Maybe I'm over thinking this... but I did the following and got an error. I'm stuck...
import random
from tkinter import * #Import tkinter
# Find if pressed letter is in word or not, update screen
def keyPressed(event):
#modifying below global variable locally
global count, latestStr, missedLetters, win
current=event.char #get the pressed key
# Check for non-letters
if not current.isalpha():
print("\t",current," is not a letter.")
return
# Check if current letter is already guessed and missed
if current in missedLetters:
print("\t",current," is already in missed list")
return # Do nothing
# Check if current alphabet is in original word
if current in word:
# Remove spaces if any in latestStr string
# Convert it into a list
latestStr_list=list(latestStr.replace("",""))
for i in range(0,len(word)): #Traverse list
# Check if current letter exist in word
if word[i]==current:
# Add the current alphabet in list
latestStr_list[i] = word[i]
latestStr = ''.join(latestStr_list)#Append space
# Prepare message to display on screen
msg1="Guess a word: "+ latestStr
msg2="Missed letters: " + missedLetters
if'*' not in latestStr: #Finished with success
# Display success message, check for 1 more round
win = True
else: # Current alphabet is not in original word
missedLetters += (current+'')#Add letter to missed
count += 1 #Increment number of attempts
if count < 7: #Attemtpt finished
# Prepare message to display on screen
msg1="Guess a word: "+ latestStr
msg2="Missed letter: "+ missedLetters
else: #Finished all attempts
# Display failure message, check for continue?
win = False
# Draw the latest hangman, display message and return
draw(count, msg1, msg2)
return
# Draw the latest hangman
def draw(count,msg1,msg2):
canvas.delete("hang") # Delete previous picture, if any
size=400 # Screen size
# Draw base and hook
canvas.create_line(10,size-10,50,size-10)
canvas.create_line(30,size-10,30,50)
canvas.create_line(30,50,200,50)
radius = 30
if count >= 1: #Draw sting to neck
canvas.create_line(200,50,200,70,tags="hang")
if count >= 2: #Draw face
canvas.create_oval(200-radius, 100-radius,
200+radius, 100+radius, tags="hang")
if count >= 3: #Draw first arm
canvas.create_line(170,100,100,150,tags="hang")
if count >= 4: #Draw second arm
canvas.create_line(230,100,300,150,tags="hang")
if count >= 5: #Draw body length
canvas.create_line(200,130,200,250,tags="hang")
if count >= 6: #Draw one leg
canvas.create_line(200,250,100,300,tags="hang")
if count >= 7: #Draw second leg
canvas.create_line(200,250,300,300,tags="hang")
#Display message
canvas.create_text(200,size-30,text=msg1,tags="hang")
canvas.create_text(200,size-10,text=msg2,tags="hang")
#Start a new game
def newGame():
#Modifying below global variable locally
global count, latestStr, word, missedLetters, win
# Randomly select a word from list
word = random.choice(words)
latestStr="* " *len(word)
count = 0 #Counter for number of attempts
missedLetters='' #List of missed alphabets
msg1="Guess a word: " +latestStr
msg2=""
if win == True:
msg1="Congrts! The word is: "+word
msg2="To continue the game, press ENTER"
else:
msg1="Sorry! The word is: "+ word
msg2="To continue the game, press ENTER"
#Draw the latest hangman, display messages
draw(count,msg1,msg2)
def play(event):
newGame()
# Create a window, set its title
window = Tk()
window.title("Hangman")
#Global variables
word = latestStr = missedLetters = ''
count=0
# create a canvas, add it to window
size=400
canvas = Canvas(window, width = size, height = size)
canvas.pack() # Hold the pictue
# List of words
words = ["write", "that", "Program", "hello", "welcome", "python", "exercise", "polygon",
"money", "game", "happy", "family", "hunter", "bake", "space", "rocket", "hang",
"lonesome", "resume", "turtle", "battery", "submit", "truck", "automobile", "house",
"chair", "mouse"]
newGame() # play a new game
# Keep playing till users presses enter key
canvas.focus_set() # Required as usual focus is on mouse
canvas.bind("<KeyPress>",keyPressed) # use presses any key
canvas.bind("<Return>", play)
window.mainloop() #Create an event loop