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

Posted by Jay Radia
Jay Radia
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Help with code for letter game

I'm sure i've copied the video exactly however there seems to be some mistakes in my code:

When i run the program in the console, the secret word includes every word that is in words list.

It lets me guess a letter, but only one then responds with the same message 'You've already guessed that letter' regardless of what i've put.

here is my code:

import random 

# make a list of words#
words = [
    "apple"
    "banana"
    "orange"
    "coconut"
    "strawberry"
    "lime"
    "grapefruit"
    "lemon"
    "kumquat"
    "blueberry"
    "melon"
]

while True:
    start = input("Press enter/return to start, or Q to quit")
    if start.lower() == 'q':
        break

    # pick a random word
    secret_word = random.choice(words)
    bad_guesses = []
    good_guesses = []

    while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):   
    # draw spaces
    # draw guessed letters and strikes
        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 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 didn't get it! My secret word was {}.".format(secret_word))
Fernandito Flores
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Fernandito Flores
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Fernandito Flores
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Hello. I believe the following line elif guess in bad_guesses or good_guesses:
should read elif guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:

I ran your code after this change and it works, besides the known issue stated on the teachers note. Hope this helps.

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Fernandito Flores
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Also, I forgot to mentioned, the commas in the word list are missing. It should be words = [ 'apples', 'banana', 'orange', 'coconut', 'strawberry', 'lime', 'grapefruit', 'lemon', 'kumquat', 'blueberry', 'melon' ]