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

Posted by chrisvesti
chrisvesti
1,401 Points

Letter Game doesn't print the "You didn't guess it" string if I run out of guesses.

I moved the print("You didn't guess it!") line under the else statement containing the bad_guesses.append(guess). I used the check if len(bad_guesses) == 7 first to ensure that the max number of strikes had been reached. I got it to work this way but in the video the else statement is put in-line with the while loop. Kenneth's method didn't work for me for some reason.

Rich Zimmerman
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 Points
Rich Zimmerman
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 Points

can you provide a code snippit so we can see where the problem might be?

1 Answer

ds1
ds1
7,627 Points
ds1
ds1
7,627 Points

Hi, Christopher I think you're talking about the play function (which is a portion of the entire code in the letter game.). Below is the play function that I have when I took the course. It worked as intended for me... if you typed out the same thing as below, I would first check your indents and then check your control flow (ex. if-else statement construction). Hope this helps! D.

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()