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

it says 'guess' is not defined. help me

import os
import random
import sys

words = [
    'apple',
    'banana',
    'orange',
    'coconut',
    'strawberry',
    'lime',
    'grapefruit',
    'lemon',
    'kumquat',
    'bluberry',
    '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(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('')
    print('strikes: {}/7'.format(bad_guesses))
    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()

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

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

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

        if guess in secret_word:
            good_guesses.append(guess)
            if len(good_guesses) == len(list(secret_word)):
                print("you win!, the word was {}".format(secret_word))
                break
        else:
            bad_guesses.append(guess)

    else:
        print("you didn't guess it, My secret word was {}.".format(secret_word))

def welcome():
    start = input("press Enter 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)

[MOD: edited code block - srh]

1 Answer

Hey baloch! If you look where your while loop starts, you have defined start to be what is returned by the input. You then proceed to say if the variable guess is in the variable secret word. But you have never defined the variable guess. Hopefully you can fix that, but if you need help please write back. Hope this helps!