This project contains a simple python script to play a terminal-based hangman game.
Run the script:
Source Code:
hangman.py
import random
from json import load
# function to randomly get one word from words.py and convert the word to uppercase
def get_word():
with open('words.json') as json_file:
data = load(json_file)
wordArray = data["word_list"]
word = random.choice(wordArray)
word = word.upper()
return word
# function to play the game
def play(word):
# intialise variable
word_completion = "_" * len(word) # generate a line to show the number of word
guessed = False # indicate the status of guess
guessed_letters = [] # store guessed letters
guessed_words = [] # store guessed words
tries = 6 # user have 6 times of wrong
# display message and the format of the hangman
print("Let's play Hangman!")
print(display_hangman(tries))
print(word_completion)
print("\n")
print("Length of the word: ", len(word))
print("\n")
# user can keep guessing when the tries is more than 0 and the answer is not found yet.
while not guessed and tries > 0:
# Display message and ask for user input and convert it into uppercase
guess = input("Please guess a letter or the word: ").upper()
# check the length of the user input and is it alpha or not
if len(guess) == 1 and guess.isalpha():
# display message when user guess the same letter twice
if guess in guessed_letters:
print("You already guessed the letter", guess)
# display message and deduct the tries when user guess the wrong letter
elif guess not in word:
print(guess, "is not in the word.")
tries -= 1
guessed_letters.append(guess)
# dispay message and store the letter when the user guess the correct letter
else:
print("Good job,", guess, "is in the word!")
guessed_letters.append(guess)
word_as_list = list(word_completion)
indices = [i for i, letter in enumerate(word) if letter == guess]
for index in indices:
word_as_list[index] = guess
# join the guess word in the word_completion
word_completion = "".join(word_as_list)
# if there is not blank space in word_completion change the status of guess to true
if "_" not in word_completion:
guessed = True
# check the length of the user input and is it alpha or not
elif len(guess) == len(word) and guess.isalpha():
# display message when user guess the same letter twice
if guess in guessed_words:
print("You already guessed the word", guess)
# display message and deduct the tries when user guess the wrong letter
elif guess != word:
print(guess, "is not the word.")
tries -= 1
guessed_words.append(guess)
# change the status of guess
else:
guessed = True
word_completion = word
# display error message for user
else:
print("Not a valid guess.")
# display the format of hangman each time of guess
print(display_hangman(tries))
print(word_completion)
print("\n")
print("Length of the word: ", len(word))
print("\n")
# if the variable of guess is true means user win the game
if guessed:
print("Congrats, you guessed the word! You win!")
# else means user lose the game.
else:
print("Sorry, you ran out of tries. The word was " + word + ". Maybe next time!")
# function to display the format of hangman
def display_hangman(tries):
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return stages[tries]
# main function to start the game
def main():
word = get_word()
play(word)
while input("Play Again? (Y/N): ").upper() == "Y":
word = get_word()
play(word)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()Code language: PHP (php)words.json
{
"word_list" : [
"abandon",
"ability",
"abortion",
"above",
"abroad",
"absence",
"absolute",
"absorb",
"academic",
"accompany",
"accurate",
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"acquire",
"action",
"addition",
"admire",
"adult",
"afford",
"afraid",
"afternoon",
"against",
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"almost",
"already",
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"apparently",
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