There are three steps to this assignment:

Enter and compile the program

The hangman program

// hangman.cpp
// YOUR NAME HERE
// CLASS NAME AND SECTION HERE
// DATE HERE
// Program #0 for 1997 : A simple hangman program.

#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <string.h>

const int MAXLENGTH=80;
const int MAX_TRIES=5;

int letterFill (char, char*, char*);
void initUnknown (char*, char*);
void getWord (char*);

void main () {
  
  //
  // Variables:
  
  char word    [MAXLENGTH];
  char unknown [MAXLENGTH];
  char name    [MAXLENGTH];
  char letter;
  int num_of_wrong_guesses=0;
  ofstream fout("output.dat");
  
  //
  // program code:
  
  // Get a random word from the data file:
  getWord (word);
  
  // Initialize the secret word with the * character.	
  initUnknown(word, unknown);

  // welcome the user
  cout << endl << endl << "Welcome to hangman...without the graphics. :)";
  cout << endl << endl << "Each letter is represented by a star." << endl;
  cout << "You have " << MAX_TRIES << " tries to try and guess the word.";
  cout << endl << "Please enter your name " << flush;
  cin >> name;
  cout << endl;

  // echo to log file
  fout << "Welcome to hangman...without the graphics. :)";
  fout << endl << "Each letter is represented by a star." << endl;
  fout << "You have " << MAX_TRIES << " tries to try and guess the word.";
  fout << endl << "Please enter your name " << name << endl;
  
  // Loop until the guesses are used up
  while (num_of_wrong_guesses < MAX_TRIES) {
      
    // Display the unknown word/phrase
    cout << unknown << endl;
    cout << "Guess a letter: " << flush;
    cin >> letter;
    fout << unknown << endl;
    fout << "Guess a letter: " << letter;
      
    // Fill secret word with letter if the guess is correct,
    // otherwise increment the number of wrong guesses.
    if (letterFill(letter, word, unknown)==0) {
      cout << endl << "Whoops!  That letter isn't in there!" << endl;
      fout << endl << "Whoops!  That letter isn't in there!" << endl;
      num_of_wrong_guesses++;
    } else {
      cout << endl << "You found a letter! Isn't that exciting!" << endl;
      fout << endl << "You found a letter! Isn't that exciting!" << endl;
    }
      
    // Tell user how many guesses he/she has left.  
    cout << "You have " << MAX_TRIES-num_of_wrong_guesses;
    cout << " guesses left." << endl;
    fout << "You have " << MAX_TRIES-num_of_wrong_guesses;
    fout << " guesses left." << endl;
      
    // Check if they guessed the word.
    if (strcmp(word, unknown) == 0) {
      cout << word << endl;
      cout << "Yeah!  You got it!" << endl;
      fout << word << endl;
      fout << "Yeah!  You got it!" << endl;
      exit(0);
    }
  }
  cout << "Sorry, you lose...you've been hanged." << endl;
  cout << "The word was : " << word << endl;
  fout << "Sorry, you lose...you've been hanged." << endl;
  fout << "The word was : " << word << endl;
}

// Take a one character guess and the secret word, and fill in the 
// unfinished guessword. Returns number of characters matched.
// Also, returns zero if the character is already guessed.
int letterFill (char guess, char *secretword, char *guessword ) {
  int i;
  int matches=0;
  
  for (i = 0; i < MAXLENGTH; i++) {
    // Are we at end of word?
    if ( secretword[i] == 0 ) break;
      
    // Did we already match this letter in a previous guess?
    if (guess == guessword[i]) return 0;

    // Is the guess in the secret word?
    if (guess == secretword[i]) {
      guessword[i] = guess;
      matches++;
    }
  }
  return matches;
}

//
// Initialize the unknown word
//
void initUnknown (char *word, char *unknown) {
  int i;
  int length = strlen(word);
  
  for (i = 0; i < length; i++) unknown[i]='*';
  unknown[i] = 0;
}

//
// gets the random word from the file
//
void getWord(char *buf) {
  static ifstream fin("p:/course/cs302/public/Program0/hangman.dat");
  int x;
  int count=1;
  int wc;
  int i = 0;
  
  // initialize the random number generator
  srand(time(0));

  // use the random number
  wc = rand()%20;

  // move to the correct place in the file
  while (count < wc) {
    fin >> x;
    if (x==0) count++;
  }
  
  // read in the word
  do {
    fin >> x;
    buf[i++] = char (x);
  } while (x);
}