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Python

python letterGame.py Extra Credit

I have moved word to another file but now when it reads words in the end of word has an _ so you can't finish the game

import os
import random
import sys
words = []
txtFile= open('words.txt', 'r')

for word in txtFile:
   words.append(word)
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)

I figured out what was happening. When you open the .txt file python adds a "\n" at the end of each word (except the last word) because each word is on a new line in the .txt file. I can't really give a good explanation as to why, but the easiest way to fix this that I found was to include a .read() and .split() function.

So on your 5th line it would read txtFile= open('words.txt', 'r').read().split()

Thanks for posting this. I was trying to figure this prob out and had forgotten the "words =[]" line.