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De Juan Evans-Taylor
901 PointsSimple python question for my homework but just isnt working for me
purpose: expects nothing
returns True if the word in the global variable "secret_word"
has been guessed, based on the "letters_guessed" list
and returns False otherwise
def word_guessed(): ''' Returns True if the player has successfully guessed the word, and False otherwise. ''' global secret_word global letters_guessed
if letters_guessed == secret_word:
return False
else:
return True
should look like this but when i run it, its not working
secret_word = "arf" letters_guessed = ['a', 'r', 'f'] word_guessed() True letters_guessed = ['a', 'r'] word_guessed() False
2 Answers
Safery Hossain
3,484 PointsYour code is in very broad definition. Its hard to tell but the code is wrong from my view. Your function is trying to see if a string is equal to a list. This will always return False (in your case, your function is returning True).
To fix this, you can write the code like this:
word_count = 0
def word_guessed():
if (letter_guesse in secret_word):
world_count = word_count + 1
if (word_count == len(secret_word)):
return True
else:
False
Now the code can work the way you showed on the terminal.
TEST_ID = L M_TEST
2,238 PointsTry to turn it around
for word in letters_guessed:
if word in letters_guessed:
return True
else:
return False