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

Kellan Alexander
Kellan Alexander
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hangman refactoring

Hello!

My code is below.

I'm having trouble with the second part of the hangman problem set. It's not throwing any errors, rather, it won't run. Idle's shell stays blank and REPL will print the "Welcome to Kellan's Hangman!" and then disconnect.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Best wishes,

Kellan

import random import os import sys colors = [ "red", "blue", "yellow", "black", "white", "orange", "pink", "tan", "gray", "gold", "silver", "green" ]

def clear(): if os.name == "nt": os.system('cls') else: os.system('clear')

def draw(good_guess, bad_guess, secret_word): clear() print("Strikes {}/7".format(len(bad_guess))) print(" ")

for letter in bad_guess:
    print (letter, end=' ')
    print('\n\n')

for letter in secret_word:
    if letter in good_guess:
        print (letter, end=' ')
    else:
        print ("_", end=' ')
print (' ')

def get_guess(good_guess, bad_guess): while True: guess = input("Guess a letter!").lower() if len(guess) != 1: print ("You can only guess one letter at a time!") elif guess in good_guess or guess in bad_guess: print ("You have 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(colors) bad_guess = [] good_guess = []

while True:
    draw(good_guess, bad_guess, secret_word)
    guess = get_guess(good_guess, bad_guess)
    if guess in secret_word:
        good_guess.append(guess)
        found = True 
        for letter in secret_word:
            if letter not in good_guess:
                found = False 
        if found:
            print("You win!")
            print("The secret word is {}".format(secret_word))
            done = True 
    else: 
        bad_guess.append(guess)
        if len(good_guess) == 7:
            draw(good_guess, bad_guess, secret_word)
            print("You lost!")
            print("The secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
            done = True 
    if done:
        play_again = input("Would you like to play again? y or n ").lower()
        if play_again != "n":
            return play(done = False)
        else:
            sys.exit()

def welcome(): start = input("Press enter to play and 'q' to quit!").lower() if start == "q": print("Bye!") sys.exit else: return True

print("Welcome to Kellan's Hangman!") done = False

while True: clear() welcome() play(done)

Can you properly show your code? It's a little hard to read :)

Thanks! ~Alex