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Start your free trialAleksei Chepinoga
8,385 PointsI am not able to find my letter_game_2.py
Hi, Kenneth. I am not able to find my letter_game_2.py in Python Basics. Can you, please, add it to workspaces of this course?
2 Answers
__ROLLER__ Angel
25,606 PointsThe variables aren't all exactly the same but you can use this to start
import os
import random
import sys
words = [
'apple',
'banana',
'orange',
'coconut',
'strawberry',
'lime',
'grapefruit',
'lemon',
'kumquat',
'blueberry',
'melon'
]
def clear():
if os.name == 'nt':
os.system('cls')
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!")
elif guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:
print("You've already guessed that letter!")
elif not guess.isalpha():
print("You can only guess letters!")
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)
Sam Kim
3,054 PointsHi,
You have to click on "Workspaces" in the upper hand bar of this webpage. The word game should be stored in "python basics". Then copy paste the .py file into your current workspace.
Aleksei Chepinoga
8,385 PointsAleksei Chepinoga
8,385 PointsThank you!