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

Posted by Kyle King
Kyle King
2,973 Points

My code will bring up the entire list for the fruit guesses. Can you please tell me where I have gone wrong?

import os import random import sys

make a list of words

words = [ "apple" "banana" "orange" "coconut" "strawberry" "lime" "grapefruit" "lemon" "kumquat" "blueberry" "melon" ]

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('')

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 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/return 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)

Marcel Moritz
Marcel Moritz
15,111 Points
Marcel Moritz
Marcel Moritz
15,111 Points

you need to seperate the strings in your list with a comma. words = [ "apple", "banana", "orange"]

1 Answer

Kyle King
Kyle King
2,973 Points
Kyle King
Kyle King
2,973 Points

That's great Marcel. Thank you very much.