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Quote of AWESOMENESS: “First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.” ~ John Johnson

Yup, I know, this is like the fourth blog in a row that relates to Python. BUT, it’s okay! This one is really fun. The program we will be making today is Hangman. The code is shown below:


import random

def print_game_rules(max_incorrect,word_len):
    print("This game we will be playing hangman!")

def display_figure(bad_guesses):
    gallows = (
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        """
            +----------+
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        """
            +----------+
            |          o
            |          +---
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        """
            +----------+
            |          o
            |       ---+---
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        """
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        """
    )
    print(gallows[bad_guesses])
    return()

def prompt_for_letter():
    print("")
    player_guess = str(input("Guess a letter in the mystery word: "))
    player_guess = player_guess.strip()
    player_guess = player_guess.lower()
    print("")
    return(player_guess)

animal_words = ("horse", "mall", "desktop", "apple", "earth", "tree", "sun", "can", "love", "dog", "door", "house", "mansion", "beach", "computer", "window", "keyboard", "airplane", "hotel", "cat")
theword = random.choice(animal_words)
word_len = len(theword)
letterguess = word_len * ["_"]
max_incorrect = 6
alphabet = ("a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j","k","l","m","n","o","p","q","r","s","t","u","v","w","x","y","z")
letters_tried = []
number_guesses = 0
letters_correct = 0
incorrect_guesses = 0
###############################
# PROCESSING SECTION
# Branching code: if/else
# Looping code: for-loop, while-loop
###############################

print("This game is hangman.")
while (incorrect_guesses != max_incorrect) and (letters_correct != word_len):
    letter = prompt_for_letter()
    if letter in alphabet:
        if letter in letters_tried:
            print("You already picked", letter)
        else:
            letters_tried.append(letter)
            if theword.find(letter) == -1:
                print("the letter", letter,"is not in the word")
                incorrect_guesses += 1
                print("***********************")
                print(incorrect_guesses)
            else:
                print("the letter", letter,"is in the word")
                for i in range(word_len):
                    if letter == theword[i]:
                        letterguess[i] = letter
                        letters_correct += 1
                    else:
                        pass
    else:
        print("Please guess a single letter in the alphabet.")


    x = ""
    print(x.join(letterguess))
    a = ""
    print("Letters tried so far: ", a.join(letters_tried))
    if incorrect_guesses == max_incorrect:
        print("Sorry, too many incorrect guesses. You are hanged.")
        print("The word was", theword)
    if letters_correct == word_len:
        print("You guessed all the letters in the word!")
        print("The word was", theword)



    display_figure(incorrect_guesses)

Honestly, this was a challenging project at the start and I had quite a few obstacles that were highly annoying but eventually here we are!

Pssst, don’t forget to be awesome today.

Yours truly,

L.O.A.S.H