I have a question with regards to the helper method I created. I can not figure out a way to remove the helper method and just implement it into the main method.

Below is the code I am working on:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class random {

 private static final boolean testingMode = true;

 private String updateString(String oldString, int index, char newChar) {

  String newString = “”;

  for (int i = 0; i < oldString.length(); i++) {

   if (i == index) {

    newString = newString + newChar;

   } else {

    newString = newString + oldString.charAt(i);

   }

  }

  return newString;

 }

 public static void main(String[] args) {

  random hangman2 = new random();

  int guesses = 2;

  int totalScore = 0;

  int roundScore = 0;

  Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

  char playPrompt = ‘ ‘;

  while (playPrompt != ‘n’) {

   String randomWord = RandomWord.newWord();

   String puzzleWord = “”;

   for (int i = 0; i < randomWord.length(); i++) {

    puzzleWord = puzzleWord + “-“;

   }

   System.out.print(“The word is: ” + puzzleWord);

   System.out.print(“n”);

   if (random.testingMode) {

    System.out.println(“The secret word is: ” + randomWord);

   }

   int spaces = 0;

   while (spaces == 0 || spaces > randomWord.length()) {

    System.out.println(“Enter the number of spaces allowed”);

    spaces = scanner.nextInt();

    if (spaces == 0 || spaces > randomWord.length()) {

     System.out.println(“Invalid input. Try again.”);

    }

   }

   String updatedPuzzleWord = puzzleWord;

   while (guesses != 0) {

    boolean isSpacesValid;

    String checkSpaces = “”;

    char guessedLetter = ‘ ‘;

    boolean inputIteration = false;

    boolean isGuessInWord = false;

    while (!inputIteration) {

     int spacesCount = 0;

     System.out.println(“Please enter the letter you want to guess: “);

     guessedLetter = scanner.next().charAt(0);

     System.out.println(“Please enter spaces you want to check (separated by spaces):”);

     scanner.nextLine();

     checkSpaces = scanner.nextLine();

     checkSpaces = checkSpaces.replaceAll(“s”, “”);

     for (int i = 0; i < checkSpaces.length(); i++) {

      if (Character.isDigit(checkSpaces.charAt(i))) {

       spacesCount = spacesCount + 1;

      }

     }

     if (spacesCount == spaces) {

      isSpacesValid = true;

     } else {

      isSpacesValid = false;

     }

     if (Character.isLetter(guessedLetter) && isSpacesValid) {

      inputIteration = true;

     } else {

      System.out.println(“Your input is not valid. Try again.”);

      System.out.println(“Guesses Remaining: ” + guesses);

      inputIteration = false;

     }

    }

    for (int i = 0; i < checkSpaces.length(); i++) {

     int index = Character.getNumericValue(checkSpaces.charAt(i));

     if (randomWord.charAt(index) == guessedLetter) {

      updatedPuzzleWord = hangman2.updateString(updatedPuzzleWord, index, guessedLetter);

      isGuessInWord = true;

     }

    }

    if (updatedPuzzleWord.trim().equals(randomWord)) {

     System.out.println(“You have guessed the word! Congratulations”);

     roundScore = (guesses * 10) / spaces;

     totalScore = totalScore + roundScore;

     System.out.println(“Score for this round: ” + roundScore);

     System.out.println(“Total Score: ” + totalScore);

     break;

    }

    if (isGuessInWord) {

     System.out.println(“Your Guess is in the word!”);

     System.out.println(“The Updated Word is: ” + updatedPuzzleWord);

     System.out.println(“Guesses Remaining: ” + guesses);

    } else {

     guesses = guesses – 1;

     System.out.println(“Your letter was not found in the spaces you provided.”);

     System.out.println(“Guesses Remaining: ” + guesses);

    }

   }

   if (guesses == 0) {

    System.out.println(“You have failed to guess the word… :(“);

    roundScore = 0;

    totalScore = totalScore + roundScore;

    System.out.println(“Score for this round: ” + roundScore);

    System.out.println(“Total Score: ” + totalScore);

   }

   System.out.println(“Would you like to play again? Yes(y) No(n)”);

   playPrompt = scanner.next().charAt(0);

  }

 }

}

 

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