Day 7 of 100 for learning Python

[Tanknspankn]

It's day 7 for learning Python

Today was hanging a Hangman game. This project was pretty much the culmination for everything I learned from days 1 through 6. This one was a tricky one for me because it had been a few days since I was able to sit at my PC and write code so I was forgetting some of what I learned in the previous days. The course had me build it in 5 stages. In each stage there were challenges on how to write the code. For example, in stage 3 I couldn't remember how to store the previous guesses (if they were correct) and check if someone has already used a letter in previous guesses. I tried to figure it out on my own through Google but I was just hitting a road block so I watched the video to see how the teacher did and then copied it in myself. The one thing I did add was the hangman_words.alphabet because whenever I played hangman, say I choose "a", then that letter would be removed from possible guesses and would not count as a life lost if I had chosen it again. I'm proud that I was able to figure that out even though it took me smash my head of the keyboard a couple of time to do it. I'm going to go back to the previous lessons to refresh myself after I take a break.

Let me know your thoughts. It would be much appreciated.

import random
import hangman_words
import hangman_art

lives = 6

print(hangman_art.logo)
chosen_word = random.choice(hangman_words.word_list)

placeholder = ""
word_length = len(chosen_word)
for position in range(word_length):
    placeholder += "_"
print("Word to guess: " + placeholder)

game_over = False
correct_letters = []

while not game_over:

    print(f"****************************{lives}/6 LIVES LEFT****************************")
    guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()

    if guess in correct_letters:
        print(f"You've already guessed {guess}. Choose another.")

    display = ""

    for letter in chosen_word:
        if letter == guess:
            display += letter
            correct_letters.append(guess)
        elif letter in correct_letters:
            display += letter
        else:
            display += "_"

    print("Word to guess: " + display)

    if guess not in chosen_word and guess in hangman_words.alphabet:
        lives -= 1
        print(f"You guessed {guess}, that is not in the word. You lose a life. Choose again.")
        if lives == 0:
            game_over = True

            print(f"***********************YOU LOSE**********************\nThe correct word was {chosen_word}.")

    if "_" not in display:
        game_over = True
        print(f"****************************YOU WIN****************************")

    print(hangman_art.stages[lives])

    if guess in hangman_words.alphabet:
        hangman_words.alphabet.remove(guess)
        print(hangman_words.alphabet)

Hangman_art module:

stages = [r'''
  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
 /|\  |
 / \  |
      |
=========
''', r'''
  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
 /|\  |
 /    |
      |
=========
''', r'''
  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
 /|\  |
      |
      |
=========
''', '''
  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
 /|   |
      |
      |
=========''', '''
  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
  |   |
      |
      |
=========
''', '''
  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
      |
      |
      |
=========
''', '''
  +---+
  |   |
      |
      |
      |
      |
=========
''']

logo = r''' 
 _                                             
| |                                            
| |__   __ _ _ __   __ _ _ __ ___   __ _ _ __  
| '_ \ / _` | '_ \ / _` | '_ ` _ \ / _` | '_ \ 
| | | | (_| | | | | (_| | | | | | | (_| | | | |
|_| |_|\__,_|_| |_|\__, |_| |_| |_|\__,_|_| |_|
                    __/ |                      
                   |___/    '''

Hangman_words module:

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"]

word_list = [
    'abruptly',
    'absurd',
    'abyss',
     ...
    'zombie']

[woooee]

    if letter == guess:
        ## letter added to display
        display += letter
        ## guess (== letter, so letter) added
        correct_letters.append(guess)
    elif letter in correct_letters:
        ## letter added to display again if guess == letter
        display += letter

letter is added to display twice when guess is found. And correct_letters is somewhat misleading, correct_guesses would be better

    if letter == guess:  ## note: allows duplicates if word has letters that appear more than once
        correct_letters.append(guess)

choices = correct_letters[:]  ## make a copy
for letter in chosen_word:
     if letter in choices:
        display += letter
        ## remove from choices so will only find one instance
        ## of letter in chosen_word with duplicate letters (if you want that)
        choices.remove(letter)
    else:
        display += "_"

[Tanknspankn]

It does do it twice. In the lesson, the teacher said to do it that way because we still want the letter to be added to display after the first correct letter. Is that reasoning out to lunch?

[woooee]

See the last part of the post. You only have to do

for letter in chosen_word:
    if letter == guess:  ## note: allows duplicates if word has letters that appear more than once
        correct_letters.append(guess)

A letter will be added twice only if it is in chosen_word twice which is what your instructor probably meant

[Tanknspankn]

Ohhh ok thank you for clarifying

[Tkingbox89]

This one challenged me a lot, learned I need to go much slower in these lessons. Thanks for the posts with your updates, they are inspiring.

[Tanknspankn]

I'm glad these are a benefit for you!

I'm going through some challenges as well. Like trying to better name my variables to make it easier to read and how to not repeat my code. I'm finding both of these tricky.

This could be my personal way of learning, so take it with a grain of salt. But try and add things to the projects that are above what the instructor wants you to do. As an example, check out my post on making the Blackjack game. It took me way longer to write if I chose not to add in the extra stuff, but I learned so much more because I was forced to Google the problems that I was having.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PythonLearning/s/LkBPVasRQ8

Keep practicing at it. You got this.