gistfile1.py

import random
import string

WORDLIST_FILENAME = "C:\Users\gusta_000\Dropbox\Python Stuff\Hangman\words.txt"

def loadWords():
    print "Loading word list from file..."
    inFile = open(WORDLIST_FILENAME, 'r', 0)
    line = inFile.readline()
    wordlist = string.split(line)
    print "  ", len(wordlist), "words loaded."
    return wordlist

def chooseWord(wordlist):
    return random.choice(wordlist)
    
def isWordGuessed(secretWord, lettersGuessed):
    count = 0
    for char in lettersGuessed:
        if char in secretWord:
            count += 1
    if len(secretWord) == count:
        return True
    else:
        return False
        
def getGuessedWord(secretWord, lettersGuessed):
    str = ""
    for char in secretWord:
        if char in lettersGuessed:
            str += char
        else:
            str += "_"
    return str
    
def getAvailableLetters(lettersGuessed):
    import string
    str = string.ascii_lowercase
    for char in lettersGuessed:
        if char in str:
            str = str.replace(char, "") 
    return str
    
def getSecretWord():
    secretWord = chooseWord(loadWords())
    return secretWord

    
def guessesTaken():
    count = 9
    count -= 1
    return count
    
def hangman(secretWord):
    guesses = 8
    print "Welcome to the game, Hangman!"
    print "I am thinking of a word that is " + str(len(secretWord)) + " letters long."
    lettersGuessed = ""
    while True:
        print "--------------------------"
        print "You have " + str(guesses) + " guesses left."
        print "Available Letters: "  + getAvailableLetters(lettersGuessed) + "."
        letterGuessed = raw_input("Please guess a letter: ")
        letterGuessed = letterGuessed.lower()
        if letterGuessed in secretWord and letterGuessed not in lettersGuessed:
            lettersGuessed += letterGuessed
            print "Good guess: " + getGuessedWord(secretWord, lettersGuessed) 
        elif letterGuessed not in secretWord and letterGuessed not in lettersGuessed:
            print "Oops! That letter is not in my word: " + getGuessedWord(secretWord, lettersGuessed)
            lettersGuessed += letterGuessed
            guesses -= 1
        elif letterGuessed in lettersGuessed:
            lettersGuessed += letterGuessed
            print "Oops! You've already guessed that letter: " + getGuessedWord(secretWord, lettersGuessed)
            
        
        
        if guesses == 0:
            print "Sorry, you ran out of guesses. The word was " + secretWord
            break
        if isWordGuessed(secretWord, lettersGuessed):
            print "--------------------------------"
            print "Congratulations, you won!"
            break
    
        
hangman(getSecretWord())