CHAPTER 9
Code Explanation
var j; Iterates
var uniqueid; Used to create unique identifiers for elements
var thingelem; Holds the element
var out; Displays a message
for (i=0;i<secret.length;i++) { Iterates over the letters in the secret word
if (picked==secret[i]) { Says, “If the player guessed letter is equal to
this letter in secret...”
id = "s"+String(i); Constructs the identifier for this letter
document.getElementById(id).
textContent = picked;
Changes the text content to be the letternot = false; Sets not to false
lettersguessed++; Increment the number of letters identified
correctly
if (lettersguessed==secret.length) { Says, “If the whole secret word has been
guessed...”
ctx.fillStyle=gallowscolor; Sets the color, which uses the brown of the
gallows but could be anything
out = "You won!"; Sets the message
ctx.fillText(out,200,80); Displays the message
ctx.fillText("Re-load the page to
try again.",200,120);
Displays another messagefor (j=0;j<alphabet.length;j++) { Iterates over the whole alphabet
uniqueid = "a"+String(j); Constructs the identifier
thingelem = document.getElementById
(uniqueid);
Gets the element