/** * Author @Jake * 17/July/2019 **/ /* * Converted from my Java code "Guess the Programming Language" to JavaScript */ alert("Read the hint and guess the language. Please let me know if you find an error with the code or the hints!"); window.onload = function() { setWord(); document.getElementsByClassName("hint")[0].innerHTML = displayHint(); } var word, userguess, langs, choices; function guessGame() { langs = document.getElementById("lang"); userguess = langs.options[langs.selectedIndex].text; if(userguess != langs[0].text) { guess(userguess); } else { document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = "You must first select a language!Correct! " + "The language is: " + getWord() + "Wrong! " + "The language is: " + getWord() + ""; } } function generateHiddenWord() { choices = ["12-6-29-6", "21-34-27-36-15-17", "13", "13-25", "13-33-33", "28-3-11-7-27", "28-13-6-14-6", "21-36-21", "36-27-18-14", "12-6-29-6-28-13-23-11-21-27", "13-28-28", "4-15-27-14-11-17"]; return choices[Math.floor(Math.random() * choices.length)]; } function displayHint() { hint = "Hint: "; switch(wordHidden(getWord())) { case "13": return hint + "Considered to be the first high-level programming language."; case "12-6-29-6": return hint + "Started out as an accident, now considered the second most popular language."; case "21-34-27-36-15-17": return hint + "The current most preferred language for Artificial Intelligence(AI)."; case "36-27-18-14": return hint + "The standard markup language considered one of three cornerstone technologies for the World Wide Web."; case "13-28-28": return hint + "A style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language."; case "12-6-29-6-28-13-23-11-21-27": return hint + "An object-based scripting language designed specifically for documents on the World Wide Web."; case "28-13-6-14-6": return hint + "Based off of Java, this language was designed to grow with the demands of its users; A scalable language."; case "13-33-33": return hint + "The name signifies the evolutionary(increment) nature of the changes to the first high-level programming language."; case "13-25": return hint + "Popularly used with Unity in development of video games."; case "21-36-21": return hint + "With a blue elephant for a mascot, this general-purpose language was originally designed for web development."; case "28-3-11-7-27": return hint + "A language developed by Apple for use with iOS and Apple Products."; case "4-15-27-14-11-17": return hint + "A language developed by Jetbrains. Originally, primarily used in Android development."; default: return hint + "No hint set for: " + wordHidden(getWord()); } } var ref = "0E!WKDAF&GZIJCLO(NM63P:RQ#UTSV;BX+Y@H56'2-"; function wordHidden(word) { var out = ""; for(var i = 0; i < word.length; i++) { var letter = word.charAt(i); out = out.concat(ref.indexOf(letter)).toString(); if(i != word.length - 1) { out = out.concat("-"); } } return out; } function wordShown(wordAlgo) { var w = []; var ints = []; var algo = [...wordAlgo]; algo.forEach(function(algo, index, array){ if(algo != "-"){ ints.push(algo); } else { ints = ints.join(''); w.push(ref.charAt(parseInt(ints))); ints = []; } if(index === array.length -1){ ints = ints.join(''); w.push(ref.charAt(parseInt(ints))); } }); return w.join(''); }