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13,928 PointsLetter Game Refinement
i know am missing something it start good then when i add any letter it clears the screen and i have to start over
import random
import os
import sys
# make a list of words
words = [
'neysa',
'jean',
'kati',
'carol',
'mike',
'jasmin cordero',
'jenny nunez',
'max',
'ninoshuka',
'steven',
'anthony'
]
def clear():
if os.name =='nt':
os.sy('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):
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 guess that letter !")
elif not guess.isalpha():
print("you can only guess letter!")
else:
return guess
def play(done):
clear()
secret_word = random.choice(words)
good_guesses = []
bad_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? n/y").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)
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1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsIf game is not "done" due to all letters found or 7 bad guesses, then says.exit()
is reached.