#🔒 hhow to check if list has been modified

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north crag
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need help with first part of TODO-2 plz

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north crag
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#Step 4

import random

stages = ['''
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end_of_game = False
word_list = ["ardvark", "baboon", "camel"]
chosen_word = random.choice(word_list)
word_length = len(chosen_word)

#TODO-1: - Create a variable called 'lives' to keep track of the number of lives left. 
#Set 'lives' to equal 6.

lives = 6

#Testing code
print(f'Pssst, the solution is {chosen_word}.')

#Create blanks
display = []
for _ in range(word_length):
    display += "_"

while not end_of_game:
    guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()

    #Check guessed letter
    for position in range(word_length):
        letter = chosen_word[position]
        # print(f"Current position: {position}\n Current letter: {letter}\n Guessed letter: {guess}")
        if letter == guess:
            display[position] = letter
    
    #TODO-2: - If guess is not a letter in the chosen_word,
    #Then reduce 'lives' by 1. 
    #If lives goes down to 0 then the game should stop and it should print "You lose."

    if letter != guess:
        lives -= 1
    print(lives)

    #Join all the elements in the list and turn it into a String.
    print(f"{' '.join(display)}")

    if lives == 0:
        print("You lose")
    #Check if user has got all letters.
    elif "_" not in display:
        end_of_game = True
        print("You win.")

    #TODO-3: - print the ASCII art from 'stages' that corresponds to the current number of 'lives' the user has remaining.
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so i need help with the first part of TODO-2

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If guess is not a letter in the chosen_word,
#Then reduce 'lives' by 1.

# 
 if letter != guess:
        lives -= 1
    print(lives)
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i got this so far but i know this is invalid

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i basically want a way of checking if the previous display list has been modified

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if it has then lives stays same

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if it hasnt then reduce lives by 1

still quartz
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you can use a variable to keep track of how many characters the guess has matched in the chosen_word

north crag
still quartz
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if guess equals to a letter in the chosen word, you increases it by 1

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at the end if the value is 0, guess is not in the word

north crag
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like

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you will keep guessing for letters

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so u cant always check if its 0

still quartz
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you can reset it to 0 every guess

north crag
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ohhhh

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ok lemme try

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good idea

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#Step 4

import random

stages = ['''
  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
 /|\  |
 / \  |
      |
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''', '''
  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
 /|\  |
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      |
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''', '''
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  |   |
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''', '''
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''']

end_of_game = False
word_list = ["ardvark", "baboon", "camel"]
chosen_word = random.choice(word_list)
word_length = len(chosen_word)

#TODO-1: - Create a variable called 'lives' to keep track of the number of lives left. 
#Set 'lives' to equal 6.

lives = 6

#Testing code
print(f'Pssst, the solution is {chosen_word}.')

#Create blanks
display = []
for _ in range(word_length):
    display += "_"

while not end_of_game:
    guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()

    #Check guessed letter
    for position in range(word_length):
        letter = chosen_word[position]
        guess_count = 0
        # print(f"Current position: {position}\n Current letter: {letter}\n Guessed letter: {guess}")
        if letter == guess:
            display[position] = letter
            guess_count += 1
    
    #TODO-2: - If guess is not a letter in the chosen_word,
    #Then reduce 'lives' by 1. 
    #If lives goes down to 0 then the game should stop and it should print "You lose."

    if guess_count == 0:
        lives -= 1
    print(lives)

    #Join all the elements in the list and turn it into a String.
    print(f"{' '.join(display)}")

    if lives == 0:
        print("You lose")
    #Check if user has got all letters.
    elif "_" not in display:
        end_of_game = True
        print("You win.")

    #TODO-3: - print the ASCII art from 'stages' that corresponds to the current number of 'lives' the user has remaining.
north crag
still quartz
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guess_count should be outside of the for loop

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you are doing the count every guess, not every letter

north crag
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or does it go through the if statements letter by letter

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acc nvr mind

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