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

alexandraz
alexandraz
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Posted by alexandraz
alexandraz
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What do you think of this slightly different solution?

I did a list variable called Strawman with '_' characters in it and every time a guess is correct I assign it to the list with the index of the correct letter in the secret word. Does that make sense? It might be a bit more complicated than the solution in the video but I think it's nice that the for loop runs only when the guess is a hit.

import random
# make a list of words
words = [
    'apple',
    'banana',
    'orange',
    'coconut',
    'lemon',
    'blueberry',
    'melon'
]

while True:
    start = input("Press enter 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 = []

    # draw spaces
    strawman = list("_"*len(secret_word))
    print("".join(strawman))

    while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(secret_word) > len(good_guesses):
        # take a guess
        guess = input("Guess a letter: ")
        if guess.isalpha() is False:
            print("Please type alphabetic characters only")
        elif guess in good_guesses or guess in bad_guesses:
            print("You've already guessed that letter!")
        # draw guessed letters and strikes
        elif guess in secret_word:
            for letter in secret_word:
                if letter == guess:
                    strawman[secret_word.index(letter)] = guess
                    good_guesses.append(guess)

        else:
            bad_guesses.append(guess)
        print("".join(strawman))
        print("Strikes: {}/7".format(len(bad_guesses)))

    # print out win/lose
    if len(bad_guesses) == 7:
        print("You lost!")
    else:
        print("You won! the correct word was: " + secret_word)