Python - Project - Hangman (Day 7)

This is a 100 Days challenge to learn a new language (Python). 100 Days of Code - The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp 

I will post some notes to motivate myself to finish this challenge.

Hangman

What is hangman game? Reference.

First of all, we need to draw a flow chart to break down the requirements

Ex:

import random

stages = ['''

  +---+

  |   |

  O   |

 /|\  |

 / \  |

      |

=========''', '''

  +---+

  |   |

  O   |

 /|\  |

 /    |

      |

=========''', '''

  +---+

  |   |

  O   |

 /|\  |

      |

      |

=========''', '''

  +---+

  |   |

  O   |

 /|   |

      |

      |

=========''', '''

  +---+

  |   |

  O   |

  |   |

      |

      |

=========''', '''

  +---+

  |   |

  O   |

      |

      |

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=========''', '''

  +---+

  |   |

      |

      |

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      |

=========

''']

# lives should match the stage (index)

lives = 6

# Define those words for this game

word_list = ["turtle", "giraffe", "mouse", "crocodile"]

# Show welcome message

print("Let's play HANGMAN!")

# Randomly pick a word from a defined list

chosen_word = random.choice(word_list)

# Deine a list to keep tracking the game result

display = []

for _ in range(0, len(chosen_word)):

    display.append("_")

# Show placeholder list

print(display)

# Show first stage

print(f"{stages[lives]}")

# Continue the game if users still have lives to play and

# have not guessed the word successfully

while "_" in display and lives > 0:

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

    # Succeeded

    if guess in chosen_word:

        # Update placeholder list

        for index in range(0, len(chosen_word)):

            if chosen_word[index] == guess:

                display[index] = guess

    # Failed

    else:

        print(f"It is a wrong guess, and you lose a life")

        lives = lives - 1

    print(f"{ display }")

    print(f"{ stages[lives] }")

# Determine the result

if "_" in display:

    print("You Lose")

else:

    print("You Win")

Note

   

# Use random.randint to randomly access an element of list

chosed_word = word_list[random.randint(0, len(word_list)-1)]

# The better way

# Utilize random.choice function to randomly pick an element from a list

chosed_word = random.choice(word_list)

   

# loop for a string

for letter in chosed_word:

    print("Hi")

# Using range if the letter of a string was not used

for _ in range(len(chosed_word)):

    print("Hi")