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Python

When i run application it wont stop printing "Strikes: 0/7"

Here is the code that matters:

import random

# make a list of words
words = [
    'apple',
    'banana',
    'coconut',
    'strawberry',
    'lime',
    'grapefruit',
    'lemon',
    'kumquat',
    'blueberry',
    'melon',
]

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

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

    while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):                                            
    # draw spaces
    # draw guessed letters, spaces, and strkes
        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 a 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 have already guessed that letter!")
        continue
    elif not guess.isalpha(): #alpha makes sure all characters in a string are letters!
        print("You can only guess letters!")
        continue

    if guess in secret_world:
        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/lose

else:
    print("you didnt guess it! My Secret Word was {}!".format(secret_word)) 

[MOD: added ```python formatting -cf]

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 Points

Due to indentation errors, only the following code is within the while loop:

    while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):                                            
    # draw spaces
    # draw guessed letters, spaces, and strkes
        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('')

Nothing that alters bad_guesses or good_guesses is in the loop so there's no way to exit.

:point_right: fix the indentation of the code below the print statements

Post back if you need more help. Good Luck!!

im looking at the code now and its all indented into the same line

Never mind i spotted the error, thank you so much!

although know no matter what guess i input right or wrong it marks it as a Strike