hangman_game.py

import random
from words import word_list

def get_word():
    word = random.choice(word_list)
    return word.upper()

def play(word):
   word_completion = "_" * len(word)
   guessed = False
   guessed_letters = []
   guessed_words = []
   tries = 6
   print("Let's play Hangman!")
   print(display_hangman(tries))
   print(word_completion) 
   print("\n")
    
   while not guessed and tries > 0:
      guess = input("Please guess a letter or word:").upper()
      if len(guess) == 1 and guess.isalpha():
         if guess in guessed_letters:
            print("You have already guessed this letter : ", guess)   
         
         elif guess not in word:
            print(guess, "is not in the word.")
            tries = tries - 1
            guessed_letters.append(guess)
            
         else:
            print("Good job !", guess, "is in the word.")
            guessed_letters.append(guess)
            word_as_list = list(word_completion)     #Find all instances where guess appears in the word so we first convert that into a list
            indices = [i for i, letter in enumerate(word) if letter == guess]
            for index in indices:
               word_as_list[index] = guess
            word_completion = "". join(word_as_list)
            if "_" not in word_completion:
               guessed = True
         
        
      elif len(guess) == len(word) and guess.isalpha():
         if guess in guessed_words:
            print("you already guessed this word !")
            
         elif guess != word:
            print(guess, "is not the word")
            tries = tries - 1
            guessed_words.append(guess)
         else:
            guessed = True
            word_completion = word
           
      
      else:
         print("Not a valid guess!")
      
      print(display_hangman(tries))
      print(word_completion)
      print("\n")
   
   if guessed :
      print("Congrats, yoiu guessed the word You win.")
   else:
      print("sorry you ran out of tries. The word was " + word + " Maybe next time")
      
def display_hangman(tries):
    stages = [  # final state: head, torso, both arms, and both legs
                """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |     \\|/
                   |      |
                   |     / \\
                   -
                """,
                # head, torso, both arms, and one leg
                """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |     \\|/
                   |      |
                   |     / 
                   -
                """,
                # head, torso, and both arms
                """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |     \\|/
                   |      |
                   |      
                   -
                """,
                # head, torso, and one arm
                """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |     \\|
                   |      |
                   |     
                   -
                """,
                # head and torso
                """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |      |
                   |      |
                   |     
                   -
                """,
                # head
                """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      O
                   |    
                   |      
                   |     
                   -
                """,
                # initial empty state
                """
                   --------
                   |      |
                   |      
                   |    
                   |      
                   |     
                   -
                """
    ]
    return stages[tries]
 
 
def main():
   word = get_word()
   play(word)
   while input("Play again ? (Y/N) ").upper() == "Y":
      word = get_word()
      play(word)
      
      
if __name__ == "__main__" :      #our program will run by running our script on the command line
   main()