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Posted by alexandracoder0809
alexandracoder0809
2,606 Points

letter_game: Acting weird, doesn't count and says always I have guessed that. Searching for an indentation error maybe

Hi,

I have a problem with the letter_game1 because I start it and it says alwas: "You've guessed that letter." and doesn't count the strikes. So, I think it's an itendation error which I don't find. Here is my code:

http://pastie.org/private/h5dt5woy1dmuhmmrkfiuoq

I hope it's ok to share it like that, the other methods didn't work:)

Thanks in Advance for your help!

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,215 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,215 Points

:point_right: It looks like you have a stray "not" in a test:

    elif not guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:

With the "not" there, you get the "already guessed" message for anything not yet guessed.

Also, when checking for a win, you compare the number of good guesses against the length of the word. While this will work fine for words with unique letters (like "lime"), a win will never be recognized on a word that has multiples of any letter (like "apple"). So you might want to develop a different testing strategy. :wink:

alexandracoder0809
alexandracoder0809
2,606 Points
alexandracoder0809
alexandracoder0809
2,606 Points

Thanks a lot!! That was it!