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

Marta P.
Marta P.
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Posted by Marta P.
Marta P.
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Letter Game Refinement - final game not working properly

So the game works quite well at the beginning (asking to begin, asking for a letter), but when I type a letter it's just as if it "exit()"ed itself. No Error or anything, it just exits the game and kind of tilts!

I fixed the bugs in my code so far, following the instructions of the shell, but this I don't get. Thank you in advance for your help:)

Marta P.
Marta P.
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Marta P.
Marta P.
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Here is my code. Some of it seem not to fit in the normal code display....no idea why! Sorry!

import sys import os import random

# make a list of words

words = ["whatever", "rock", "scissors", "apples", "bananas"]

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): guess = input("Guess a letter: ")

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)

2 Answers

Christopher Shaw
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It is a bit hard to tell by the way you pasted your code, but I think your problem is indeting. I think you have:

        if done:
            play_again = input("Play again? Y/n").lower
            if play_again != 'n':
                return play(done=False)
        else:
            sys.exit()

This will exit after every guess, as the else refers to the if done.

Where it should be:

        if done:
            play_again = input("Play again? Y/n").lower
            if play_again != 'n':
                return play(done=False)
            else:
                sys.exit()

Where the else refers to the if play_again....

Marta P.
Marta P.
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Marta P.
Marta P.
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Thank you! I tried to fix the pasted code but it still would show like this...sorry about that. And thanks a lot for your help! I will try that!

Marta P.
Marta P.
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Marta P.
Marta P.
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It worked, thanks a lot:)