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

Yannick Van Dyck
Yannick Van Dyck
1,297 Points
Posted by Yannick Van Dyck
Yannick Van Dyck
1,297 Points

Hi I was wondering how it comes that in the lettergame from te first letter all the '_' are printed...

Hi

I was wondering why in the lettergame from the first letter all the '' are printed from the word. I was thinking that this is because the for loop. But it's an else statement.. So I'm a bit confused about the '' Can somebody help me?

grtz Yannick

2 Answers

Gyorgy Andorka
Gyorgy Andorka
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Gyorgy Andorka
Gyorgy Andorka
13,811 Points

Hi Yannick! The whole if/else block is inside the for loop. We are iterating through the letters of our secret word, and for each letter we do that condition check (if...) to decide whether to print it to the screen (if we've already guessed that letter correctly), or (else...) print an underscore instead (not among the correct guesses yet).

Yannick Van Dyck
Yannick Van Dyck
1,297 Points
Yannick Van Dyck
Yannick Van Dyck
1,297 Points

Thank you for the reply Gyorgy ! Now I understand.. I have to work on developing my logical thinking, step by step...