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Bob G.
Bob G.

Reputation: 143

Java-Hangman ASCII Art Strange Output

I am starting to make a hangman game in java.
I want to be able to call my method states based on if the user gets a character wrong or not.
I am testing all of the states to make sure they display correctly.
State 1 and 2 display correctly, but not 3-5.

Here is the code:

public void state_1() {
        System.out.println(" \n"
                + " ------\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|      O\n"
                + "|\n"
                + "|\n"
                + "|\n"
                + "|\n"
                + "|\n"
                + "|\n"
                + "|");
        System.out.println("\n"
                + "");
    }
    public void state_2() {
        System.out.println(" \n"
                + " ------\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|      O\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|\n"
                + "|\n"
                + "|\n"
                + "|");
        System.out.println("\n"
                + "");
    }
    public void state_3() {
        System.out.println(" \n"
                + " ------\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|      O\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|     / \\n"
                + "|    /   \\n"
                + "|   /     \\");
        System.out.println("\n"
                + "");
    }
    public void state_4() {
        System.out.println(" \n"
                + " ------\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|      O  /\n"
                + "|      | /\n"
                + "|      |/\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|     / \\n"
                + "|    /   \\n"
                + "|   /     \\");
        System.out.println("\n"
                + "");
    }
    public void state_5() {
        System.out.println(" \n"
                + " ------\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|   \\  O  /\n"
                + "|    \\ | /\n"
                + "|     \\|/\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|      |\n"
                + "|     / \\n"
                + "|    /   \\n"
                + "|   /     \\");
        System.out.println("\n"
                + "");
    }

Here is the weird output:

 ------
|      |
|      O
|
|
|
|
|
|
|



 ------
|      |
|      O
|      |
|      |
|      |
|
|
|
|



 ------
|      |
|      O
|      |
|      |
|      |
|      |
|     / \n|    /   \n|   /     \



 ------
|      |
|      O  /
|      | /
|      |/
|      |
|      |
|     / \n|    /   \n|   /     \



 ------
|      |
|   \  O  /
|    \ | /
|     \|/
|      |
|      |
|     / \n|    /   \n|   /     \

I am sure there is something simple to be done, but I am just not for sure as I know its having a problem with the \ part before new line "\n" is created.
How to get around this is something I need your help with.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2026

Answers (1)

OneCricketeer
OneCricketeer

Reputation: 191914

"\\n" makes a literal \n in the printed output.

If you want a \, and a newline, that is "\\\n", where you escape the slash, then put newline.

You could also just println() each line individually. Still need to escape the backslashes, though

    System.out.println();
    System.out.println(" ------ ");
    System.out.println("|      |");
    System.out.println("|      O");
    ...
    System.out.println("|    /   \\");
    System.out.println("|   /     \\");

Upvotes: 4

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