Hangman.py

# This is a word game
import random


def print_scaffold(guesses, wd): # prints the scaffold
		if (guesses == 0):
				print "_________"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|"
				print "|"
				print "|"
				print "|"
				print "|________"
		elif (guesses == 1):
				print "_________"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|	 O"
				print "|"
				print "|"
				print "|"
				print "|________"
		elif (guesses == 2):
				print "_________"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|	 O"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|"
				print "|________"
		elif (guesses == 3):
				print "_________"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|	 O"
				print "|	\|"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|"
				print "|________"
		elif (guesses == 4):
				print "_________"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|	 O"
				print "|	\|/"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|"
				print "|________"
		elif (guesses == 5):
				print "_________"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|	 O"
				print "|	\|/"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|	/ "
				print "|________"
		elif (guesses == 6):
				print "_________"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|	 O"
				print "|	\|/"
				print "|	 |"
				print "|	/ \ "
				print "|________"
				print "\n"
				print "The word was %s." %wd
				print "\n"
				print "\nYOU LOSE! TRY AGAIN!"
				print "\nWould you like to play again, type 1 for yes or 2 for no?"
				again = str(raw_input("> "))
				again = again.lower()
				if again == "1":
				  hangMan()
				return

def selectWord():
	file = open('FREQ')
	words = file.readlines() 
	myword = 'a'
	while len(myword) < 4: # makes sure word is at least 4 letters long
	  myword = random.choice(words)
  	myword = str(myword).strip('[]')
  	myword = str(myword).strip("''")
  	myword = str(myword).strip("\n")
  	myword = str(myword).strip("\r")
	myword = myword.lower()
	return myword


def hangMan():
  guesses = 0					
  word = selectWord()				
  word_list = list(word)	
  blanks = "_"*len(word)	
  blanks_list = list(blanks) 
  new_blanks_list = list(blanks)
  guess_list = []
  
  print "Let's play hangman!\n"
  print_scaffold(guesses, word)
  print "\n"
  print "" + ' '.join(blanks_list)
  print "\n"
  print "Guess a letter.\n"
  
  while guesses < 6:
  
  		guess = str(raw_input("> "))
  		guess = guess.lower()
  		
  		if len(guess) > 1:
  				print "Stop cheating! Enter one letter at time."
  		elif guess == "":
  				print "Don't you want to play? Enter one letter at a time."
  		elif guess in guess_list:
  				print "You already guessed that letter! Here is what you've guessed:"
  				print ' '.join(guess_list)
  		else:
  				guess_list.append(guess)
  				i = 0
  				while i < len(word):
  						if guess == word[i]:
  								new_blanks_list[i] = word_list[i]
  						i = i+1
  
  				if new_blanks_list == blanks_list:
  						print "Your letter isn't here."
  						guesses = guesses + 1
  						print_scaffold(guesses, word)
  						
  						if guesses < 6:
  								print "Guess again."
  								print ' '.join(blanks_list)
  						
  				elif word_list != blanks_list:
  						
  						blanks_list = new_blanks_list[:]
  						print ' '.join(blanks_list)
  						
  						if word_list == blanks_list:
  						  print "\nYOU WIN! Here is your prize:"
  						  print "\n"
  						  print "Would you like to play again?"
  						  print "Type 1 for yes or 2 for no."
  						  again = str(raw_input("> "))
  						  if again == "1":
  						    hangMan()
  						  quit()
  						
  						else:
  								print "Great guess! Guess another!"
												
hangMan()