hangman.js

var wordList = [
 "basketball",
 "soccer",
 "golf",
 "tennis",
]

var chosenWord = "";
var letterInChosenWord = [];
var numBlanks = 0;
var blanksAndSuccesses = [];
var wrongGuesses = [];

var winCounter = 0;
var lossCounter = 1;
var numGuesses = 15;

function startGame(){
wrongGuesses = [];
console.log("this is wrong guesses in startGame", wrongGuesses);
numGuesses = 15;
blanksAndSuccesses = [];

chosenWord = wordList[Math.floor(Math.random() * wordList.length)];
lettersInChosenWord = chosenWord.split("");
numBlanks = lettersInChosenWord.length;
console.log(chosenWord);
console.log(numBlanks)

for(var i = 0; i < numBlanks; i++){
    blanksAndSuccesses.push("_");
}
console.log(blanksAndSuccesses);
document.getElementById('word-blank').innerHTML = blanksAndSuccesses.join(" ");
document.getElementById('guesses-left').innerHTML = numGuesses;

}
function checkLetters(letter){
    var letterInWord = false;

    for(var i = 0; i < numBlanks; i++){
        if(chosenWord[i] === letter){
            letterInWord = true;

        }
    }

    if(letterInWord){
        for(i = 0; i < numBlanks; i++){
            if(chosenWord[i] === letter){
            blanksAndSuccesses[i] = letter;

        }

        }
    }
    else{
        numGuesses --;
        wrongGuesses.push(letter)
    }
}

function roundComplete(){

    document.getElementById('word-blank').innerHTML = blanksAndSuccesses.join(" ");
    document.getElementById('guesses-left').innerHTML = numGuesses;
    document.getElementById('wrong-guesses').innerHTML = wrongGuesses.join(" ");

    console.log(lettersInChosenWord);
    console.log(blanksAndSuccesses);
    if(lettersInChosenWord.join(" ") === blanksAndSuccesses.join(" ")){
        winCounter++;
        alert("You win :)");
        document.getElementById('win-counter').innerHTML = winCounter;
        startGame();
    }else if(numGuesses === 0){
        document.getElementById('loss-counter').innerHTML  = lossCounter ++;
        document.getElementById('wrong-guesses').innerHTML = "";
        alert("You don't have any more guesses :(");
        startGame();
    }

}
startGame();
document.onkeyup = function(event){
    var letterGuessed = String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode).toLowerCase();
    console.log("this is the letter we typed", letterGuessed)
    checkLetters(letterGuessed)
    roundComplete();

}