#!/usr/bin/python3 # Hangman game # # ----------------------------------- # Helper code # You don't need to understand this helper code, # but you will have to know how to use the functions # (so be sure to read the docstrings!) import random WORDLIST_FILENAME = "words.txt" def loadWords(): """ Returns a list of valid words. Words are strings of lowercase letters. Depending on the size of the word list, this function may take a while to finish. """ print("Loading word list from file...") # inFile: file inFile = open(WORDLIST_FILENAME, 'r') # line: string line = inFile.readline() # wordlist: list of strings wordlist = line.split() print(" ", len(wordlist), "words loaded.") return wordlist def chooseWord(wordlist): """ wordlist (list): list of words (strings) Returns a word from wordlist at random """ return random.choice(wordlist) # end of helper code # ----------------------------------- # Load the list of words into the variable wordlist # so that it can be accessed from anywhere in the program wordlist = loadWords() def isWordGuessed(secretWord, lettersGuessed): ''' secretWord: string, the word the user is guessing lettersGuessed: list, what letters have been guessed so far returns: boolean, True if all the letters of secretWord are in lettersGuessed; False otherwise This function assumes variable lettersGuessed have no repeated letters ''' num = len(secretWord) for i in secretWord: if i in lettersGuessed: num -= 1 if num == 0: return True else: return False def getGuessedWord(secretWord, lettersGuessed): ''' secretWord: string, the word the user is guessing lettersGuessed: list, what letters have been guessed so far returns: string, comprised of letters and underscores that represents what letters in secretWord have been guessed so far. ''' word = "" for i in secretWord: if i in lettersGuessed: word += i else: word += "_ " return word def getAvailableLetters(lettersGuessed): ''' lettersGuessed: list, what letters have been guessed so far returns: string, comprised of letters that represents what letters have not yet been guessed. ''' alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" available = "" for i in alphabet: if i not in lettersGuessed: available += i return available def hangman(secretWord): ''' secretWord: string, the secret word to guess. Starts up an interactive game of Hangman. * At the start of the game, let the user know how many letters the secretWord contains. * Ask the user to supply one guess (i.e. letter) per round. * The user should receive feedback immediately after each guess about whether their guess appears in the computers word. * After each round, you should also display to the user the partially guessed word so far, as well as letters that the user has not yet guessed. Follows the other limitations detailed in the problem write-up. ''' # Number of guesses user still has num_guesses = 8 # Tracks the letters already guessed by user lettersGuessed = [] print("Welcome to the game, Hangman!") print("I am thinking of a word that is " + str(len(secretWord)) + \ " letters long") while True: available = getAvailableLetters(lettersGuessed) print("------------") if isWordGuessed(secretWord, lettersGuessed): print("Congratulations, you won!") win = True break elif num_guesses == 0: print("Sorry, you ran out of guesses. The word was: " + secretWord) break print("You have " + str(num_guesses) + " guesses left.") print("Available letters: " + available) guess = input("Please guess a letter: ") if guess not in available: print("Oops! You've already guessed that letter: " + \ getGuessedWord(secretWord, lettersGuessed)) continue lettersGuessed.append(guess) if guess not in secretWord: print("Oops! That letter is not in my word: " + \ getGuessedWord(secretWord, lettersGuessed)) num_guesses -= 1 continue else: print("Good guess: " + getGuessedWord(secretWord, lettersGuessed)) # When you've completed your hangman function, uncomment these two lines # and run this file to test! (hint: you might want to pick your own # secretWord while you're testing) # secretWord = chooseWord(wordlist).lower() secretWord = "swards" hangman(secretWord)