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  1. huytd revised this gist Feb 2, 2022. 1 changed file with 13 additions and 13 deletions.
    26 changes: 13 additions & 13 deletions wordle.sh
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    @@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
    words=($(grep '^\w\w\w\w\w$' /usr/share/dict/words | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'))
    actual=${words[$[$RANDOM % ${#words[@]}]]}
    end=false
    guess_count=0
    max_guess=6
    actual=${words[$[$RANDOM % ${#words[@]}]]} end=false guess_count=0 max_guess=6
    if [[ $1 == "unlimit" ]]; then
    max_guess=999999
    fi
    @@ -13,7 +10,7 @@ while [[ $end != true ]]; do
    read guess
    guess=$(echo $guess | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]')
    if [[ " ${words[*]} " =~ " $guess " ]]; then
    output=""
    output="" remaining=""
    if [[ $actual == $guess ]]; then
    echo "You guessed right!"
    for ((i = 0; i < ${#actual}; i++)); do
    @@ -22,18 +19,21 @@ while [[ $end != true ]]; do
    printf "$output\n"
    end=true
    else
    c_actual=$actual
    for ((i = ${#actual}-1; i >= 0; i--)); do
    for ((i = 0; i < ${#actual}; i++)); do
    if [[ "${actual:$i:1}" != "${guess:$i:1}" ]]; then
    remaining+=${actual:$i:1}
    fi
    done
    for ((i = 0; i < ${#actual}; i++)); do
    if [[ "${actual:$i:1}" != "${guess:$i:1}" ]]; then
    if [[ "$c_actual" == *"${guess:$i:1}"* ]]; then
    c_actual=$(echo $c_actual | sed "s/${guess:$i:1}//")
    output="\033[30;103m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m$output"
    if [[ "$remaining" == *"${guess:$i:1}"* ]]; then
    output+="\033[30;103m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    remaining=${remaining/"${guess:$i:1}"/}
    else
    output="\033[30;107m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m$output"
    output+="\033[30;107m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    fi
    else
    output="\033[30;102m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m$output"
    c_actual=$(echo $c_actual | sed "s/${guess:$i:1}//")
    output+="\033[30;102m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    fi
    done
    printf "$output\n"
  2. huytd revised this gist Feb 2, 2022. 1 changed file with 8 additions and 8 deletions.
    16 changes: 8 additions & 8 deletions wordle.sh
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    @@ -13,28 +13,28 @@ while [[ $end != true ]]; do
    read guess
    guess=$(echo $guess | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]')
    if [[ " ${words[*]} " =~ " $guess " ]]; then
    output=""
    if [[ $actual == $guess ]]; then
    echo "You guessed right!"
    output=""
    for ((i = 0; i < ${#actual}; i++)); do
    output+="\033[30;102m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    done
    printf "$output\n"
    end=true
    else
    output=""
    c_actual=$actual
    for ((i = 0; i < ${#actual}; i++)); do
    if [[ "${c_actual:$i:1}" != "${guess:$i:1}" ]]; then
    for ((i = ${#actual}-1; i >= 0; i--)); do
    if [[ "${actual:$i:1}" != "${guess:$i:1}" ]]; then
    if [[ "$c_actual" == *"${guess:$i:1}"* ]]; then
    output+="\033[30;103m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    c_actual=$(echo $c_actual | sed "s/${guess:$i:1}//")
    output="\033[30;103m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m$output"
    else
    output+="\033[30;107m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    output="\033[30;107m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m$output"
    fi
    else
    output+="\033[30;102m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    output="\033[30;102m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m$output"
    c_actual=$(echo $c_actual | sed "s/${guess:$i:1}//")
    fi
    c_actual=$(echo $c_actual | sed "s/${guess:$i:1}//")
    done
    printf "$output\n"
    fi
  3. huytd revised this gist Feb 2, 2022. 1 changed file with 5 additions and 3 deletions.
    8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions wordle.sh
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    @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ while [[ $end != true ]]; do
    echo "Enter your guess ($guess_count / $max_guess):"
    read guess
    guess=$(echo $guess | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]')
    if [[ " ${words[*]^^} " =~ " $guess " ]]; then
    if [[ " ${words[*]} " =~ " $guess " ]]; then
    if [[ $actual == $guess ]]; then
    echo "You guessed right!"
    output=""
    @@ -23,16 +23,18 @@ while [[ $end != true ]]; do
    end=true
    else
    output=""
    c_actual=$actual
    for ((i = 0; i < ${#actual}; i++)); do
    if [[ "${actual:$i:1}" != "${guess:$i:1}" ]]; then
    if [[ "$actual" == *"${guess:$i:1}"* ]]; then
    if [[ "${c_actual:$i:1}" != "${guess:$i:1}" ]]; then
    if [[ "$c_actual" == *"${guess:$i:1}"* ]]; then
    output+="\033[30;103m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    else
    output+="\033[30;107m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    fi
    else
    output+="\033[30;102m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    fi
    c_actual=$(echo $c_actual | sed "s/${guess:$i:1}//")
    done
    printf "$output\n"
    fi
  4. huytd revised this gist Feb 2, 2022. 2 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
    4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions wordle.md
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    How to use:

