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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Letter Game Introduction

Ikechukwu Arum
Ikechukwu Arum
5,337 Points
Posted by Ikechukwu Arum
Ikechukwu Arum
5,337 Points

can anybody pls help me? My code is giving me an error guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower() TypeError: 'str' obj

import random

fruits = ["Orange", "Peach", "Apple", "Banana", "Pineapple","Pear","Cantalope","Mango","Plum","Melon","strawberry"]

while True: start = input = ("Press enter/return to start, or enter Q to quit ") if start.lower() == "q": break

pick a random word

fruit_type = random.choice(fruits)
bad_guesses = []
good_guesses = []

while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(fruit_type)):
    #draw spaces
    for letter in fruit_type:
        if letter in good_guesses:
            print(letter,end = "")
        else:
            print(" ",end = "")
    print(" ")
    print ("Strike: {}/7 ".format(len(bad_guesses)))
    print(" ")

    #take guess
    guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()


    if len(guess)!= 1:
        print("You can only guess a single letter! ")
        continue
    elif guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:
        print("You've already guess that letter ")
        continue
    elif not guess.isalpha():
        print("you can only guess alphabets!")
        continue


    if guess in fruit_type:
        good_guess.append(guess)
        if len(god_guesses) == len(list(fruit_type)):
            print("You win! The word was {}".format(fruit_type)) 
            break
    else:
        bad_guesses.append(guess)

else: print("You didn't guess it! the fruit type was {}".format(fruit_type))

1 Answer

Wesley Trayer
Wesley Trayer
13,812 Points
Wesley Trayer
Wesley Trayer
13,812 Points

Took a little searching but I found it!

while True: start = input = ("Press enter/return to start, or enter Q to quit ") if start.lower() == "q": break
#                         ^
# Should not have equal sign after "input"

This should fix the 'str' error.

Hope this answers your question. :-)