CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python
codestudent
codestudent

Reputation: 73

How to replace vowels in this code?

I'm creating a "guess the word" game for my intro to programming class. It uses parallel tuples where one list is the random words & the second list is the corresponding hints for those words. The game is supposed to print one of the random words with underscores in place of the vowels (ex: J_p_n instead of Japan) and the user guesses the word based off of that & the hint. With my current code, it doesn't print the word without the vowels but instead just prints a single letter. How do I fix this?

import random

#Parallel tuples
guesswords = ("Japan","France","Mexico","Italy")
guesshints = ("Sushi comes from here","Croissants come from here","Tacos come from here","Pizza comes from here") 

#Variables
new_words = ""
vowels = "AaEeIiOoUu"

#Random
index = random.randrange(len(guesswords))
guesses = 5


#Replacing vowels
for letter in guesswords:
    if letter not in vowels:
        new_words += letter
    else:
        new_words += "_"

#Output        
print(new_words[index].center(80, " "))
print("Hint:",guesshints[index])
while guesses > 0:
    input_string = "\nGuess the word! You have " + str(guesses) + " guesses remaining: "
    user_guess = input(input_string)
    if user_guess.upper() == guesswords[index].upper():
        print("YOU WIN")
        break
    guesses -= 1

print("GAME OVER")

Upvotes: 1

Views: 462

Answers (3)

dpwr
dpwr

Reputation: 2812

Using a regex is probably the easiest solution:

import re
original_word = 'America'
vowels = re.compile(r'[aeiou]', re.IGNORECASE)
with_underscores = re.sub(vowels, '_', original_word)
print with_underscores

Result:

_m_r_c_

Upvotes: 1

MalloyDelacroix
MalloyDelacroix

Reputation: 2293

Change for letter in guesswords: to for letter in guesswords[index]:. And remove [index] from this line print(new_words[index].center(80, " "))

Upvotes: 0

Stephen C
Stephen C

Reputation: 2036

Instead of reconstructing the word, you could just try something like this 

for v in vowels:
    word = word.replace(v,'_')

Upvotes: 0

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