Hangman
Description
Hangman is a popular word guessing game where the player attempts to construct
a missing word by guessing one letter at a time. After a certain number of
incorrect guesses, the game ends and the player loses. The game also ends if
the player correctly identifies all the letters of the missing word.
Input
Your program will prompt the user for letter guesses until the word is
correctly guessed or the player has exceeded the maximum number of guesses.
User input should be checked to make sure it's valid. A
large file full of words is available for you
to use in your program. You will certainly need to write some code to filter
out the words of a certain length. Perhaps you could prompt the player for the
length of the word they would like to guess and adjust the number of allowable
wrong guesses accordingly.
Output
Your program should print a list of letters that have been guessed as well as
display the correctly guessed letters in the word. A graphical
representation of the hanging man (kinda gross when you think about it) is
optional.
Sample Run
Welcome to hangman. You get seven chances to guess the mystery word.
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Pick a letter --> e
Guessed letters: E
O
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Pick a letter --> a
Guessed letters: E A
O
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_ _ _ _ _ _
Pick a letter --> e
Sorry, you already guessed 'E'
Pick a letter --> i
Guessed letters: E A I
O
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_ _ _ _ _ _
Pick a letter --> o
Guessed letters: E A I O
O
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_ O _ _ _ _
Pick a letter --> u
Guessed letters: E A I O U
O
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_ O _ _ _ _
Pick a letter --> y
Guessed letters: E A I O U Y
O
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_ O _ _ _ Y
Pick a letter --> 4
'4' is not a valid letter
Pick a letter --> xyz
'XYZ' has more than one letter.
Pick a letter --> l
Guessed letters: E A I O U Y L
O
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_ O _ _ L Y
Pick a letter --> s
Guessed letters: E A I O U Y L S
O
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_ O _ _ L Y
Pick a letter --> r
Guessed letters: E A I O U Y L S R
O
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/
_ O _ _ L Y
Pick a letter --> k
Guessed letters: E A I O U Y L S R K
O
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/ \
_ O _ _ L Y
So sorry. You struck out.
The mystery word was 'COMPLY.'
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