add gif

README.md

@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ Guess commands are character sequences you can guess to do additional behavior.
 |command|description|
 |---|---|
 |!ans[wer]|shows the answer to the current wordle|
+
+
+## Screenshots
+
+![gif of wordle in terminal](images/wordle_rust.gif)

src/main.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ mod wordle;
 
 use utils::str_unique_by_characters;
 use wordle::{worlde_game_make_guess, WordleState};
+use crate::utils::clear_screen;
 
 fn generate_wordle_dictionary() -> HashSet<String> {
     let existing_path = "./dictionaries/output/five_letter_words.txt";
@@ -90,10 +91,12 @@ fn main() {
         .filter(|x| str_unique_by_characters(x))
         .map(|w| w)
         .collect();
-    let worlde_answer = unique_words.choose(&mut rand::thread_rng()).unwrap();
+    let worlde_answer = String::from("EXAMS"); //unique_words.choose(&mut rand::thread_rng()).unwrap();
 
     let mut wordle_game_state = WordleState::new(worlde_answer.as_str());
 
+
+     clear_screen();
     loop {
         let mut input;
 
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ fn main() {
         }
 
         worlde_game_make_guess(input.as_ref(), &mut wordle_game_state);
+        clear_screen();
         print!("Board:\n{}", wordle_game_state);
         if wordle_game_state.game_over() {
             break;

src/utils.rs

@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ pub fn str_to_five_char(s: &str) -> [char; 5] {
             arr
         })
 }
+
+pub fn clear_screen() {
+    print!("\x1B[2J\x1B[1;1H");
+}

src/wordle.rs

@@ -153,11 +153,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for WordleState {
 
 pub fn worlde_game_make_guess(guess: &str, state: &mut WordleState) {
     let turn = state.guesses.iter().position(|guess| guess.is_none());
-    match turn {
-        Some(t) => println!("Current turn index: {}", t),
-        None => println!("Game is over"),
-    }
-
     if turn.is_some() {
         let turn = turn.unwrap();
         state.set_guess(turn, str_to_five_char(guess));