Re^2: Hangman Assistant

Thanks for the effort!

I think your algorithm is the same as the one I initially used, suggesting the letter that is most common throughout the words. I think further investigation should be done, testing all the words and then seeing the data produced for each algorithm.

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Re^3: Hangman Assistant by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Jul 13, 2009 at 13:40 UTC
Lawliet, ...testing all the words and then seeing the data produced for each algorithm I suggested the very thing elsewhere in the thread. I can easily modify this code to only produce "lose" if it is unable to guess the word in the allowed number of wrong guesses or "win <total_guesses> <wrong_guesses>" if it does win. I haven't looked at your code so I would think it would be easier for you to modify it accordingly. Cheers - L~R	[reply]

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Re^3: Hangman Assistant
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Jul 13, 2009 at 13:40 UTC

Lawliet

...testing all the words and then seeing the data produced for each algorithm

I suggested the very thing elsewhere in the thread. I can easily modify this code to only produce "lose" if it is unable to guess the word in the allowed number of wrong guesses or "win <total_guesses> <wrong_guesses>" if it does win. I haven't looked at your code so I would think it would be easier for you to modify it accordingly.

Cheers - L~R

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