(Game: hangman) Rewrite Programming Exercise 7.35. The program reads the words stored in a text file named hangman.txt. Words are delimited by spaces

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* (Game: hangman) Rewrite Programming Exercise 7.35. The program reads the words *
* stored in a text file named hangman.txt. Words are delimited by spaces.        *
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import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Exercise_12_17 {
	/* Main method */
	public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

		String play; // 'y' or 'n'
		do {
			// Generate a random word 
			char[] word = getWord();
			
			// Display each letter in the word as an asterisk.
			char[] asterisks = new char[word.length];
			fillAsterisks(asterisks);

			int missed = 0; // number of wrong guesses
			do {
				// Prompt the user to guess one letter
				char guess = getGuess(asterisks);		
				
				// Check if is letter is correct
				if (!isCorrectGuess(word, asterisks, guess))
					missed++;
					
			} while (!isWordFinish(asterisks));
			
			// Print results
			print(word, missed);
			
			// Ask the user whether to continue to play with another word
			System.out.println("Do you want to guess another word? Enter y or n>");
			play = input.next();

		} while (play.charAt(0) == 'y');
	}

	/* getWord randomly generates a word from a file */
	public static char[] getWord() throws FileNotFoundException {
		// Create File object
	 	File file = openFile();

	 	// Create an ArrayList
		ArrayList<String> words = new ArrayList<>();
		try (
			// Create input file
			Scanner input = new Scanner(file);
		) {
			while (input.hasNext()) {
				words.add(input.next());
			}
		}

		// Pick a random string
		String pick = words.get((int)(Math.random() * words.size()));

		// Convert string to character array
		char[] word = pick.toCharArray();
	
		return word;
	}

	/** Return File object */
	public static File openFile() throws FileNotFoundException {
		File file = new File("hangman.txt");

		// Check if file exists
		if (!file.exists()) {
			System.out.print("File " + file.getName() + " does not exist");
			System.exit(1);
		}
		return file;
	}

	/** fillAsterisks initializes a list with asterisks */
	public static void fillAsterisks(char[] list) {
		for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
			list[i] = '*';
		}
	}

	/** checkGuess tests if the users guess was correct */
	public static boolean isCorrectGuess(char[] word, char[] blanks, char guess) {
		boolean correct = false;
		int message = 2;
		for (int i = 0; i < word.length; i++) {
			if (word[i] == guess) {
				correct = true;
				if (blanks[i] == guess)
					message = 1;
				else { 
					blanks[i] = guess; // the actual letter is then displayed.
					message = 0;
				}
			}
		}
		if (message > 0)
			print(message, guess);
		return correct;
	}

	/** isWordFinish */
	public static boolean isWordFinish(char[] blanks) {
		for (char e: blanks) {
			if (e == '*')
				return false;
		}
		return true;
	}

	/** print overloaded */
	public static void print(char[] word, int missed) {
		System.out.print("The word is ");
		System.out.print(word);
		System.out.println(" You missed " + missed + 
			(missed > 1 ? " times" : " time"));
	}

	/** print overloaded */
	public static void print(int m, char guess) {
		System.out.print("\t" + guess);
		switch (m) {
			case 1 : System.out.println(" is already in the word"); break;
			case 2 : System.out.println(" is not in the word");
		}
	}

	/** getGuess prompts the user to guess one letter at a time */
	public static char getGuess(char[] asterisks){
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.print("(Guess) Enter a letter in word ");
		System.out.print(asterisks);
		System.out.print(" > ");
		String g = input.next();
		return g.charAt(0);
	}
}