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

Adham Suliman
Adham Suliman
1,645 Points

Every time I type in python letter_game.py into my workspace, my workspace re-appears blank. What's wrong with my code?

import random

make a list of words

words = ['apple','banana','orange','coconut','strawberry','lime','graepfruit','lemon', 'blueberry', 'melon', 'kumquat']

def game():

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
        for letter in secret_word:
            if letter in good_guesses:
                print (letter, end='')
            else:
                print('_', end='')
        print('')
        print('Strikes: {}/7'.format(len(bag_guessses))) 
        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 guessed 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 was {}".format(scret_word))
            break
    else:
        bad_guesses.append(guess)   
else:
    print("You didn't guess it! My secret word was {}".format(secretword))
    # draw guessed letters and strikes
    # print out win/lose
Hasan Ahmad
Hasan Ahmad
6,727 Points

This problem also occurred to me, to solve this, every time you update your code make sure to hit save. FILE > SAVE

Adham Suliman
Adham Suliman
1,645 Points

I came to realize it was due to indentation issues.

1 Answer

Shreyas Papinwar
Shreyas Papinwar
2,371 Points

Hi its easy just save your code. File>Save or Command + S