UFO Project: Automatically Saying Guess Is Incorrect No Matter What

ryan.hurley.btc · August 19, 2020, 1:17pm

Hello - I have just about finished up the UFO Project but I am having some issues that I can not seem to get to the root of. I have cross referenced my coding to the solution and everything seems to match up, so I am sure its going to be a small syntax error I am making but still cant figure it out.

I’ve linked my code if anyone may be able to tell me where I am making the mistake here.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/codecademydev/6d06c9ff591337e66e1b2ac94e3544da

ufo.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include "ufo_functions.hpp"

int main() {


  std::string codeword = "codecademy\n";
  std::string answer = "__________\n";
  int misses = 0;

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ufo_functions.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

// Define functions

void display_status(std::vector<char> incorrect, std::string answer)
    {
      std::cout << "Incorrect Guesses:\n";
      for (int i = 0; i < incorrect.size(); i++) {
        std::cout << incorrect[i] << " ";

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ufo_functions.hpp

#include <vector>
// Define functions

void display_misses(int misses);
void display_status(std::vector<char> incorrect, std::string answer);
void end_game(std::string answer, std::string codeword);

// Declare functions

8-bit-gaming · August 19, 2020, 2:18pm

Hey there @ryan.hurley.btc

Take a look at your what happens inside your if block on line 21 in main.cpp:

if (letter == codeword[i]) {
        answer[i] == letter;
        guess == true;
      }

It seems you are using the equality operator instead of the assignment operator.