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Kelvin Davis
Kelvin Davis

Reputation: 355

Dictionary Key:Value removal and re insertion into a list or something

I'm attempting to make a hangman game for practice. I've wrote the function to get the random word and a function to pair those characters up with there index. Wondering if the user guess a correct character is there a way to reference the dictionary, and output the character to an empty list at the correct index? Code I Have so far:

import random
import sys

def hangman():
    print("Welcome to Hangman\n")
    answer = input("Would you like to play? yes(y) or no(n)")
    if answer is "y":
        print("Generating Random Word...Complete")
        wordlist = []
        with open('sowpods.txt', 'r') as f:
            line = f.read()
            line = list(line.splitlines())
            word = list(random.choice(line))
            Key = matchUp(word)


    else:
        sys.exit()

def matchUp(word):
    list = []
    for x in word:
        list.append(word.index(x))
    newDict = {}
    newDict = dict(zip(word, list))
   return newDict

hangman()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 85

Answers (1)

Elliot Roberts
Elliot Roberts

Reputation: 940

So like this? You can skip the whole dictionary thing...

a = "_" * len(word)

def letter_check(letter):
    if letter in word:
        a[word.index(letter)] = letter
        # possibly print 'a' here
    else:
        # function for decrement tries here

EDIT: Ooops... I forgot about potential repeated letters... um... how about this:

a = "_" * len(word)

def letter_check(letter):
    if letter in word:
        for x, y in enumerate(word):
            if letter == y:
                a[x] = letter
    else:
        # function for decrement tries here

Upvotes: 1

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