#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
	char solution[20];	//holds solution
	char blank[20];		//holds "*"'s for unsolved letters
	int counter = 0;	//general-use counter
	int right = 0;		//1 = right guess, 0 = wrong guess.
	char guess;
 
	cout<<"Enter phrase 20 chars or less."<<endl;
	cin.getline(solution, 20);
	int puzzLength = strlen(solution);		//finds lengtrh of puzzle, stores INT value to puzzlength
 
 
 
 
		//convert puzzle to full uppercase
	for (counter = 0; counter < puzzLength; counter++){
		solution[counter] = toupper(solution[counter]);
	}
	//done converting
 
 
	strcpy_s(blank, solution);				//copy solution to the 'blank' array
 
	for (counter = 0; counter < puzzLength; counter++) {		//converts characters to *'s to represent blanks
 
		if (isalnum(solution[counter])) blank[counter] = '*';
		else blank[counter] = solution[counter];
 
	}	//closes for loop
 
	while (solution != blank) { //play game until the 'blank' puzzle becomes the 'right' answer
 
		cout<<endl<<"Solution phrase is: "<<solution<<"."<<endl;
		cout<<"The current 'blank' puzzle is: "<<blank<<"."<<endl;
		cout<<"Enter a guess."<<endl;
		cin>>guess;
		guess = toupper(guess);
 
 
		//cbeck guess!
		for (counter = 0; counter <= puzzLength; counter++) {
 
				if (guess == solution[counter]) { 
					blank[counter] = guess;		//fill in the puzzle with the letter
 
				}
 
		}		//close loop, done checking guess
 
	}	//game is over.
 
	cout<<"Winner!";
	cin.get();
	return 0;
}