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Excel VBA Macros | Looping over collections exercise | Write a VBA macro version of Hangman
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| Software ==> | Excel VBA Macros (52 exercises) |
| Version ==> | Any version of Excel |
| Topic ==> | Looping over collections (11 exercises) |
| Level ==> | Harder than average |
| Course ==> | Excel VBA macros |
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In the word game Hangman, a player tries to guess the letters of a hidden word:
The word to be guessed is "hidden" by dint of the fact that it's written in white font on a white background!
Write VBA code to allow you to play the game with a friend (your computer, possibly). A good start would be to hide all of the shapes which make up the gallows, using code something like this:
Sub HideGallowsInitially()
Dim GallowsShape As Shape
For Each GallowsShape In ActiveSheet.Shapes
'hide the next shape in the gallows
GallowsShape.Visible = msoFalse
Next GallowsShape
End Sub
Note that when you loop over a collection of shapes, you have to prefix the name of the Shapes collection with a reference to the worksheet which contains them.
Here are some ideas for functions (not subroutines) that you could include in your code. If you're not sure of the difference between a function and a subroutine, see the relevant pages in your courseware manual.
| What the function could do | Value returned | Data type |
|---|---|---|
| Loop over the shapes in the gallows to determine if any remain invisible. | True if the player still has more guesses left; False otherwise | Boolean |
| Loop over the cells in the word to be guessed, determining if any remain white. | True if the word has been fully guessed; False if some letters remain invisible. | Boolean |
When you've finished, save your file as Hangman with answers. Before closing it down, you might like to show it off to your trainer!