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

James Tan
James Tan
3,188 Points

Getting a syntax error

I can't fathom the cause of the syntax error. Help would be appreciated. line 31 print(letter, end='') ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

words = [ 'apple' 'banana' 'orange' 'coconut' 'strawberry' 'lime' 'grapfruit' 'lemon' 'blueberry' 'melon' ]

while True: start = input("Press enter/return to start, or enter Q to quit") 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)):

    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('')

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

    if len(guess) != 1:
        print("You've already guess that letter!")
        continue
    elif guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:
        print("You've already guess 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 didn't guess it! My secret word was{}".format(secret_word))

4 Answers

James Tan
James Tan
3,188 Points

Not really. I am using python 3. It is giving me an indentation error now

if letter in good_guesses:
                         ^

IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level

Seems to be working here: https://repl.it/KEcG/0

In which environment are you running your code?

James Tan
James Tan
3,188 Points

Terminal with python 2.7 and 3.6 installed. I fiddled around with it and tried removing 2.7 with sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7 sudo rm -rf "/Applications/Python 2.7" and it completely stopped working. Using idle now and running module from there and it works

Nice