Introductory Python Hangman Game
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I'm currently taking a beginners' computer science class for school and we were assigned to create a Hangman game in Python. I've found that after I input a secret word, the program only counts the first letter correctly (also keep in mind, since this is a beginners' class, we were not required to account for other symbols in the secret word). Could somebody review my code and give feedback as to how I can improve it/make it functional? Thanks! Also my apologies for any formatting errors since I have never used StackExchange before.
import sys
#Global Variables
solution =
underscoreWord =
guessedLetters =
missedLetters = 0
def getWord() -> list:
"""Asks the user to enter a word and returns it as a list"""
secretWord = input("Please enter a secret word: ")
secretList = list(secretWord.lower())
return secretList
def makeItUnderscores(secretList:list) -> list:
"""takes in a list with letters and returns the list with underscores"""
global underscoreWord
for i in secretList:
if i.isalpha:
underscoreWord.append("_")
else:
underscoreWord.append(" ")
return underscoreWord
def gameRules(): #defines function
welcome = ['Welcome to Hangman! A word will be chosen at random and',
'you must try to guess the word correctly letter by letter',
'before you run out of attempts. Good luck!'] #Game Rules
for line in welcome:
print (line, sep="n")
def displayFigure(missedLetters:int):
"""Displays the correct figure for the number of letters missed"""
hangman = [
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print (hangman[missedLetters])
def promptForLetter():
"""Asks the user to enter a letter anad processes it."""
global missedLetters
global guessedLetters
global underscoreWord
letterIn = input("Enter a letter: ").lower()
guessedLetters.append(letterIn)
hangmanFlag = False
for index,checkLetter in enumerate (solution):
if letterIn == checkLetter:
hangmanFlag = True
underscoreWord[index] = letterIn
if hangmanFlag == False:
missedLetters += 1
break
def makeScreen():
"""Puts together the parts of the screen"""
global missedLetters
global underscoreWord
global guessedLetters
displayFigure (missedLetters)
print("You need to guess this word:", "".join(underscoreWord))
print("You already used:", "".join(guessedLetters))
def checkForWin():
"""Checks to see if the player has won or lost"""
global solution
global missedLetters
global underscoreWord
if "_" not in underscoreWord:
print()
print()
print("You Win")
sys.exit()
if missedLetters >= 6:
displayFigure (7)
print("Oof, you killed him.")
print("The word was: ", "".join(solution))
sys.exit()
#This is the main program code
print("Welcome to Hangman")
if input("Would you like instructions? (y/n) ") == "y":
gameRules()
solution = getWord()
underscoreWord = makeItUnderscores(solution)
print ("n" * 100)
makeScreen()
while missedLetters < 6:
promptForLetter()
print ("n" * 100)
checkForWin()
makeScreen()
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I'm currently taking a beginners' computer science class for school and we were assigned to create a Hangman game in Python. I've found that after I input a secret word, the program only counts the first letter correctly (also keep in mind, since this is a beginners' class, we were not required to account for other symbols in the secret word). Could somebody review my code and give feedback as to how I can improve it/make it functional? Thanks! Also my apologies for any formatting errors since I have never used StackExchange before.
import sys
#Global Variables
solution =
underscoreWord =
guessedLetters =
missedLetters = 0
def getWord() -> list:
"""Asks the user to enter a word and returns it as a list"""
secretWord = input("Please enter a secret word: ")
secretList = list(secretWord.lower())
return secretList
def makeItUnderscores(secretList:list) -> list:
"""takes in a list with letters and returns the list with underscores"""
global underscoreWord
for i in secretList:
if i.isalpha:
underscoreWord.append("_")
else:
underscoreWord.append(" ")
return underscoreWord
def gameRules(): #defines function
welcome = ['Welcome to Hangman! A word will be chosen at random and',
'you must try to guess the word correctly letter by letter',
'before you run out of attempts. Good luck!'] #Game Rules
for line in welcome:
print (line, sep="n")
def displayFigure(missedLetters:int):
"""Displays the correct figure for the number of letters missed"""
hangman = [
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print (hangman[missedLetters])
def promptForLetter():
"""Asks the user to enter a letter anad processes it."""
global missedLetters
global guessedLetters
global underscoreWord
letterIn = input("Enter a letter: ").lower()
guessedLetters.append(letterIn)
hangmanFlag = False
for index,checkLetter in enumerate (solution):
if letterIn == checkLetter:
hangmanFlag = True
underscoreWord[index] = letterIn
if hangmanFlag == False:
missedLetters += 1
break
def makeScreen():
"""Puts together the parts of the screen"""
global missedLetters
global underscoreWord
global guessedLetters
displayFigure (missedLetters)
print("You need to guess this word:", "".join(underscoreWord))
print("You already used:", "".join(guessedLetters))
def checkForWin():
"""Checks to see if the player has won or lost"""
global solution
global missedLetters
global underscoreWord
if "_" not in underscoreWord:
print()
print()
print("You Win")
sys.exit()
if missedLetters >= 6:
displayFigure (7)
print("Oof, you killed him.")
print("The word was: ", "".join(solution))
sys.exit()
#This is the main program code
print("Welcome to Hangman")
if input("Would you like instructions? (y/n) ") == "y":
gameRules()
solution = getWord()
underscoreWord = makeItUnderscores(solution)
print ("n" * 100)
makeScreen()
while missedLetters < 6:
promptForLetter()
print ("n" * 100)
checkForWin()
makeScreen()
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I'm currently taking a beginners' computer science class for school and we were assigned to create a Hangman game in Python. I've found that after I input a secret word, the program only counts the first letter correctly (also keep in mind, since this is a beginners' class, we were not required to account for other symbols in the secret word). Could somebody review my code and give feedback as to how I can improve it/make it functional? Thanks! Also my apologies for any formatting errors since I have never used StackExchange before.
