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

What's wrong with my code?

import random

make a list of words

words = [ 'apple', 'banana', 'orange', 'coconut', 'strawberry', 'lime', 'graprefruit', 'lemon', 'melon' ]

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

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

while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):
    # draw guessed letters, spaces, and strikes
    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 guess
guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()

if len(guess) != 1:
    print("One letter at a time!")
    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 secret word was {}.".format(secret_word))
        break
else:
    bad_guesses.append(guess)

else: print("You didn't guess it! The secret word was {}.".format(secret_word))

sorry that didn't paste right.

Anibal Marquina
Anibal Marquina
9,523 Points

Hi Matt, could you be a little bit more specific about your question to give you a hand?

To paste properly your code use the Markdown Cheatsheet.. you will find it at the bottom of the page with some exmaples

Cheers

Apologies.

When I run the game, it generates infinite lines of the startup and then everything crashes.

import random

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

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

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

    while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):
        # draw guessed letters, spaces, and strikes
        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 guess
    guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()

    if len(guess) != 1:
        print("One letter at a time!")
        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 secret word was {}.".format(secret_word))
            break
    else:
        bad_guesses.append(guess)
else:
    print("You didn't guess it! The secret word was {}.".format(secret_word))

1 Answer

Jeff Muday
MOD
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,722 Points

You are so close!

It is an indentation issue. From your comment "take a guess" down to the end needs to be indented by 4 spaces so it is part of your internal while loop.

Also you need to check the termination of the loop. Once you guess all the letters, you are going to have to check for that condition and exit the loop.