Actually, what OP specified was not inrange(x, 16, 20) - between(x, 16, 20) implies exclusion of the range limits, 16 and 20.
So :You were closer the first time

The problem is altering a game of hangman, so that it uses pattern matching as its primary method of evaluation, instead of iterating over a table of characters. I suppose what I meant was ".. the problem of a game of hangman ..". This : guess:iAmPartOfTheSolution(iAmAnotherPartOfTheSoluti...

Sorry .. failed to reply on this one : Also, why "love.draw = function()" instead of "function love.draw()"? Basically, because I can, and I hate magic syntax where there's no call for it. The function is a member of the love table, so it's a more accurate representation of what'...

Yeah .. thanks, Roland, but where's your homework?

Can't give account for that, as it's not my code.

Not what I was looking for. What I want is a solution to the problem of the game of hangman, which eliminates the word and guess tables altogether, and uses pattern matching to operate directly on strings. You should be able to do it by replacing the elseif with a single line (not counting the reset...

Don't know what's happening in char.lua, so can't comment.

This : viewtopic.php?p=54911#p54911

Fortunately most modern languages have native support or standard library support for regex (or in Lua's case, an ultra-minimal variant). This appears to be true. PS : Hey, I found you one. Rewrite this to use pattern matching instead of its current table-based approach : https://love2d.org/forums/...

explode = function(str) local t = {} for i = 1, str:len() do t[i] = str:sub(i, i) end return t end implode = function(t) local str = '' for i, v in ipairs(t) do str = str .. v end return str end newword = function() local word = explode(words[math.ceil(math.random() * #words)]) local guess = {} for...