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Option Explicit On
Option Strict Off

Public Class MainForm

    Private Sub exitButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles exitButton.Click
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

    Private Sub playButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles playButton.Click
        'Simulates the Hangman game

        Dim word As String
        Dim letter As String
        Dim isDashReplaced As Boolean
        Dim isGameOver As Boolean
        Dim incorrectCounter As Integer


        ' hide the picture boxes
        bottomPictureBox.Visible = False
        postPictureBox.Visible = False
        topPictureBox.Visible = False
        ropePictureBox.Visible = False
        headPictureBox.Visible = False
        bodyPictureBox.Visible = False
        rightArmPictureBox.Visible = False
        leftArmPictureBox.Visible = False
        rightLegPictureBox.Visible = False
        leftLegPictureBox.Visible = False

        'get a 5*letter word from the first player
        word = InputBox("Enter a word:", "Hangman Game")
        Do Until word.Length >= 0
            word = InputBox("Enter a word:", "Hangman Game")
        Loop

        'convert the word to uppercase
        word = word.ToUpper()

        'Display dashes in the wordLabel
        'and clear the incorrectLabel
        If word.Length = 1 Then
            wordLabel.Text = "-"
        End If
        If word.Length = 2 Then
            wordLabel.Text = "--"
        End If
        If word.Length = 3 Then
            wordLabel.Text = "---"
        End If
        If word.Length = 4 Then
            wordLabel.Text = "----"
        End If
        If word.Length = 5 Then
            wordLabel.Text = "-----"
        End If
        If word.Length = 6 Then
            wordLabel.Text = "------"
        End If
        If word.Length = 7 Then
            wordLabel.Text = "-------"
        End If
        If word.Length = 8 Then
            wordLabel.Text = "--------"
        End If
        If word.Length = 9 Then
            wordLabel.Text = "---------"
        End If
        If word.Length = 10 Then
            wordLabel.Text = "----------"
        End If

        incorrectLabel.Text = String.Empty

        'allow the second player to guess a letter
        'the game is over when the second player
        'either guesses the word or makes 10
        'incorrect guesses
        Do Until isGameOver

            'get a letter from the second player, then
            'convert the letter to uppercase
            letter = InputBox("Enter a letter", _
                "letter", "", 550, 400)
            letter = letter.ToUpper

            'Search the word for the next letter
            For indexNum As Integer = 0 To 9
                'if the word contains the letter, then
                'replace the dash in the wordLabel and
                'assign True to isDashReplaced to
                'indicate that a replacement was made
                If word.Substring(indexNum, 1) = letter Then
                    Mid(wordLabel.Text, indexNum + 1) = letter
                    isDashReplaced = True
                End If
            Next indexNum


            'determine wether a dash was replaced
            If isDashReplaced Then
                'if the word does not contain any dashes,
                'then the game is over because the second
                'player guessed the word; otherwise, reset
                'the isDashReplaced variable for the next
                'search
                If wordLabel.Text.Contains("-") = False Then
                    isGameOver = True
                    MessageBox.Show("Great guessing!", "Hangman Game", _
                        MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
                Else
                    isDashReplaced = False
                End If

            Else 'processed when no dash was replaced
                'display the incorrect letter, then update
                'the incorrect counter variable, then show
                'the appropriate picture box
                incorrectLabel.Text = incorrectLabel.Text & " " & letter
                incorrectCounter = incorrectCounter + 1
                Select Case incorrectCounter
                    Case 1
                        bottomPictureBox.Visible = True
                    Case 2
                        postPictureBox.Visible = True
                    Case 3
                        topPictureBox.Visible = True
                    Case 4
                        ropePictureBox.Visible = True
                    Case 5
                        headPictureBox.Visible = True
                    Case 6
                        bodyPictureBox.Visible = True
                    Case 7
                        rightArmPictureBox.Visible = True
                    Case 8
                        leftArmPictureBox.Visible = True
                    Case 9
                        rightLegPictureBox.Visible = True
                    Case 10
                        leftLegPictureBox.Visible = True
                        isGameOver = True
                        MessageBox.Show("Sorry, the word is " _
                            & word & ".", "Hangman Game", _
                            MessageBoxButtons.OK, _
                            MessageBoxIcon.Information)

                End Select
            End If
        Loop

    End Sub
End Class