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sarvan
2,152 PointsLetter_game not working, what did I do wrong?
import os
import random
import sys
words = [
"abc",
"def",
"hij",
"klm",
"nop"
]
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("\n\n")
for letter in bad_guesses:
print(letter, end=" ")
print("\n\n")
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 alphabetical 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 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)
I keep getting "SyntaxError: invalid syntax"
File "letter_game.py", line 79
done = True
^
1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
23,732 PointsYou're missing a closing parenthesis in the line before done = True. It should be:
print("You lost!")
print("The secret word was{}".format(secret_word))
done = True
sarvan
2,152 Pointssarvan
2,152 PointsOhh, thanks!