.Printf("How many lives would you like to have?\nLives: ")
+		stringLives := scanLine()
+
+		intLives, err := strconv.Atoi(stringLives)
+		catchErr(err)
+		player.lives = int8(intLives)
+
+		clear()
+
+		fmt.Printf("Name: %v\n", player.name)
+		fmt.Printf("Lives: %v\n", player.lives)
+		fmt.Printf("Is this correct? [y/n] ")
+
+		var choice string
+		_, err = fmt.Scanln(&choice)
+		catchErr(err)
+		if choice == "y" {
+			game()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func getLetter(letter string) (isFound bool) {
+	isFound = false
+	for i, v := range randWord {
+		if letter == string(v) {
+			isFound = true
+			hiddenChars[i] = string(v)
+		}
+	}
+	return isFound
+}
+
+func gameStatus() {
+	clear()
+	fmt.Println("Player:", player.name)
+	fmt.Println("Lives:", player.lives)
+	fmt.Println("Word:", hiddenChars)
+}
+
+func checkWin() {
+	var winStatus bool = reflect.DeepEqual(revealedChars, hiddenChars)
+	if winStatus == true {
+		fmt.Println("You win!")
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+}
+
+func checkLose() {
+	if player.lives < 0 {
+		fmt.Println("You lose!")
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+}
+
+func game() {
+	for {
+		gameStatus()
+		checkLose()
+		checkWin()
+
+		fmt.Printf("Guess: ")
+		fmt.Scanln(&guess)
+
+		if getLetter(guess) != true {
+			fmt.Printf("Wrong!")
+			player.lives--
+			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func catchErr(err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(2)
+	}
+}
+
+func getWord(path string) (word string) {
+	file, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(2)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		names = append(names, scanner.Text())
+	}
+
+	randName := names[rand.Intn(len(names)-0)]
+	return randName
+}
+
+func clear() {
+	fmt.Print("\033[H\033[2J")
+}
+
+func scanLine() (line string) {
+	in := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+	lineNew, err := in.ReadString('\n')
+	catchErr(err)
+	line = strings.Trim(lineNew, "\n")
+	return line
+}

words.txt

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+fantastic
+achieve
+this is a spaced sentence
+this is another spaced sentence
+security
+tool
+this is an even bigger spaced sentence
+cathedral
+committee