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Pascal/Delphi Source File
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1985-01-20
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program makedict;
(*
* this program makes the datafile that is used by the hanggman game.
*)
const
stringsize = 10;
type
word = string[stringsize];
var
dict : file of word;
nextword : word;
numwords : integer;
(*
* the dictionary for hangman is a file of strings. it cannot be a text
* file because seeking is not allowed on text, and hangman uses a random
* seek to get the word. the first string in the file contains the
* number of words in the dictionary.
*)
begin
numwords := 0;
nextword := '';
assign(dict, 'words.dat');
rewrite(dict);
str(0,nextword);
write(dict,nextword);
writeln('Type the words to be entered into the dictionary; no more than');
writeln(stringsize:1,' letters long. Type the end-of-file character to exit.');
nextword := '';
readln(nextword);
while not eof(con) and (length(nextword) > 0) do
begin
write(dict,nextword);
numwords := numwords + 1;
nextword := '';
readln(nextword);
end;
writeln('That''s all, folks!');
seek(dict,0);
nextword := '';
str(numwords,nextword);
write(dict,nextword);
close(dict);
end.