perlquestion
chickenlips
<p>Obtained 8 random chars in a sub. Called it $random_string. </p>
<p>Input a word from user (that they make FROM the 8 random chars such as in Scrabble). </p>
<p>Gotta validate the inputted word by checking that it indeed consists of the chars in $random_string. </p>
<p>The KEY BIT I CANNOT FIGURE OUT IS: I need to check that any letters used in the randomly generated for the inputted word are only used ONCE. </p>
<p>Basically a simple version of Scrabble, this is what i have so far: </p>
<code>print "Please enter a word from the letters above: ";
chomp(my $word = <STDIN>); #INPUT WORD
if ($word =~ /[$random_string]$/i) {
print "Good word\n";
last;
}
else {
print "try again\n";
print "\n";
}
</code>