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

Quinton Dobbs
Quinton Dobbs
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Posted by Quinton Dobbs
Quinton Dobbs
5,149 Points

I found a problem with the code that has to do with repeated letters in a word.

This may be addressed in a later video, but I have "elephant" as one of my words and it doesn't register when you guess all of the letters, while the other words without repeated letters do. My guess is that because "e" is repeated twice in "elephant" the length of correct_guesses ends up being one short of the length of the secret_word so it doesn't register.

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

You're right. That first logic for detecting a win only works for words with unique letters. A different strategy is needed to detect wins for any kind of word.

It's been a while, but I do think that this is discussed later, and if not fixed in the video it may be left up to you to construct a revised method.