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Python

Why is my letter game from top to bottom?

Instead from left to right my game goes from top to bottom. Why?

import os
import random
import sys
# make a list of words

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

def clear():
  if os.name == 'nt':
    os.system('sls')
  else:
    os.system('clear')

def draw(bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word):
  clear()

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

  for letter in bad_guesses:
    print(letter, end=' ')
  print('\n\n')  

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


def get_guess(bad_guesses, good_guesses):
    while True:
      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 guess that letter!")
      elif not guess.isalpha():
        print("You can only guess letters!")
        continue
      else:
        return guess

def play(done):
  clear()
  secret_word = random.choice(words)
  bad_guesses = []
  good_guesses = []

  while True:
    draw(bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word)
    guess = get_guess(bad_guesses, good_guesses)

    if guess in secret_word:
      good_guesses.append(guess)
      found = True
      for letter in secret_word:
        if letter not in good_guesses:
          found = False
      if found:
        print("You win!")
        print("The secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
        done = True
    else:
      bad_guesses.append(guess)
      if len(bad_guesses) == 7:
        draw(bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word)
        print("You lost!")
        print("The secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
        done = True

    if done:
      play_again = input("Play again? Y/n ").lower()
      if play_again != 'n':
        return play(done=False)
      else:
        sys.exit()

def welcome():
  start = input("Press enter/return to start or Q to quit ").lower()
  if start == 'q':
    print("Bye!")
    sys.exit()
  else:
    return True

print('Welcome to Letter Guess!')

done = False

while True:
  clear()
  welcome()
  play(done)

2 Answers

Every time you use print get rid of the end=''

thank. How do I format this Question that all the code has black backround?

Hello Frank.

Please have a read here on how to paste code to the forums: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/posting-code-to-the-forum

I have edited this question's code according to those guidelines.

;)

Vittorio

Thank you such much <3 Next time I do better