From 41b10c4d8a9dfad42776eae6fc67341d21ce11ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Bosman <stevebosman@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 11:41:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 96 Word: Name the variables

---
 96_Word/javascript/word.js | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

diff --git a/96_Word/javascript/word.js b/96_Word/javascript/word.js
index 8e5d4551..0d0ebe33 100644
--- a/96_Word/javascript/word.js
+++ b/96_Word/javascript/word.js
@@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ const words = ["DINKY", "SMOKE", "WATER", "GLASS", "TRAIN",
              "MIGHT", "FIRST", "CANDY", "CHAMP", "WOULD",
              "CLUMP", "DOPEY"];
 
-const s = [];
-const a = [];
-const l = [];
-const d = [];
-const p = [];
+const secretWordDetails = [];
+const knownLettersDetails = [];
+const guessDetails = [];
+const lettersInCommonDetails = [];
 
 // Main control section
 async function main()
@@ -65,82 +64,90 @@ async function main()
         print("\n");
         print("\n");
         print("YOU ARE STARTING A NEW GAME...\n");
-        let n = words.length;
-        let ss = words[Math.floor(Math.random() * n)];
-        let g = 0;
-        s[0] = ss.length;
-        for (let i = 1; i <= ss.length; i++)
-            s[i] = ss.charCodeAt(i - 1);
+
+        const n = words.length;
+        const secretWord = words[Math.floor(Math.random() * n)];
+
+        let guessCount = 0;
+        secretWordDetails[0] = secretWord.length;
+        for (let i = 1; i <= secretWord.length; i++)
+            secretWordDetails[i] = secretWord.charCodeAt(i - 1);
         for (let i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
-            a[i] = 45;
+            knownLettersDetails[i] = "-".charCodeAt(0);
         for (let j = 1; j <= 5; j++)
-            p[j] = 0;
-        let ls = undefined;
+            lettersInCommonDetails[j] = 0;
+
+        let guess = undefined;
         while (1) {
             print("GUESS A FIVE LETTER WORD");
-            ls = (await input()).toUpperCase();
-            g++;
-            if (ss === ls)
+            guess = (await input()).toUpperCase();
+            guessCount++;
+            if (secretWord === guess)
                 break;
             for (let i = 1; i <= 7; i++)
-                p[i] = 0;
-            l[0] = ls.length;
-            for (let i = 1; i <= ls.length; i++) {
-                l[i] = ls.charCodeAt(i - 1);
+                lettersInCommonDetails[i] = 0;
+
+            // store detail about the guess
+            guessDetails[0] = guess.length;
+            for (let i = 1; i <= guess.length; i++) {
+                guessDetails[i] = guess.charCodeAt(i - 1);
             }
-            if (l[1] === 63) {
-                print("THE SECRET WORD IS " + ss + "\n");
+
+            if (guessDetails[1] === 63) {
+                print("THE SECRET WORD IS " + secretWord + "\n");
                 print("\n");
                 break;
             }
-            if (l[0] !== 5) {
+            if (guessDetails[0] !== 5) {
                 print("YOU MUST GUESS A 5 LETTER WORD.  START AGAIN.\n");
                 print("\n");
-                g--;
+                guessCount--;
                 continue;
             }
-            let m = 0;
-            let q = 1;
+            let lettersInCommonCount = 0;
+            let nextCorrectLetterIndex = 1;
             for (let i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
                 for (let j = 1; j <= 5; j++) {
-                    if (s[i] === l[j]) {
-                        p[q] = l[j];
-                        q++;
+                    if (secretWordDetails[i] === guessDetails[j]) {
+                        lettersInCommonDetails[nextCorrectLetterIndex] = guessDetails[j];
+                        nextCorrectLetterIndex++;
                         if (i === j)
-                            a[j] = l[j];
-                        m++;
+                            knownLettersDetails[j] = guessDetails[j];
+                        lettersInCommonCount++;
                     }
                 }
             }
-            a[0] = 5;
-            p[0] = m;
-            let as = "";
-            for (let i = 1; i <= a[0]; i++)
-                as += String.fromCharCode(a[i]);
-            let ps = "";
-            for (let i = 1; i <= p[0]; i++)
-                ps += String.fromCharCode(p[i]);
-            print("THERE WERE " + m + " MATCHES AND THE COMMON LETTERS WERE... " + ps + "\n");
-            print("FROM THE EXACT LETTER MATCHES, YOU KNOW............ " + as + "\n");
-            if (as === ss) {
-                ls = as;
+            knownLettersDetails[0] = 5;
+            lettersInCommonDetails[0] = lettersInCommonCount;
+
+            let lettersInCommonText = "";
+            for (let i = 1; i <= lettersInCommonDetails[0]; i++)
+                lettersInCommonText += String.fromCharCode(lettersInCommonDetails[i]);
+            print("THERE WERE " + lettersInCommonCount + " MATCHES AND THE COMMON LETTERS WERE... " + lettersInCommonText + "\n");
+
+            let knownLettersText = "";
+            for (let i = 1; i <= knownLettersDetails[0]; i++)
+                knownLettersText += String.fromCharCode(knownLettersDetails[i]);
+            print("FROM THE EXACT LETTER MATCHES, YOU KNOW............ " + knownLettersText + "\n");
+            if (knownLettersText === secretWord) {
+                guess = knownLettersText;
                 break;
             }
-            if (m <= 1) {
+            if (lettersInCommonCount <= 1) {
                 print("\n");
                 print("IF YOU GIVE UP, TYPE '?' FOR YOUR NEXT GUESS.\n");
                 print("\n");
             }
         }
-        if (ss === ls) {
-            print("YOU HAVE GUESSED THE WORD.  IT TOOK " + g + " GUESSES!\n");
+        if (secretWord === guess) {
+            print("YOU HAVE GUESSED THE WORD.  IT TOOK " + guessCount + " GUESSES!\n");
             print("\n");
         } else {
             continue;
         }
         print("WANT TO PLAY AGAIN");
-        let qs = (await input()).toUpperCase();
-        if (qs !== "YES")
+        const playAgainResponse = (await input()).toUpperCase();
+        if (playAgainResponse !== "YES")
             break;
     }
 }