Guess

gistfile1.txt

import pathlib
import random

#
# Get a list of category filenames
#
category_filenames = pathlib.Path(".").glob("*.txt")

#
# Display each category name in turn
#
print("Categories:")
for filename in category_filenames:
    print(filename.stem)

#
# Ask the user to select a category
#
print()
category = input("Choose a category: ")

#
# Pick a random word from that category and remember
# how many letters it has
#
words = open(category + ".txt").read().split()
chosen_word = random.choice(words)
chosen_word_length = len(chosen_word)

#
# Tell the player you've picked a word
#
if category.startswith(("a", "e", "i", "o", "u")):
    article = "an"
else:
    article = "a"
print("I have chosen %s %s with %s letters" % (article, category[:-1], chosen_word_length))

#
# Keep asking the user to guess until they get the word right
#
while True:
    guess = input("Guess %s %s " % (article,category[:-1])).upper()
    if guess == chosen_word:
        print ("Well done")
        break
    if guess != chosen_word:
      print (" hahaha loser")