public class HiddenWord { private String hiddenWord; public HiddenWord(String hiddenWord) { this.hiddenWord = hiddenWord; } public String getHint(String a) { int x = a.length(); String guess = ""; for(int i = 0; i < x; i++) { if(a.substring(i,i+1).equals(hiddenWord.substring(i,i+1))) { guess += hiddenWord.substring(i,i+1); } else if(hiddenWord.indexOf(a.substring(i,i+1)) >= 0) { guess += "+"; } else { guess += "*"; } } return guess; } }