Hi, below is code for a hangman game which I copied from a book I am
studying,Python programming for the absolute beginners by Michael Dawson. I
have underlined the part of code I do not understand and why it is there.
import random
HANGMAN = (
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""")
MAX_WRONG = len(HANGMAN )-1
WORDS = ("PYTHON","RUBY","VISUAL BASIC","PHP","JAVA","UNIX","LINUX","PERL")
word = random.choice(WORDS)
so_far = "-" * len(word)
wrong = 0
used = []
print("Welcome to hangman.Good luck!")
while wrong < MAX_WRONG and so_far != word:
print(HANGMAN[wrong])
print("\nYou've used the following letterss:\n",used)
print("\nSo far,the word is:\n", so_far)
guess = input("\nEnter your guess: ")
guess = guess.upper()
while guess in used:
print("You've already guessed the letter",guess)
guess = input("Enter your guess: ")
guess = guess.upper()
used.append(guess)
if guess in word:
print("\nYes",guess,"is in the word!")
new = ""
for i in range(len(word)):
if guess == word[i]:
new += guess
* else:*
* new += so_far[i] # why is there a else code here?*
so_far = new
else:
print("\nSorry",guess,"isnt in the word")
wrong += 1
if wrong == MAX_WRONG:
print(HANGMAN[wrog])
print("\nYou have been hanged!!")
else:
print("\nYou have guessed correct")
print("\nThe word was", word)
input("\nPress enter to exit")
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