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

Jonathan Whelchel
Jonathan Whelchel
2,096 Points
Posted by Jonathan Whelchel
Jonathan Whelchel
2,096 Points

Trouble with numbers game

My code isn't saving bad guesses correctly. the badd_guesses list will add the first bad guess bit any other bad guess after that, it says I already guess that letter.

import random

words = [
'orange'
]



while True:
    start = input("Press return/enter to start, Q to quit")

    if start.lower() == 'q':
        break


    secret_word = random.choice(words)
    bad_guesses = []
    good_guesses = []



    while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len (good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):

        for letter in secret_word:

            if letter in good_guesses:
                print(letter, end='')
            else: 
                print('_')

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

        guess = input("Guess a letter. ").lower()

        if len(guess) != 1:
            print('You can only guess one letter!')
            continue

        elif guess in good_guesses or bad_guesses:
            print("You've already guessed that letter!")
            continue

        if guess in secret_word:
            good_guesses.append(guess)
            if len(good_guesses) == len(list(secret_word)):
                print("You win! My word was {}".format(secret_word))
                break
        if guess not in secret_word:
                bad_guesses.append(guess)
                continue

1 Answer

Lukas Baumgartner
Lukas Baumgartner
14,817 Points
Lukas Baumgartner
Lukas Baumgartner
14,817 Points 
elif guess in good_guesses or bad_guesses:
            print("You've already guessed that letter!")
            continue

Take a look again at this. Something isn't right here.

Your or statement syntax is not okay. You wrote it as you would say it out loud, but python isn't that smart to make connections in a sentence. So try to tell it exactly what you want :)

Let me know if there is something else i can help you with!