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Hello:

 

I would like to display the first character of a word:

like this:

   

            c _ _ _ _

and then all the rest is underline spaces

 

i created this function but i do not know how to add in the theWord.charAt(0).

 

I tried this:  pattern += theWord.charAt(0) + " _ ";

 

but i got this c _ c _ c _ .... which is not what i want

 

function displayPattern(theWord)
{
var pattern= " ";

  for(i=0; i<theWord.length; i++)
  {
    if(theWord.charAt(i)==" ")
    {
      pattern += " ";
    }
    
    else pattern += " _ ";
  }
  
  document.myLingo.toGuess.value=pattern;

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

 

 

function getMask(theWord) {
    return theWord.toUpperCase().replace(/[A-Z]/, "_");
}

function revealMask(theWord, wordMask, letter) {
    if (!letter) return theWord;

    var length = theWord.length;
    for (var i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
        if (theWord.charAt(i) == letter) {
            wordMask[i] = letter;
        }
    }
    return wordMask;
}

 

Don't use " _ " use CSS instead (letter-spacing) and use a monospaced font. It's funny you create something like this as I have created the same thing but used PHP instead you can have a look at:

 

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wetmhyguem3/hangman.zip

 

I use it mainly for my own pleasure and I don't recommend using it in any production environment

Damn, salathe beat me to it. Ah well, here is a working example:

 

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

function displayPattern(theWord)
{
    var pattern = theWord.replace(/(?!^)\w/g, "_")
    document.getElementById('pattern').innerHTML = pattern;
    return;
}

</script>
</head>
<body>
Select a phrase:<br />
<select onchange="displayPattern(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
    <option value="">-- Select One --</option>
    <option value="The First Option">The First Option</option>
    <option value="Another Option">Another Option</option>
    <option value="Last Option">Last Option</option>
</select>
<br /><br /><br />
Pattern:<br />
<div id="pattern" style="letter-spacing:6px"></div>

</body>
</html>

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