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

John Paul Masters
John Paul Masters
1,722 Points
Posted by John Paul Masters
John Paul Masters
1,722 Points

Strike is printing good guesses, and not printing bad guesses

When I type in a wrong letter, it does not change the strikes, and when I type a correct letter, it adds 1 to the strikes. I've scanned what I've written, and I can't find what I did wrong.

import random

make a list of words

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

while True: start = input("Press enter/return to start, or enter Q to quit") if start.lower() == 'q': break

# pick a random word
secret_word = random.choice(words)
bad_guesses = []
good_guesses = []

while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):
    # draw guessed letters, spaces, and strikes
    for letter in secret_word:
        if letter in good_guesses:
            print(letter, end='')
        else:
            print('_', end='')

    print('')
    print('Strikes {}/7'.format(len(bad_guesses)))
    print('')

    # take guess
    guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()

    if len(guess) != 1:
        print("You can only guess a single letter!")
        continue
    elif guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:
        print("You've already guessed that letter!")
        continue
    elif not guess.isalpha():
        print("You can only guess letters!")
        continue

    if guess in secret_word:
        good_guesses.append(guess)
        if len(good_guesses) == len(list(secret_word)):
            print("You win! The word was {}".format(secret_word))
            break
        else:
            bad_guesses.append(guess)
else:
    print("You didn't guess it! My secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
John Paul Masters
John Paul Masters
1,722 Points
John Paul Masters
John Paul Masters
1,722 Points

I found what I did wrong, I indented too much with -else- in -if guess in secret word- at the bottom of the script.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,787 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,787 Points

Congratulations on resolving your own issue. :+1:

In Python, proper indentation is crucial.