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Nichole "Nikki" Carnesi
7,103 PointsPython Letter Game- when I guess the word, it does not acknowledge that I win
Here's my code. I have looked through other questions and fixed some errors but no matter what, I can't get the game to acknowledge that I won.
https://teamtreehouse.com/workspaces/24726562
(And on a side note, how do you capture an image of the code? I couldn't figure it out so just posted the link)
4 Answers
james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Pointsi got a page not found when i try to open your code. try copying and pasting it in a help forum post formatted with markdown to render as code, which is 3 backticks (tilde key)
before and after your code
Nichole "Nikki" Carnesi
7,103 PointsClearly I have a lot to learn, as I spent the better half of an hour trying to figure out how to do that! And I realized I have been writing the code with my spacing at 2.
import os
import random
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_guesses(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 guess 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_guesses(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)
james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 PointsNichole "Nikki" Carnesi is it working now or are you having the same problem?
Nichole "Nikki" Carnesi
7,103 PointsI literally just tried it again and it works. I don't get it. Thanks though, especially for showing me how to share my code. :)
james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Pointsyou're welcome. unlike some other languages, indentation is important in python, not just for readability but for function.