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mikael richardson
1,722 Pointsgetting a syntax error on the letter game. please help
i cant figure out why done = True is creating a syntax error
import os
import random
import sys
words = [
'apple',
'banana',
'orange',
'coconut',
'strawberry',
'lime',
'grapefruit',
'lemon',
'blueberry',
'melon',
]
def clear():
if os.name == 'nt':
os.system('cls')
else:
os.system('clear')
def draw(bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word):
clear()
print('Strikes: {}/7'.format(len(bad_guesses)))
print ('')
for letter in bad_guesses:
print (letter, end= ' ')
print ('\n\n')
for letter in secret_word:
if letter in good_guesses:
print(letter, end='')
else:
print("_", end='')
print('')
def get_guess(bad_guesses, good_guesses):
while True:
guess = input("guess a letter: ").lower()
if len(guess) != 1:
print('you can only guess a single letter')
elif guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:
print ('already tried that')
elif not guess.isalpha():
print('you can onlf guess letters')
else:
return guess
def play(done):
clear()
secret_word = random.choice(words)
bad_guesses = []
good_guesses = []
while True:
draw(bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word)
guess = get_guess(bad_guesses, good_guesses)
if guess in secret_word:
good_guesses.append(guess)
found = True
for letter in secret_word:
if letter not in good_guesses:
found = False
if found:
print ('you win')
print ("the secret word was {}".format(secret_word)
done = True
else:
bad_guesses.append(guess)
if len(bad_guesses) == 7:
draw (bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word)
print('you lost')
print('the secret word was {}'.format(secret_word))
done = True
if done:
play_again = input('play again... Y/n ').lower()
if play_again != 'n':
return play(done=False)
else:
sys.exit()
def welcome():
start = input('press enter/return to start or q to quit' ).lower()
if start == 'q'
print ('bye')
sys.exit()
else:
return True
print('welcome to letter guess')
done = False
while True:
clear()
welcome()
play(done)
2 Answers
Nikolaj Bewer
1,150 PointsHi, I checked your code and you made two tiny mistakes that happen to me quiet frequently as well. You simply forgot to close the parentheses at line 85 and to add a colon at line 97.
Here's the corrected code:
import os
import random
import sys
words = [
'apple',
'banana',
'orange',
'coconut',
'strawberry',
'lime',
'grapefruit',
'lemon',
'blueberry',
'melon',
]
def clear():
if os.name == 'nt':
os.system('cls')
else:
os.system('clear')
def draw(bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word):
clear()
print('Strikes: {}/7'.format(len(bad_guesses)))
print ('')
for letter in bad_guesses:
print (letter, end= ' ')
print ('\n\n')
for letter in secret_word:
if letter in good_guesses:
print(letter, end='')
else:
print("_", end='')
print('')
def get_guess(bad_guesses, good_guesses):
while True:
guess = input("guess a letter: ").lower()
if len(guess) != 1:
print('you can only guess a single letter')
elif guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:
print ('already tried that')
elif not guess.isalpha():
print('you can onlf guess letters')
else:
return guess
def play(done):
clear()
secret_word = random.choice(words)
bad_guesses = []
good_guesses = []
while True:
draw(bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word)
guess = get_guess(bad_guesses, good_guesses)
if guess in secret_word:
good_guesses.append(guess)
found = True
for letter in secret_word:
if letter not in good_guesses:
found = False
if found:
print ('you win')
print ("the secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
done = True
else:
bad_guesses.append(guess)
if len(bad_guesses) == 7:
draw (bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word)
print('you lost')
print('the secret word was {}'.format(secret_word)) # missing parentheses
done = True
if done:
play_again = input('play again... Y/n ').lower()
if play_again != 'n':
return play(done=False)
else:
sys.exit()
def welcome():
start = input('press enter/return to start or q to quit' ).lower()
if start == 'q': # missing colon
print ('bye')
sys.exit()
else:
return True
print('welcome to letter guess')
done = False
while True:
clear()
welcome()
play(done)
it should be good to go now.
mikael richardson
1,722 Pointsthx.