HangMan School Project

[Saran Sundararajan]

hey guys im trying to finish this hangman project for school but im kinda stuck. I got it to where you type in what word you want and all that, now i just need some way to find where when they enter there guess ittl sort out whether its in the word or not in the word. And when all the letters in the word are found out itl know. this is my code so far, and if possible could you use something similar to what i have so i know what your doing so it wont be some totally random code to me. Thanks.

import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.util.Scanner;
import javax.swing.JPasswordField;
/**
 * Write a description of class HangMan here.
 * 
 * @author (your name) 
 * @version (a version number or a date)
 */
public class HangMan
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        String pw;
        String pws;
        Scanner kb= new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("---------");
        System.out.println("|       |");  
        System.out.println("|       |");
        System.out.println("        |");
        System.out.println("        |");
        System.out.println("        |");
        System.out.println("        |");
        System.out.println("  ------------");

        JPasswordField passField = new JPasswordField();
        int Word = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(
                null, passField, "Enter Your Word:", 
                JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION);

        pw = new String(passField.getPassword());

        JPasswordField passField2 = new JPasswordField();
        int ReWord = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(
                null, passField2, "Re-Enter Your Word:", 
                JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION);
        pws = new String(passField2.getPassword());

        if(ReWord == JOptionPane.OK_OPTION
        && pw.equals(new String(passField2.getPassword())) )
        {String out = "Congratulations, Let The Games Begin!";
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, out);}

        else if(pw != pws)
        {String out = "The Word Was Re-Entered Wrong, Please Try Again.";
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, out);}

        else if(ReWord == JOptionPane.CANCEL_OPTION
        || ReWord == JOptionPane.CLOSED_OPTION) 
        {String out = "Thanks For Using HangMan V.05!";
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, out);}
          
        System.out.print(" ");
        int length = pw.length();
        while(length>0)
        {
            System.out.print("_ ");

            length--;
        }
        System.out.println("The Game Has Now Begun, Please Enter Your Guess");
        System.out.println("TIP: JUST GUESS ONE LETTER AT A TIME!");
        String Guesses = kb.nextLine();
        String GuessLetter = Guesses;
        System.out.println("The letters that you have guessed are: " + GuessLetter);

    }
}