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Start your free trialCourtney Erickson
1,579 PointsMy code counts the good_guesses as a strike , causing an endless loop if the secret_word is less than 7 letters!
import random
make a list of words
words = [ 'apple', 'banana', 'orange', 'coconut', 'strawberry', 'lime', 'grapefruit', 'lemon', 'melon', 'blueberry', 'kumquat' ]
while True: start = input("Press enter/return to start, or enter Q to quit: ") if start.lower() == 'q': break
# pick a random word
secret_word = random.choice(words)
good_guesses = []
bad_guesses = []
while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(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('')
take guess
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'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 word was {}".format(secret_word))
break
else:
bad_guesses.append(guess)
else:
print("You didnt guess it! My secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
draw guessed letters and strikes
print out win/lose
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsThe problem doesn't seem to be the length of the word, but the strategy used for detecting a win. Comparing the number of good guesses to the word size will work when the word has all unique letters, but your data includes words like "apple" with repeated letters. In this case, a win occurs in only 4 guesses but the word has 5 letters. So you'll need a different strategy for detecting a win.
As you continue in the course, this will be discussed in the videos yet to come.
Anthony Kimberly
11,049 PointsI'm glad I found this answer, this threw me off for a good half hour trying to find a solution. I guess I should've ignored it and moved on.
Kirill Druzhynin
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 4,874 PointsKirill Druzhynin
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 4,874 PointsThank you, Steven. I was trying to make another strategy for detecting letters for an hour :)