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Spaces tend to cause annoyances in a Unix-style shell environment. This change fixes that.
72 lines
2.2 KiB
Python
72 lines
2.2 KiB
Python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
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# WORD
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#
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# Converted from BASIC to Python by Trevor Hobson
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import random
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words = ["DINKY", "SMOKE", "WATER", "GRASS", "TRAIN", "MIGHT", "FIRST",
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"CANDY", "CHAMP", "WOULD", "CLUMP", "DOPEY"]
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def play_game():
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"""Play one round of the game"""
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random.shuffle(words)
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target_word = words[0]
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guess_count = 0
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guess_progress = ["-"] * 5
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print("You are starting a new game...")
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while True:
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guess_word = ""
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while guess_word == "":
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guess_word = input("\nGuess a five letter word. ").upper()
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if guess_word == "?":
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break
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elif not guess_word.isalpha() or len(guess_word) != 5:
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guess_word = ""
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print("You must guess a five letter word. Start again.")
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guess_count += 1
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if guess_word == "?":
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print("The secret word is", target_word)
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break
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else:
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common_letters = ""
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matches = 0
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for i in range(5):
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for j in range(5):
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if guess_word[i] == target_word[j]:
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matches += 1
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common_letters = common_letters + guess_word[i]
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if i == j:
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guess_progress[j] = guess_word[i]
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print("There were", matches,
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"matches and the common letters were... " + common_letters)
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print(
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"From the exact letter matches, you know............ " + "".join(guess_progress))
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if "".join(guess_progress) == guess_word:
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print("\nYou have guessed the word. It took",
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guess_count, "guesses!")
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break
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elif matches == 0:
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print("\nIf you give up, type '?' for you next guess.")
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def main():
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print(" " * 33 + "WORD")
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print(" " * 15 + "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY\n")
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print("I am thinking of a word -- you guess it. I will give you")
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print("clues to help you get it. Good luck!!\n")
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keep_playing = True
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while keep_playing:
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play_game()
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keep_playing = input(
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"\nWant to play again? ").lower().startswith("y")
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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main()
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