this is a version of hangman for the mooc course, a gentle intro to python.

hangman

def print_hangman_image(mistakes = 6):
  """Prints out a gallows image for hangman. The image printed depends on
the number of mistakes (0-6)."""
  
  if mistakes <= 0:
    print''' ____________________
| .__________________|
| | / /     
| |/ /  
| | /     
| |/   
| |     
| |   
| |    
| |     
| |    
| |   
| |   
| |    
| |      
| |      
| |       
| |      
""""""""""""""""""""""""|
|"|"""""""""""""""""""|"|
| |                   | |
: :                   : : 
. .                   . .'''

  elif mistakes == 1:
    print''' ___________.._______
| .__________))______|
| | / /      ||
| |/ /       ||
| | /        ||.-''.
| |/         |/  _  \\
| |          ||  `/,|
| |          (\\\\`_.'
| |        
| |     
| |    
| |   
| |   
| |    
| |      
| |      
| |       
| |      
""""""""""""""""""""""""|
|"|"""""""""""""""""""|"|
| |                   | |
: :                   : : 
. .                   . .'''
  elif mistakes == 2:
    print''' ___________.._______
| .__________))______|
| | / /      ||
| |/ /       ||
| | /        ||.-''.
| |/         |/  _  \\
| |          ||  `/,|
| |          (\\\\`_.'
| |          -`--' 
| |          |. .|  
| |          |   |   
| |          | . |    
| |          |   |     
| |          || ||
| |      
| |      
| |       
| |      
""""""""""""""""""""""""|
|"|"""""""""""""""""""|"|
| |                   | |
: :                   : : 
. .                   . .'''
  elif mistakes == 3:
    print''' ___________.._______
| .__________))______|
| | / /      ||
| |/ /       ||
| | /        ||.-''.
| |/         |/  _  \\
| |          ||  `/,|
| |          (\\\\`_.'
| |         .-`--' 
| |        /Y . .|
| |       // |   |  
| |      //  | . |   
| |     ')   |   |     
| |          || ||
| |      
| |      
| |       
| |      
""""""""""""""""""""""""|
|"|"""""""""""""""""""|"|
| |                   | |
: :                   : : 
. .                   . .'''
  elif mistakes == 4:
    print''' ___________.._______
| .__________))______|
| | / /      ||
| |/ /       ||
| | /        ||.-''.
| |/         |/  _  \\
| |          ||  `/,|
| |          (\\\\`_.'
| |         .-`--'.
| |        /Y . . Y\\
| |       // |   | \\\\
| |      //  | . |  \\\\
| |     ')   |   |   (`
| |          || ||
| |      
| |      
| |       
| |      
""""""""""""""""""""""""|
|"|"""""""""""""""""""|"|
| |                   | |
: :                   : : 
. .                   . .'''
  elif mistakes == 5:
    print''' ___________.._______
| .__________))______|
| | / /      ||
| |/ /       ||
| | /        ||.-''.
| |/         |/  _  \\
| |          ||  `/,|
| |          (\\\\`_.'
| |         .-`--'.
| |        /Y . . Y\\
| |       // |   | \\\\
| |      //  | . |  \\\\
| |     ')   |   |   (`
| |          ||'||
| |          ||   
| |          ||   
| |          ||   
| |         / |  
""""""""""""""""""""""""|
|"|"""""""""""""""""""|"|
| |                   | |
: :                   : : 
. .                   . .'''
  else: #mistakes >= 6
    print''' ___________.._______
| .__________))______|
| | / /      ||
| |/ /       ||
| | /        ||.-''.
| |/         |/  _  \\
| |          ||  `/,|
| |          (\\\\`_.'
| |         .-`--'.
| |        /Y . . Y\\
| |       // |   | \\\\
| |      //  | . |  \\\\
| |     ')   |   |   (`
| |          ||'||
| |          || ||
| |          || ||
| |          || ||
| |         / | | \\
""""""""""|_`-' `-' |"""|
|"|"""""""\ \       '"|"|
| |        \ \        | |
: :         \ \       : : 
. .          `'       . .'''



def Correct_letter(guessed_letter,secret_word,letters_guessed,mistakes):
    if guessed_letter in secret_word:
        print "correct"
        return mistakes
    else:
        print "not in the word"
        mistakes+=1
        return mistakes
        

def Guessed_yet(guessed_letter,letters_guessed,mistakes):
    if guessed_letter in letters_guessed:
        print "You guessed this already."
        mistakes+=1
        return mistakes
    else:
        letters_guessed+=guessed_letter
        return Correct_letter(guessed_letter,secret_word,letters_guessed,mistakes)

def Show_board(secret_word,character_list,guesses):
    board=[]
    for i in secret_word:
        
        if i in letters_guessed:
            board.append(i)
        else:
            board.append('-')

    if join(board,'')==secret_word:
                
        return "You win!"
        
    else:
        return join(board,' ')

def endgame(secret_word,character_list,guesses,mistakes):
    if Show_board(secret_word,character_list,guesses)=="You win!":
        print secret_word,'!!!!!'
        guesses=100
        return guesses
    elif mistakes==6:
        print "too many mistakes!  sorry you lose"
        guesses=100
        return guesses
    else:
        return guesses

def get_random_word():
    """Returns a random word from the file word_list.txt in the same directory"""
    input_file = open('word_list.txt','r')
    word_list = [word.strip().lower() for word in input_file.readlines() if word.strip().isalpha() and len(word) > 4]
    input_file.close()
      
    return word_list[random.randint(0,len(word_list)-1)]

from string import *
import random
##from hangman_lib import *

secret_word=get_random_word()
letters_guessed=[]
mistakes=0
guesses=0
character_list=[]
count=0
print "Art created by sk"
print''
print secret_word, 'is the secret word'
print''

print Show_board(secret_word,character_list,guesses)

while mistakes<7 and guesses<100:

        
    guesses+=1
    print ''
    print "Guess #", guesses
    print ''
    
    guessed_letter=raw_input("Guess a letter:").lower()

    mistakes= Guessed_yet(guessed_letter,letters_guessed,mistakes)
    print ''

    print Show_board(secret_word,character_list,guesses)

    guesses = endgame(secret_word,character_list,guesses,mistakes)

    print_hangman_image(mistakes)