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Now that we have our Insert procedure, let’s look at the main script of
the game, shown in Figure 8-9.
Figure 8-9: The main script for the Fix My Spelling game
The alpha string contains all the letters of the alphabet. It will provide
the random letter to insert into the word we want to misspell u. The script
randomly picks a word from a premade list and saves that word as inWord v.
You’ll learn more about lists in the next chapter; for now, just think of this
list as a word bank. The script then selects a random letter (randChar) from
alpha w and a random position (randPos) to place this letter into inWord x.
The script then calls our Insert procedure to create the misspelled word
(strOut) y. After that, the script starts a loop to get the player’s answer z.
Inside the loop, the script asks the player to enter the correct spelling {,
and it uses an if/else block to check the answer |. If the player’s answer
matches the original word (inWord), the game ends; otherwise, the player
has to try again.
try it out 8-3
FixMySpelling Load FixMySpelling.sb2 and play it several times to understand how it works .
.sb2 Can you modify the game such that the corrupt word contains two additional
letters instead of just one?
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