Java replacement of specific characters

Question

This is my first question on this site so i\'ll try not to be a total noob..

I\'m currently creating hangman game in java. So my question to you is if we are given a wor

Answer 1

String ghost = "ghost";
String input = "o";
for (int i = 0; i < ghost.length(); i++) {
    if (String.valueOf(ghost.charAt(i)).equalsIgnoreCase(input)) {
        System.out.print(input + " ");
    } else {
        System.out.print("_ ");
    }
}

You can simplify the if statement using the ternary operator:

System.out.print(String.valueOf(ghost.charAt(i)).equalsIgnoreCase(input) ? input + " " : "_ ");