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  1. bjmc created this gist Jan 26, 2018.
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    import random


    # List of words
    some_words = [
    'aloof',
    'radiate',
    'apathetic',
    'inestimable',
    'coil',
    'immense',
    'reading',
    'unequal',
    'tangy',
    'detail',
    'spurious',
    'nosy',
    'furtive',
    'call',
    'miscreant',
    'obeisant',
    'mice',
    'succeed',
    'disagree',
    'snotty',
    'circle',
    'testy',
    'soup',
    'valuable',
    'half'
    ]


    def draw_hangman(tries):
    # This function draws a hangman that looks like this:
    # ________
    # |/ |
    # | (_)
    # | \|/
    # | |
    # | / \
    # |
    # _|___
    # Copied from http://ascii.co.uk/art/hangman

    # First line, part of the scaffold:
    print " ________ "
    # Second line, more scaffold with or w/out rope:
    if tries < 7:
    print " |/ | "
    else:
    print " |/ "
    # Third line, head
    if tries < 7:
    print " | (_)"
    else:
    print " | "
    # Forth line, neck + two arms
    if tries < 4:
    print " | \|/"
    elif tries < 5:
    print " | \| "
    elif tries < 6:
    print " | | "
    else:
    print " | "
    # Fifth line, body
    if tries < 3:
    print " | | "
    else:
    print " | "
    # legs
    if tries < 1:
    print " | / \ "
    elif tries < 2:
    print " | / "
    else:
    print " | "
    # Last bit of scaffold, always shows:
    print " |"
    print " _|___"


    def pick_a_word(possible_words):
    return random.choice(possible_words).upper()


    def show_banner():
    # Borrowed from http://ascii.co.uk/art/hangman
    # We're getting a bit fancy here
    # The three quotes make this a 'multi-line string'
    # the letter 'r' means it's a 'raw' string
    print r"""
    _
    | |
    | |__ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ ___ __ _ _ __
    | '_ \ / _` | '_ \ / _` | '_ ` _ \ / _` | '_ \
    | | | | (_| | | | | (_| | | | | | | (_| | | | |
    |_| |_|\__,_|_| |_|\__, |_| |_| |_|\__,_|_| |_|
    __/ |
    |___/
    """


    def check_guess(letter, the_word):
    # We could also just do:
    # `return guess in the_word`
    if letter in the_word:
    return True
    else:
    return False


    def show_guesses(user_guessed):
    print "So far, you've tried: {}".format(user_guessed)


    def ask_user_for_guess():
    letters = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
    # Ask the user for a guess; make whatever she tells us upper-case.
    guess = raw_input("Guess a letter: ").upper()
    # Use a loop here in case our user is stubborn
    while True:
    # Some basic error handling if our user gets tricky.
    if len(guess) > 1 or guess not in letters:
    guess = raw_input("Enter one letter, please: ").upper()
    else:
    # Get out of this error-checking loop
    break
    return guess


    def hide_letters(unhidden_word, guesses_so_far):
    # This is a list we'll use to build the word with
    # some letters hidden.
    hidden_word = []
    for letter in unhidden_word:
    if letter in guesses_so_far: # Show this letter
    hidden_word.append(letter)
    else: # Still hidden:
    hidden_word.append('_')
    # ' '.join() here takes each element of a list
    # and puts it together, separated by spaces.
    return ' '.join(hidden_word).upper()


    # Set up some stuff before the game begins:
    tries_remaining = 7
    guesses_so_far = []
    the_word = pick_a_word(some_words)
    hidden_word = hide_letters(the_word, guesses_so_far)
    show_banner()
    while tries_remaining > 0:
    draw_hangman(tries_remaining)
    print "Your word is: {}".format(hidden_word)
    show_guesses(guesses_so_far)
    guess = ask_user_for_guess()
    # Add this guess to the list of previous guesses
    guesses_so_far.append(guess)
    hidden_word = hide_letters(the_word, guesses_so_far)
    # Are there any hidden letters left? Has the user won?
    if '_' not in hidden_word:
    print hidden_word
    print "You win!"
    # Exit the loop & the whole program, no more guessing
    exit()
    correct = check_guess(guess, the_word)
    if not correct:
    # Take away one of the user's tries:
    tries_remaining = tries_remaining - 1

    # Here we're outside of the loop naturally, because our user
    # has used up her tries.
    print "GAME OVER"
    draw_hangman(tries_remaining)