hangman java game

public class Hangman
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
 
      int  noOfGuesses =0,lettersCorrect=0;
      String choiceToPlay, userGuess;
      char menuChoice, letter;
      char [] guessWord = {'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'};
      char [] correctLetter = {'-', '-', '-', '-', '-'};
 
      System.out.println("Hello and welcome to Hangman!");
 
      //main game menu
      do
      {  System.out.println("Do you want to play? Press Y/N\n");
         choiceToPlay = keyboard.next();
         menuChoice = choiceToPlay.charAt(0);
 
         if(!(menuChoice == 'y'||menuChoice == 'Y'||menuChoice == 'n'||menuChoice =='N'))
         {
           System.out.println("You have entered an invalid option. Try again!\n");
         }//if invalid
 
      }//do
      while (!(menuChoice =='Y' ||menuChoice=='y'||menuChoice == 'n'|| menuChoice =='N'));
 
      if(menuChoice == 'N'||menuChoice =='n')
      {
         System.out.println("You have chosen to leave the game.");
         System.out.println("Goodbye!");
         System.exit(0);
      }//if
 
      else
      {
 
         while(lettersCorrect <5)
         {
            //Getting users guess.
            System.out.println("\nThe guess word has 5 letters.");
            System.out.println("Enter a letter to guess: ");
 
            userGuess = keyboard.next();
            letter = userGuess.charAt(0);
 
            //Incrementing letters each time.
            noOfGuesses++;
 
            if(letter == guessWord[0])
            {
               System.out.println("There is 1 H in the word");
               System.out.println("You have guessed the first letter correctly.");
               correctLetter[0] = letter;
               System.out.println(correctLetter);
               System.out.println("You have had " + noOfGuesses + " guesses, so far");
 
               lettersCorrect++;
 
               System.out.println("Letters correct so far: "+lettersCorrect);
            }//if first letter
 
            else if(letter==guessWord[1])
            {
               System.out.println("There is 1 E in the word");
               System.out.println("You have guessed the second letter correctly.");
 
               correctLetter[1] = letter;
               System.out.println(correctLetter);
               System.out.println("You have had " + noOfGuesses + " guesses, so far");
 
               lettersCorrect++;
 
               System.out.println("Letters correct so far: "+lettersCorrect);
            }//if second letter
 
            else if(letter ==guessWord[2]||letter==guessWord[3])
            {
               System.out.println("There are 2 L's in the word");
               System.out.println("You have guessed the third and fourth letters correctly.");
 
               correctLetter[2] = letter;
               correctLetter[3]=letter;
               System.out.println(correctLetter);
               System.out.println("You have had " + noOfGuesses + " guesses, so far");
 
               lettersCorrect+=2;
 
               System.out.println("Letters correct so far: "+lettersCorrect);
 
            }//if third and fourth letters
 
            else if(letter ==guessWord[4])
            {
               lettersCorrect++;
               System.out.println("There is 1 O in the word");
               System.out.println("You have guessed the fifth letter correctly.");
               correctLetter[4] = letter;
               System.out.println(correctLetter);
               System.out.println("You have had " + noOfGuesses + " guesses, so far");
               System.out.println("Letters correct so far: "+lettersCorrect);
            }//if fifth letter
 
            else
            {
               System.out.println("The letter you guessed is not in the word.\n");
               System.out.println("Guesses taken so far: "+noOfGuesses);
               System.out.println("Letters correct so far: "+lettersCorrect);
            }//else incorrect letter
 
         }//while loop
 
         System.out.println("\nYou found the word!");
         System.out.println("It was hello.");
         System.out.println("Total guesses: "+noOfGuesses);
         System.exit(0);
 
      }//else
   }//main
}//class

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