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Python

Posted by Dê Gìa
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Dê Gìa
iOS Development Techdegree Student 26,430 Points

In a word with multiple letter, length of good_guess is not equal to length of secret_word

For example:

secret_word = "strawberry"
len(secret_word) = 10
but len(good_guess) = 9 because there are 2 'r'
so it isn't end
How can I fix this?
Zachary Lynch
Zachary Lynch
6,455 Points

I'm sorry, I'm not quite sure if I'm understanding the question.. Could you please post the code?

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 Points

Good question. As you've figured out using the len() of a list doesn't work if the secret word has repeated letters. One way to get a quick list of unique characters is to convert the list to a set. Comparing the correct guess length to the len(set(secret_word_characters)) should suffice.

Post back if you need more help. Good Luck!!

Dê Gìa
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Dê Gìa
iOS Development Techdegree Student 26,430 Points

I got it. Thank you!