04_09_hangman_full_solution.py

#04_09_hangman_full_solution
import random

words = ['chicken', 'dog', 'cat', 'mouse', 'frog']
lives_remaining = 14
guessed_letters = ''



def play():
	word = pick_a_word()
	while True:
		guess = get_guess(word)
		if process_guess(guess, word):
			print('You win! Well Done!')
			break
		if lives_remaining == 0:
			print('You are Hung!')
			print('The word was: ' + word)
			break
	
def pick_a_word():
	return random.choice(words)
	
def get_guess(word):
	print_word_with_blanks(word)
	print('Lives Remaining: ' + str(lives_remaining))
	guess = input(' Guess a letter or whole word?')
	return guess

def print_word_with_blanks(word):
	display_word = ''
	for letter in word:
		if guessed_letters.find(letter) > -1:
			# letter found
			display_word = display_word + letter
		else:
			# letter not found
			display_word = display_word + '-'
	print(display_word)
			
def process_guess(guess, word):
	if len(guess) > 1 and len(guess) == len(word):
		return whole_word_guess(guess, word)
	else:
		return single_letter_guess(guess, word)

			
def whole_word_guess(guess, word):
	global lives_remaining
	if guess.lower() == word.lower():
		return True
	else:
		lives_remaining = lives_remaining - 1
		return False

def single_letter_guess(guess, word):
	global guessed_letters
	global lives_remaining
	if word.find(guess) == -1:
		# letter guess was incorrect
		lives_remaining = lives_remaining - 1
	guessed_letters = guessed_letters + guess.lower()
	if all_letters_guessed(word):
		return True
	return False

def all_letters_guessed(word):
	for letter in word:
		if guessed_letters.find(letter.lower()) == -1:
			return False
	return True
	
play()