Hangman - 3 versions

- December 20, 2021

#very simple code - V1

import random
word_list = ["aardvark", "baboon", "camel", "myblog", "abs"]

chosen_word = random.choice(word_list)
guess = input("Guess a letter? >> ").lower()

for letter in chosen_word:
  if letter == guess:
    print("Right!")
  else:
    print("Wrong!")
  

#much more advanced code - V2
import random
word_list = ["aardvark", "baboon", "camel"]
chosen_word = random.choice(word_list)

#Testing code
print(f'Pssst, the solution is {chosen_word}.')

display = []
word_length = len(chosen_word)
for _ in range(word_length):
    display += "_"

guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()

for position in range(word_length):
    letter = chosen_word[position]
    #print(f"Current position: {position}\n Current letter: {letter}\n Guessed letter: {guess}")
    if letter == guess:
        display[position] = letter

print(display)

#much more advanced code - V3

import random
word_list = ["aardvark", "baboon", "camel"]
chosen_word = random.choice(word_list)
word_length = len(chosen_word)

#Testing code
print(f'Pssst, the solution is {chosen_word}.')

#Create blanks
display = []
for _ in range(word_length):
    display += "_"

#Useing a while loop to let the user guess again. The loop should only 
stop once the user has guessed all the letters in the chosen_word 
and 'display' has no more blanks ("_"). 
end_of_game = False

while not end_of_game:
    guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()
    #Check guessed letter
    for position in range(word_length):
        letter = chosen_word[position]
        #print(f"Current position: {position}\n Current letter: {letter}\n Guessed letter: {guess}")
        if letter == guess:
            display[position] = letter
    print(display)
    #Check if there are no more "_" left in 'display'.
    #Then all letters have been guessed.
    if "_" not in display:
        end_of_game = True
        print("You win.")