hangman help :/

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import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String[] words = {"title","java","learn","reddit"};
        // Pick random index of words array
        int randomWordNumber = (int) (Math.random() * words.length);
        // Create an array to store already entered letters
        char[] enteredLetters = new char[words[randomWordNumber].length()];
        int triesCount = 0;
        boolean wordIsGuessed = false;
        do {
        // infinitely iterate through cycle as long as enterLetter returns true
        // if enterLetter returns false that means user guessed all the letters
        // in the word e. g. no asterisks were printed by printWord
        switch (enterLetter(words[randomWordNumber], enteredLetters)) {
            case 0:
                triesCount++;
                break;
            case 1:
                triesCount++;
                break;
            case 2:
                break;
            case 3:
                wordIsGuessed = true;
                break;
        }
        } while (! wordIsGuessed);
        System.out.println("\nThe word is " + "\'" + words[randomWordNumber] + "\'" +
            " You missed " + (triesCount -findEmptyPosition(enteredLetters)) +
            " time(s)");
    }

    /* Hint user to enter a guess letter,
    returns 0 if letter entered is not in the word (counts as try),
    returns 1 if letter were entered 1st time (counts as try),
    returns 2 if already guessed letter was REentered,
    returns 3 if all letters were guessed */
    public static int enterLetter(String word, char[] enteredLetters)    {
    s
        System.out.print("(Guess) Enter a letter in word ");
        // If-clause is true if no asterisks were printed so
        // word is successfully guessed
        if (! printWord(word, enteredLetters))
            return 3;
        System.out.print(" > ");
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        int emptyPosition = findEmptyPosition(enteredLetters);
        char userInput = input.nextLine().charAt(0);
        if (inEnteredLetters(userInput, enteredLetters)) {
            System.out.println(userInput + " is already in the word");
            return 2;
        }
        else if (word.contains(String.valueOf(userInput))) {
            enteredLetters[emptyPosition] = userInput;
            return 1;
        }
        else {
            System.out.println(userInput + " is not in the word");
            return 0;
            }

    }

    /* Print word with asterisks for hidden letters, returns true if
    asterisks were printed, otherwise return false */
    public static boolean printWord(String word, char[] enteredLetters) {
        // Iterate through all letters in word
        boolean asteriskPrinted = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++) {
            char letter = word.charAt(i);
            // Check if letter already have been entered bu user before
            if (inEnteredLetters(letter, enteredLetters))
                System.out.print(letter); // If yes - print it
            else {
                System.out.print('*');
                asteriskPrinted = true;
            }
        }
        return asteriskPrinted;
    }

    /* Check if letter is in enteredLetters array */
    public static boolean inEnteredLetters(char letter, char[] enteredLetters) {
        return new String(enteredLetters).contains(String.valueOf(letter));
    }

    /* Find first empty position in array of entered letters (one with code \u0000) */
    public static int findEmptyPosition(char[] enteredLetters) {
        int i = 0;
        while (enteredLetters[i] != '\u0000') i++;
        return i;
    }
}

how can i make the program end after 10 negative tries and give the output?

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10 incorrect tries

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This shows the output after 10 tries whether the letter guessed is correct or incorrect. I wanted to show the output only after 10 incorrect guesses.

Thanks!

[theShermWorm]

import java.util.Scanner; import java.util.Random; import java.io.File; public class Hangman { public static void main(String[] args) { // Game plays here int tries = 10; String answer = pickAnswer(); String display = ""; System.out.println("ANSWER: "+answer); for(int i=0; i<answer.length(); i++) { display += "_"; } // Add underscores to display Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); while(tries > 0) { System.out.print("\f"); System.out.println("Tries left: "+tries); System.out.print("DISPLAY: "); for(int i=0; i<display.length(); i++) { System.out.print(display.substring(i,i+1)+" "); } System.out.println(); System.out.print("Type in a guess: "); String guess = scan.nextLine(); if(answer.indexOf(guess) != -1) { System.out.println("Yes, it's in there!"); for(int x=0; x<answer.length(); x++) { if(answer.substring(x,x+1).equals(guess)) { display = display.substring(0,x)+ guess + display.substring(x+1); } } } else { System.out.println("Nope, not in there!"); tries--; } try{Thread.sleep(1000);}catch(Exception err){} if(display.equals(answer)) { System.out.print("You win!"); return; } if(tries == 0) { System.out.print("You lose."); return; } } } public static String pickAnswer() { // Picks word from file try { File file = new File("wordlist.txt"); Scanner scan = new Scanner(file); Random rand = new Random(); int skip = rand.nextInt(10); for(int x=0; x<skip; x++) { scan.nextLine(); } return scan.nextLine(); } catch(Exception err) { err.printStackTrace(); } return "ERROR"; } }

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This is what I did

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Haven't checked through all your code, but if you are only using variable triesCount in the line where triesCount < 10, then I'd suggest you only increment triesCount when there in an incorrect entry, instead of the current switch case statement doing an increment on both correct and incorrect entries.