Added OS-agnostic screen clearing

go.mod

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 module hangman
 
 go 1.22
+
+require (
+	github.com/inancgumus/screen v0.0.0-20190314163918-06e984b86ed3 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.17.0 // indirect
+)

go.sum

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+github.com/inancgumus/screen v0.0.0-20190314163918-06e984b86ed3 h1:fO9A67/izFYFYky7l1pDP5Dr0BTCRkaQJUG6Jm5ehsk=
+github.com/inancgumus/screen v0.0.0-20190314163918-06e984b86ed3/go.mod h1:Ey4uAp+LvIl+s5jRbOHLcZpUDnkjLBROl15fZLwPlTM=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0 h1:ENy+Az/9Y1vSrlrvBSyna3PITt4tiZLf7sgCjZBX7Wo=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDfU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 h1:25cE3gD+tdBA7lp7QfhuV+rJiE9YXTcS3VG1SqssI/Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/term v0.17.0 h1:mkTF7LCd6WGJNL3K1Ad7kwxNfYAW6a8a8QqtMblp/4U=
+golang.org/x/term v0.17.0/go.mod h1:lLRBjIVuehSbZlaOtGMbcMncT+aqLLLmKrsjNrUguwk=

main.go

@@ -3,18 +3,16 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/inancgumus/screen"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
-// This is a branch testing comment
-
-// This is yet another comment for the sake of testing branches
-
 var (
 	player        PlayerStats
 	names         []string
@@ -63,6 +61,8 @@ func main() {
 	for {
 		clear()
 
+		// TODO: Use type assertions to do error handling
+
 		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: ")
@@ -243,15 +243,44 @@ func getWord(path string) (word string) {
 	return randName
 }
 
-// TODO: Add OS agnostic clearing
+// func setClear() {
+// 	switch runtime.GOOS {
+// 	case "linux":
+// 		fmt.Println("You're using linux")
+// 		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+// 		clearCommand = exec.Command("clear")
+// 		clearCommand.Stdout = os.Stdout
+// 	case "windows":
+// 		fmt.Println("You're using windows")
+// 		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+// 		clearCommand = exec.Command("cmd", "/c", "cls")
+// 		clearCommand.Stdout = os.Stdout
+// 	default:
+// 		fmt.Println("Huh?")
+// 		os.Exit(1)
+// 	}
+// }
+
 func clear() {
-	fmt.Print("\033[H\033[2J")
+	screen.Clear()
+	screen.MoveTopLeft()
+	//fmt.Print("\033[H\033[2J")
 }
 
 func scanLine() (line string) {
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "linux":
 		in := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
 		lineNew, err := in.ReadString('\n')
 		catchErr(err)
 		line = strings.Trim(lineNew, "\n")
+
+	// I hate Windows
+	case "windows":
+		in := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+		lineNew, err := in.ReadString('\r')
+		catchErr(err)
+		line = strings.Trim(lineNew, "\r")
+	}
 	return line
 }