in this line
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currentAnswer.text?.replaceSubrange(currentIndex...currentIndex, with: characterString)
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and this line
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currentAnswer.text = currentAnswer.text?.replaceSubrange(range, with: characterString)
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are giving me the errors "Type of expression is ambiguous without more context" and
"No exact matches in call to instance method 'replaceSubrange", respectively.
I am trying to do two things. after extracting the buttontitle, i turned it into both a string and character. i am trying to check currentWord to see if it contains the buttonTitle variable, and if it does, I want to reveal the letter in the currentAnswer textfield. I got it to work, but the order was wrong, the position of each letter revealed was random. The second issue was if a letter appears in the word the user is trying to guess more than once, that letter should appear as many times in the currentAnswer textfield but it wouldn't and I have disable each letter if it is tapped so I obviously can't retap the letter again. Thanks for your help!
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var currentIndex = 0
var currentWord = String()
var scoreLabel: UILabel!
var wordLabel: UILabel!
var letters = ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z"]
var currentAnswer: UILabel!
var usedLetters = [Character]()
var wordList = ["arsenal", "mancity", "chelsea", "acmilan", "atlmdrd", "rmadrid", "munited"]
var activatedButtons = [UIButton]()
var letterButtonsArray = [UIButton]()
var score = 0
override func loadView() {
view = UIView()
view.backgroundColor = .white
scoreLabel = UILabel()
scoreLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
scoreLabel.text = "SCORE: "
scoreLabel.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 25)
view.addSubview(scoreLabel)
wordLabel = UILabel()
wordLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
wordLabel.numberOfLines = 0
wordLabel.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 28)
wordLabel.text = "Teams"
wordLabel.textAlignment = .center
wordLabel.setContentHuggingPriority(UILayoutPriority(1), for: .vertical)
view.addSubview(wordLabel)
currentAnswer = UILabel()
currentAnswer.textAlignment = .left
currentAnswer.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
currentAnswer.text = "_______"
currentAnswer.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 36)
currentAnswer.isUserInteractionEnabled = false
view.addSubview(currentAnswer)
let submit = UIButton(type: .system)
submit.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
submit.setTitle("SUBMIT", for: .normal)
submit.addTarget(self, action: #selector(submitTapped), for: .touchUpInside)
view.addSubview(submit)
let buttonView = UIView()
buttonView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.addSubview(buttonView)
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
scoreLabel.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.layoutMarginsGuide.trailingAnchor),
scoreLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.layoutMarginsGuide.topAnchor),
wordLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scoreLabel.bottomAnchor, constant: 25),
wordLabel.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.widthAnchor, multiplier: 0.8),
wordLabel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.layoutMarginsGuide.leadingAnchor, constant: 55),
currentAnswer.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: wordLabel.bottomAnchor, constant: 20),
currentAnswer.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.layoutMarginsGuide.widthAnchor, constant: 0.5),
currentAnswer.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor, constant: 320),
submit.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: currentAnswer.bottomAnchor, constant: 20),
submit.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor),
buttonView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: submit.bottomAnchor, constant: 20),
buttonView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 550),
buttonView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 320),
buttonView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.layoutMarginsGuide.bottomAnchor, constant: -20),
buttonView.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor),
buttonView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.layoutMarginsGuide.leadingAnchor, constant: 0),
buttonView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.layoutMarginsGuide.trailingAnchor, constant: 0)
])
let width = 80
let height = 60
for row in 0..<3{
for col in 0..<9{
let letterButton = UIButton(type: .system)
letterButton.titleLabel?.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 36)
letterButton.setTitle("A", for: .normal)
let frame = CGRect(x: col*width, y: row*height, width: width, height: height)
letterButton.frame = frame
buttonView.addSubview(letterButton)
letterButtonsArray.append(letterButton)
letterButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(letterTapped), for: .touchUpInside)
}
}
let lastbutton = buttonView.subviews.last
lastbutton?.removeFromSuperview()
letterButtonsArray.removeLast()
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
loadLevel()
startGame()
//end of view did load
}
func loadLevel(){
letterButtonsArray.shuffle()
letters.shuffle()
if letters.count == letterButtonsArray.count{
for i in 0..<letterButtonsArray.count{
letterButtonsArray[i].setTitle(letters[i], for: .normal)
}
}
}
func startGame(){
currentAnswer.text = ""
}
@objc func letterTapped(_ sender: UIButton){
// let characterlist = wordList.map{Array($0)}
// for sublist in characterlist {
// for char in sublist{
// usedLetters.append(char)
// print("usedLetters are \(usedLetters)")
guard let buttonTitle = sender.titleLabel?.text else {return}
let char = Character(buttonTitle.lowercased())
usedLetters.append(char)
let characterString = String(char)
print("used letters is \(usedLetters)")
sender.isHidden = true
currentWord = wordList[currentIndex]
// for character in currentWord{
// var CHARACTER = String()
// if usedLetters.contains(character){
// CHARACTER = String(character)
//
// }
// currentAnswer.text? += CHARACTER
//
// }
if currentWord.contains(characterString){
var indices = [Int]()
for (index, letter) in currentWord.enumerated() {
if letter == char{
indices.append(index)
}
}
for index in indices {
let currentIndex = currentWord.index(currentWord.startIndex, offsetBy: index)
currentAnswer.text = currentAnswer.text?.replaceSubrange(currentIndex...currentIndex, with: characterString)
let ranges = currentWord.ranges(of: characterString)
for range in ranges {
currentAnswer.text = currentAnswer.text?.replaceSubrange(range, with: characterString)
}
}
}
}
@objc func submitTapped(){
}
}