    ```
    ./wordle
    ./wordle.sh
    ```

    Or try the unlimit mode:

    ```
    ./wordle unlimit
    ./wordle.sh unlimit
    ```
    0 wordle → wordle.sh
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  5. huytd revised this gist Feb 2, 2022. 2 changed files with 13 additions and 13 deletions.
    13 changes: 0 additions & 13 deletions readme.md
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    @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
    <img width="1408" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/613943/152087994-f2ce8529-1ba4-400d-8824-2c6e4be9c5d4.png">

    How to use:

    ```
    ./wordle
    ```

    Or try the unlimit mode:

    ```
    ./wordle unlimit
    ```
    13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions wordle.md
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    @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
    <img width="1017" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/613943/152097718-60e89194-9e1c-43f1-882c-4de84db75046.png">

    How to use:

    ```
    ./wordle
    ```

    Or try the unlimit mode:

    ```
    ./wordle unlimit
    ```
  6. huytd revised this gist Feb 2, 2022. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion readme.md
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    <img width="874" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/613943/152087185-2cdc0bc4-b6a2-4ac7-847f-0f22d18cd5d8.png">
    <img width="1408" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/613943/152087994-f2ce8529-1ba4-400d-8824-2c6e4be9c5d4.png">

    How to use:

  7. huytd created this gist Feb 2, 2022.
    13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions readme.md
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    @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
    <img width="874" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/613943/152087185-2cdc0bc4-b6a2-4ac7-847f-0f22d18cd5d8.png">

    How to use:

    ```
    ./wordle
    ```

    Or try the unlimit mode:

    ```
    ./wordle unlimit
    ```
    48 changes: 48 additions & 0 deletions wordle
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    @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
    words=($(grep '^\w\w\w\w\w$' /usr/share/dict/words | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'))
    actual=${words[$[$RANDOM % ${#words[@]}]]}
    end=false
    guess_count=0
    max_guess=6
    if [[ $1 == "unlimit" ]]; then
    max_guess=999999
    fi
    while [[ $end != true ]]; do
    guess_count=$(( $guess_count + 1 ))
    if [[ $guess_count -le $max_guess ]]; then
    echo "Enter your guess ($guess_count / $max_guess):"
    read guess
    guess=$(echo $guess | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]')
    if [[ " ${words[*]^^} " =~ " $guess " ]]; then
    if [[ $actual == $guess ]]; then
    echo "You guessed right!"
    output=""
    for ((i = 0; i < ${#actual}; i++)); do
    output+="\033[30;102m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    done
    printf "$output\n"
    end=true
    else
    output=""
    for ((i = 0; i < ${#actual}; i++)); do
    if [[ "${actual:$i:1}" != "${guess:$i:1}" ]]; then
    if [[ "$actual" == *"${guess:$i:1}"* ]]; then
    output+="\033[30;103m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    else
    output+="\033[30;107m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    fi
    else
    output+="\033[30;102m ${guess:$i:1} \033[0m"
    fi
    done
    printf "$output\n"
    fi
    else
    echo "Please enter a valid word with 5 letters!";
    guess_count=$(( $guess_count - 1 ))
    fi
    else
    echo "You lose! The word is:"
    echo $actual
    end=true
    fi
    done