Hangman Game in Golang

Goal

The goal of this project is to create a command-line Hangman game in Golang. The script lets you play Hangman by guessing letters of a hidden word, with a limited number of attempts.

What I used

• fmt for displaying output and reading user input
• os for handling command-line arguments and exiting on error
• strings for formatting output
• Slices and runes for word and letter management

You need Golang

If you don't have Golang installed, run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install golang-go

How to use it?

Run the script with the following argument:

go run . <word>

• <word>: the word to guess (letters only, no spaces or symbols)

Example

go run . banane

You should see something like:

What you currently found:
_ _ _ _ _ _
The letters you already chose: 
You still have 10 lives
Choose a letter: 

Then, follow the prompts to guess letters. The game ends when you find the word or run out of lives.

If you provide an invalid word (with non-letter characters), the script will print an error message and exit.

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Enjoy playing Hangman in your terminal!