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

Posted by Tushar Saraswat
Tushar Saraswat
429 Points

i need help about letter game my code is here 

# make a list of words
words = [
    'apple',
    'banana',
    'melon',
    'coconut',
    'grapes',
    'pomegranate',
    'mango',
    'lemon',
    'strawberry',
    'lime',
    'blueberry'
]

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 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 guess 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)
        else:
            print("You didn't guess it!  My secret word was {}".format(secret_word))

1 Answer

macmondiaz
macmondiaz
1,415 Points
macmondiaz
macmondiaz
1,415 Points

Did you forget to import random? Not clear XD

import random
import sys

words = [ 'apple', 'banana', 'melon', 'coconut', 'grapes', 'pomegranate', 'mango', 'lemon', 'strawberry', 'lime', 'blueberry' ]

secret_word = random.choice(words)
bad_guesses = []
good_guesses = []

while True: 
    start = input("Press enter/return to start, or enter 'Q' to quit:  ") 
    if start.lower() == 'q': 
        sys.exit()
    else:
        break

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 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 guess 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)
else:
    print("You didn't guess it!  My secret word was {}".format(secret_word))