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Puffy wuff
9,573 PointsI can't get this letter game to work :(
import os
import random
import sys
# make a list of words
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')
# draw spaces # draw guessed letters and strikes
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("You've already guessed that letter!")
elif not guess.isalpha():
print("You can only 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

Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherIt's been awhile since I wrote this course but I think this block:
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
should be unindented so the else
lines up the if guess in secret_word:
line.

Kurt Maurer
16,725 PointsHey Matthew,
What errors are you getting?

Puffy wuff
9,573 PointsHi Kurt I'm not getting any error messages, but it lets me win without guessing the right word.