import sys
#Global Variables
solution =
underscoreWord =
guessedLetters =
missedLetters = 0
def getWord() -> list:
"""Asks the user to enter a word and returns it as a list"""
secretWord = input("Please enter a secret word: ")
secretList = list(secretWord.lower())
return secretList
def makeItUnderscores(secretList:list) -> list:
"""takes in a list with letters and returns the list with underscores"""
global underscoreWord
for i in secretList:
if i.isalpha:
underscoreWord.append("_")
else:
underscoreWord.append(" ")
return underscoreWord
def gameRules(): #defines function
welcome = ['Welcome to Hangman! A word will be chosen at random and',
'you must try to guess the word correctly letter by letter',
'before you run out of attempts. Good luck!'] #Game Rules
for line in welcome:
print (line, sep="n")
def displayFigure(missedLetters:int):
"""Displays the correct figure for the number of letters missed"""
hangman = [
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print (hangman[missedLetters])
def promptForLetter():
"""Asks the user to enter a letter anad processes it."""
global missedLetters
global guessedLetters
global underscoreWord
letterIn = input("Enter a letter: ").lower()
guessedLetters.append(letterIn)
hangmanFlag = False
for index,checkLetter in enumerate (solution):
if letterIn == checkLetter:
hangmanFlag = True
underscoreWord[index] = letterIn
if hangmanFlag == False:
missedLetters += 1
break
def makeScreen():
"""Puts together the parts of the screen"""
global missedLetters
global underscoreWord
global guessedLetters
displayFigure (missedLetters)
print("You need to guess this word:", "".join(underscoreWord))
print("You already used:", "".join(guessedLetters))
def checkForWin():
"""Checks to see if the player has won or lost"""
global solution
global missedLetters
global underscoreWord
if "_" not in underscoreWord:
print()
print()
print("You Win")
sys.exit()
if missedLetters >= 6:
displayFigure (7)
print("Oof, you killed him.")
print("The word was: ", "".join(solution))
sys.exit()
#This is the main program code
print("Welcome to Hangman")
if input("Would you like instructions? (y/n) ") == "y":
gameRules()
solution = getWord()
underscoreWord = makeItUnderscores(solution)
print ("n" * 100)
makeScreen()
while missedLetters < 6:
promptForLetter()
print ("n" * 100)
checkForWin()
makeScreen()
python hangman
asked 5 hours ago
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I'm currently taking a beginners' computer science class for school and we were assigned to create a Hangman game in Python. I've found that after I input a secret word, the program only counts the first letter correctly (also keep in mind, since this is a beginners' class, we were not required to account for other symbols in the secret word). Could somebody review my code and give feedback as to how I can improve it/make it functional? Thanks! Also my apologies for any formatting errors since I have never used StackExchange before.
import sys
#Global Variables
solution =
underscoreWord =
guessedLetters =
missedLetters = 0
def getWord() -> list:
"""Asks the user to enter a word and returns it as a list"""
secretWord = input("Please enter a secret word: ")
secretList = list(secretWord.lower())
return secretList
def makeItUnderscores(secretList:list) -> list:
"""takes in a list with letters and returns the list with underscores"""
global underscoreWord
for i in secretList:
if i.isalpha:
underscoreWord.append("_")
else:
underscoreWord.append(" ")
return underscoreWord
def gameRules(): #defines function
welcome = ['Welcome to Hangman! A word will be chosen at random and',
'you must try to guess the word correctly letter by letter',
'before you run out of attempts. Good luck!'] #Game Rules
for line in welcome:
print (line, sep="n")
def displayFigure(missedLetters:int):
"""Displays the correct figure for the number of letters missed"""
hangman = [
"""
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"""
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"""]
print (hangman[missedLetters])
def promptForLetter():
"""Asks the user to enter a letter anad processes it."""
global missedLetters
global guessedLetters
global underscoreWord
letterIn = input("Enter a letter: ").lower()
guessedLetters.append(letterIn)
hangmanFlag = False
for index,checkLetter in enumerate (solution):
if letterIn == checkLetter:
hangmanFlag = True
underscoreWord[index] = letterIn
if hangmanFlag == False:
missedLetters += 1
break
def makeScreen():
"""Puts together the parts of the screen"""
global missedLetters
global underscoreWord
global guessedLetters
displayFigure (missedLetters)
print("You need to guess this word:", "".join(underscoreWord))
print("You already used:", "".join(guessedLetters))
def checkForWin():
"""Checks to see if the player has won or lost"""
global solution
global missedLetters
global underscoreWord
if "_" not in underscoreWord:
print()
print()
print("You Win")
sys.exit()
if missedLetters >= 6:
displayFigure (7)
print("Oof, you killed him.")
print("The word was: ", "".join(solution))
sys.exit()
#This is the main program code
print("Welcome to Hangman")
if input("Would you like instructions? (y/n) ") == "y":
gameRules()
solution = getWord()
underscoreWord = makeItUnderscores(solution)
print ("n" * 100)
makeScreen()
while missedLetters < 6:
promptForLetter()
print ("n" * 100)
checkForWin()
makeScreen()
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