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

Abdullah Jassim
Abdullah Jassim
4,551 Points

My code isnt executing for some reason

import random

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


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

  secret_word = random.choice(words)
  bad_guesses = []
  good_guesses = []

  while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(secret_word):
    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('')

    guess = input("Guess a letter").lower()
    if len(guess) != 1:
      print("You can only guess one letter")
      continue
    elif guess in good_guesses or guess in bad_guesses:
      print("You have 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_gusses) == len(list(secret_word)):
        print("You win! The word was {}".format(secret_word))
        break

    else:
      bad_guesses.append(guess)

  else:
    print("You didnt guess it. My secret word was {}".format(secret_word))

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

I see a few issues:

  • you have commas missing on lines 8 and 11
  • on line 33, you have an extra open parenthesis after "len"
  • on line 50 you wrote "good_gusses" (missing an "e")

Also, you may need to revise your win detection strategy. Comparing the number of guesses to the number of letters in the word will only work for words having only unique letters. Otherwise, you can guess all the letters and the program will not recognize the win.

start.lower() -> lower() with paranthesis