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Start your free trialAndrei Oprescu
9,547 PointsDoes anyone know why my code is going bananas?
This code is taken from the course and I don't know why it is going crazy:
import random
words = [
'apple',
'banana',
'orange',
'coconut',
'strawberry',
'lime',
'grapefruit',
'lemon',
'kumquat',
'blueberry',
'melon',
]
while True:
start = input("Press enter/return to start, or enter Q to quit.")
if start.lower() == 'q':
break
secret_word = random.choice(words)
bad_guesses = []
good_guesses = []
while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(list(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 a single letter!")
continue
elif guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:
print("You have already guesses this letter before!")
continue
elif not guess.isalpha():
print("You can only guess letters!")
continue
if guess in secret_word:
good_guess.append(guess)
if len(good_guesses) == len(list(secret_word)):
print("You win! The word was {}.".format(secret_word))
break
else:
bad_guess.append(guess)
else:
print("You didn't guess it! My secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
Can you help me solve this?
Thanks
[MOD: added ```python formatting -cf]
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsA common error in this code problem is using len(list(secret_word))
provides undesired length if there are repeated letters in the secret word, such as "banana". Only three correct guesses should match, but you'll never get 6 correct guesses. Hint: use set
instead of list
.
Post back if this doesn't solve your problem. Good luck!!
Jordan Hoover
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 59,268 PointsJordan Hoover
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 59,268 PointsWhat does going crazy mean? What's happening that is wrong? Also, could you format all your code into one block?