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Python

Posted by Reid Delahunt
Reid Delahunt
12,833 Points

Mysterious Syntax Error when running code

My code is almost identical to the video explanation, but it says that there is a syntax error on line 80, referencing to making "found" to become "true" and thus restart the game. Does anybody see something else I'm doing wrong?

https://w.trhou.se/091eb34azx

Reid Delahunt
Reid Delahunt
12,833 Points

I'm referring to the "letter_game.py" file, fyi.

1 Answer

James Duvall
James Duvall
3,561 Points
James Duvall
James Duvall
3,561 Points

I found 5 errors with this code. Make sure you close your parenthesis for example on line 79,

 print("The secret word was {}".format(secret_word)

# While it should be

print("The secret word was {}".format(secret_word))

Also make sure all your if statements end with a ":", and you don't have any random parenthesis lying around

# Corrected Code

import random
import os
import sys

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("Pick a letter, any 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