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Python

Posted by Jade Jupiter
Jade Jupiter
2,224 Points

What is wrong

My lettergame always increasing strikes even if guess is right, can you please help me fix my code even things I didn't notice.

import random

make a list of words

words = [ "lemon", "blueberry", "apple", "pear", "orange", "kiwi", "lemon", "melon", "tangerine", "grapefruit" ]

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

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

while len(bad_guesses) < 7:
    #draw guessed letters, spaces, and strikes
    for letter in secret_word:
        if letter in good_guesses:
            print(letter, end='')
        else:
            print('_', end='')
    print('')
    print("Strkes: {}/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)
    #print out win/lost
else:
    print("You didn't guess it! My secret word was {}".format(secret_word))

1 Answer

dxt
dxt
16,505 Points
dxt
dxt
16,505 Points

I can't say for sure if it's the issue, but does a (or series of) elif statements require an else statement at the end?