Text based Hangman program
My program runs at first, and is fine until a user enters a letter then has an error where the letter is not defined. Any ideas? Thanks
import random
HANGMANPICS = ["""
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words = "ant baboon badger bat bear beaver camel cat clam cobra cougar coyote crow deer dog donkey duck eagle ferret fox frog goat goose hawk lion lizard llama mole monkey moose mouse mule newt otter owl panda parrot pigeon python rabbit ram rat raven rhino salmon seal shark sheep skunk sloth snake spider stork swan tiger toad trout turkey turtle weasel whale wolf wombat zebra".split()
#missedLetters = ""
#correctLetters = ""
#secretWord = ""
def getRandomWord(wordList):
# This function returns a random string from the passed list of strings.
wordIndex = random.randint(0, len(wordList) - 1)
return wordList[wordIndex]
#secretWord = getRandomWord(words)
def displayBoard(HANGMANPICS, missedLetters, correctLetters, secretWord):
print(HANGMANPICS[len(missedLetters)])
print
print "Missed Letters:",
for letter in missedLetters:
print(letter, )
print
blanks = "_" * len(secretWord)
for i in range(len(secretWord)): # replace blanks with correctly guessed letters
if secretWord[i] in correctLetters:
blanks = blanks[:i] + secretWord[i] + blanks[i+1:]
for letter in blanks: # show the secret word with spaces in between each letter
print letter,
print
Right here's where i'm getting my main error, when a user inputs a letter, a guess, and it comes as not defined
def getGuess(alreadyGuessed):
# Returns the letter the player entered. This function makes sure the player entered a single letter, and not something else.
while True:
print("Guess a lowercase letter")
g = input("-->")
if len(g) != 1:
print "Please enter a single letter."
elif g in alreadyGuessed:
print "You have already guessed that letter. Choose again."
elif g not in "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz":
print "Please enter a LETTER."
else:
return g
def playAgain():
# This function returns True if the player wants to play again, otherwise it returns False.
print "Do you want to play again? (yes or no)"
return input().lower().startswith('y')
print("H A N G M A N")
missedLetters = ""
correctLetters = ""
secretWord = getRandomWord(words)
gameIsDone = False
guess = ""
while gameIsDone == False:
displayBoard(HANGMANPICS, missedLetters, correctLetters, secretWord)
aGuessed = missedLetters + correctLetters
# Let the player type in a letter.
guess = getGuess(aGuessed)
if guess in secretWord:
correctLetters = correctLetters + guess
# Check if the player has won
foundAllLetters = True
for i in range(len(secretWord)):
if secretWord[i] not in correctLetters:
foundAllLetters = False
break
if foundAllLetters:
print("Yes! The secret word is " + secretWord + "! You have won!")
gameIsDone = True
else:
missedLetters = missedLetters + guess
# Check if player has guessed too many times and lost
if len(missedLetters) == len(HANGMANPICS) - 1:
displayBoard(HANGMANPICS, missedLetters, correctLetters, secretWord)
print "You have run out of guesses!\nAfter " + str(len(missedLetters)) + " missed guesses and " + str(len(correctLetters)) + " correct guesses, the word was " + secretWord + ""
gameIsDone = True
# Ask the player if they want to play again (but only if the game is done).
if gameIsDone:
if playAgain():
missedLetters = ""
correctLetters = ""
gameIsDone = False
secretWord = getRandomWord(words)
else:
break
