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Hangman Help.
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I have been trying to make hangman but I have not been able to figure it out. I found a video and copied the code down so I could then figure out whats going on and then write my own version, but, the code does not work and I'm not sure what is happening. When I run it in BBEdit no matter what letter I put in, it just prints the underscores and The "guess a letter" part.

import random

possibleAnswers = ["dog","human","bed"]

random.shuffle(possibleAnswers)

answer = (possibleAnswers[1])


display = []
display.extend(answer)


for i in range(len(display)):
	display[i] = ("_")
	

print(" ".join(display))

count = 0

while count < len(answer):

	guess = input("Please guess a letter: ")
	
	guess = guess.upper()
	
	
	for i in range(len(answer)):
	    if answer[i] == guess:
		    display[i] = guess
			count += 1
			
	
	print(" ".join(display))
	
print("You guessed it!")
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Messages In This Thread
Hangman Help. - by 2skywalkers - Jun-24-2018, 09:21 PM
RE: Hangman Help. - by Larz60+ - Jun-24-2018, 09:47 PM
RE: Hangman Help. - by ichabod801 - Jun-25-2018, 03:22 AM
RE: Hangman Help. - by 2skywalkers - Jun-25-2018, 08:36 PM
RE: Hangman Help. - by ichabod801 - Jun-26-2018, 02:49 AM

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