I cant get the spaces and letters to print on one line.

Question

I realize that this probably has something to do with the end=' ' part of the code but I have been unable to fix it. 
Id appreciate some help thank you :)
import random
make a list of words
words = [
    'apple',
    'banana',
    'orange',
    'coconut',
    'strawberry',
    'lime',
    'grapefruit',
    'lemon',
    'melon',
    'kumquat',
    'blueberry',
    'pear'
    ]
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 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 a 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(secret_word))
            break
    else:
        bad_guesses.append(guess)

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

annecalija · Accepted Answer

Hi Michael,
It seems you have accidentally included the following code as part of the for loop. 
python
        print('')
        print('Strikes: {}/7'.format(len(bad_guesses)))
        print('')

Your code is: 
```python
        for letter in secretword:
            if letter in goodguesses:
                print(letter, end='')
            else:
                print('_', end='')
        print('')
        print('Strikes: {}/7'.format(len(bad_guesses)))
        print('')
```
As a result:
```
Guess a letter: a
_
Strikes: 1/7
_
Strikes: 1/7
_
Strikes: 1/7
_
Strikes: 1/7
_
Strikes: 1/7
_
Strikes: 1/7
_
Strikes: 1/7
```
But when I changed the indentation to this:
```python
        for letter in secretword:
            if letter in goodguesses:
                print(letter, end='')
            else:
                print('_', end='')
    print('')
    print('Strikes: {}/7'.format(len(bad_guesses)))
    print('')
```
the result is:
```
Guess a letter: a
aa_a
Strikes: 0/7
Guess a letter: s
aa_a
Strikes: 1/7
Guess a letter: d
aa_a
Strikes: 2/7
Guess a letter: v
aa_a
Strikes: 3/7
Guess a letter: i
aa_a
Strikes: 4/7
Guess a letter: b
baaa
Strikes: 4/7
Guess a letter: n
banana
Strikes: 4/7
```
Hope this helps. 
PS. You may also want to edit your post  (use ```python ) such that the code snippetsare properly displayed.

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Michael Wotherspoon

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I cant get the spaces and letters to print on one line.

make a list of words

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annecalija

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