wordle prog 1

import java.util.Scanner;
public class WordGame {
    public static boolean isLetterInPlace(String answer, String guess, int position) {
    if (answer.charAt(position) == guess.charAt(position)) {
    //if the nth char of the "answer" string matches the nth char of the "guess" string, returns true, otherwise returns false
        return true;
        }
    else {
        return false;
        }
    }
    public static boolean isLetterInWord(String answer, char c) {
            int positionliw = 0;
            //position, liw is an abbreviation for letter in word
            final int LENGTH = answer.length();
            while (positionliw < LENGTH) {
            if (answer.charAt(positionliw) == c) {
            //if the char being checked in answer matches the char we are looking for from the guess, returns true
                return true;
            }
            positionliw++;
            //checks the next char of the answer for that same char
            }
            return false;
            //if it's nowhere to be found, returns false, the letter not being in the word at any position
            }
    public static int countLettersInPlace(String answer, String guess) {
        int position = 0;
        int lettersinplace = 0;
        final int LENGTH = guess.length();
        while (position < LENGTH) {
            if (isLetterInPlace(answer, guess, position)) {
                lettersinplace++;
                //adds +1 to the count of letters that are correctly placed
            }
            position++;
            //checks if the next letter is correctly placed
        }
        return lettersinplace;
        //returns number of correctly placed letters
    }
    public static int countLettersInWord(String answer, String guess) {
        int current = 0;
        //current char position
        int lettersinword = 0;
        final int LENGTH = guess.length();
        while (current < LENGTH) {
            char c = guess.charAt(current);
            //updates char every loop since we are changing the current position every loop (otherwise it would just check the same char for all 5 loops)
            if (isLetterInWord(answer, c)) {
                lettersinword++;
            //adds to count of correctly guessed (but possibly incorrectly placed) letters
            }
            current++;
            //checks next letter
        }
        return lettersinword;
        //returns number of correctly guessed (but possibly incorrectly placed) letters
    }
    public static boolean assessWord(String answer, String guess) {
        int lettersinplace = countLettersInPlace(answer, guess);
        //calls letter-in-place-counting method to check how many letters from answer and guess match up
        int lettersinword = countLettersInWord(answer, guess);
        //same thing only with letter-in-word-counting method
        System.out.println(guess +" has " +lettersinplace +" correctly placed letters");
        System.out.println(lettersinword +" of the letters in " +guess +" were also in the answer");
        if (lettersinplace == answer.length()) {
            return true;
            //lets runGame method know whether the player guessed the word correctly
        }
        else {
        return false;
        }
    }
    public static void runGame(String answer) {
        int loops = 0;
        Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Type in your guess:");
        String guess = reader.next();
        boolean finishStatus = false;
        while (loops <= 12 && finishStatus == false) {
        //had to add a boolean to break the loop in the case of a successful guess
            if (assessWord(answer, guess)) {
                System.out.println("Congratulations, you guessed the word!");
                finishStatus = true;
                //changes boolean to "true" which makes it no longer eligible for the loop condition
        }
            else {
                loops++;
                System.out.println("Type in your guess:");
                guess = reader.next();
                //lets the user try again
        }
        }
        if (finishStatus == false)
        //if the user still hasn't guessed correctly in the last loop, prints out game over message
        {
        System.out.println("You lost :(");
    }
    }
    public static void main(String[]args) {
        Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Please enter word");
        //input answer
        String answer = reader.next();
        runGame(answer);
        //run game based on this answer
    }
}