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

david santos
david santos
4,629 Points
Posted by david santos
david santos
4,629 Points

Code is appending if I guess right and not if I guess wrong

In the letter game, my code is adding strikes for good guess and not bad and I can figure out why.

import random

make a list of words

words = [ 'apple', 'banana', 'orange', 'cocunut', 'strawberry', 'lime', 'grapefruit', 'lemon', 'kumquat', 'blueberry', 'melon'
] while True: start = input("Press enter/return to start, or enter Q to quit") if start.lower() == 'q': break # pick a random word secret_word = random.choice(words) bad_guesses= [] good_guesses = []

while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):
# draw spaces
# draw guessed letters, spaces and strikes
    for letter in secret_word:
        if letter in good_guesses:
            print(letter, end='')
        else:
            print('_', end='')
    print('')
    print('Strikes: {}/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 letters!")
        continue

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

else:
    print("You didn't guess it! My secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
# print out win/lose

1 Answer

Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points
Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points 
import random

words = [ 'apple', 'banana', 'orange', 'cocunut', 'strawberry', 'lime', 'grapefruit', 'lemon', 'kumquat', 'blueberry', 'melon']

secret_word = random.choice(words)
bad_guesses= []
good_guesses = []

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

  while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):
  # draw spaces
  # draw guessed letters, spaces and strikes
    for letter in secret_word:
      if letter in good_guesses:
        print(letter, end='')
      else:
        print('_', end='')
    print('')
    print('Strikes: {}/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 letters!")
        continue

    if guess in secret_word:
      good_guesses.append(guess)
      if len(good_guesses) == len(list(secret_word)):
        print("You win! The word {}".format(secret_word))
        break
    else:
        bad_guesses.append(guess)
  else:
    print("You didn't guess it! My secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
# print out win/lose