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

Seun Akinyosoye
Seun Akinyosoye
6,875 Points

Couldnt get the code to work what am I doing wrong

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_guessess, 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))

    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)

4 Answers

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points

Here's your error, typo:

def draw(bad_guesses, good_guessess, secret_word):   # <-- should be good_guesses
Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points

What error message do you see? Can you include it?

Seun Akinyosoye
Seun Akinyosoye
6,875 Points

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "letter_game3.py", line 113, in <module>
play(done)
File "letter_game3.py", line 67, in play
draw(bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word)
File "letter_game3.py", line 37, in draw
if letter in good_guesses:
NameError: name 'good_guesses' is not defined

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points

Happy to help, feel free to hit that best answer button, it helps :P