Simple Hangman Game in Python. Written as a beginner exercise for the CGCC Coding Club.

hangman.py

word = "homecoming"
word_progress = ""
for i in range(0, len(word)):
  word_progress += "_"

def update_solution(index, c):
  #convert the string to a list
  char_list = list(word_progress)
  char_list[index] = c
  #convert the list back into a string
  return "".join(char_list)
  
#keep prompting user until they get the word right
while True:
  print "Guess the word: " + word_progress + " "+ str(len(word)) + " letters"
  c = raw_input("Enter a letter")
  c = c.lower()
  occurance = word.find(c)
  count_occurances = 0
  
  if occurance >= 0:
    char_position = 0
    sub = word[:len(word)]
    word_progress = update_solution(occurance, c)

    while occurance != -1:
      sub = sub[occurance+1:]
      occurance = sub.find(c)
      char_position = word.find(sub) + occurance
      word_progress = update_solution(char_position, c)
      count_occurances = count_occurances+1
    print "The word occurs: " + str(count_occurances) + " times"
  else:
    print "Wrong guess!"
  
  if word_progress == word:
    print "You've got it!"
    break #exit the infinite loop