let's say rand_word is string = 'petite'
and guess is a user input of a single char
for char in rand_word:
if char in guess:
print(char,end='')
else:
print('_',end="")
in the code above if I typed the letter 'e' as my input it will output this
_e___e
My problem is how do I put this output in a variable?
Put your characters in a list and join it with str.join():
result = []
for char in rand_word:
if char in guess:
result.append(char)
else:
result.append('_')
result = ''.join(result)
Using a conditional expression and a list comprehension, you can put this all on one line:
result = ''.join([c if c in guess else '_' for c in rand_word])
guesses and add each guess letter to that, then use if char in guesses.Another way to do it:
result = [char if char in guess else "_" for char in rand_word]
str_result = "".join(result)
Simpler, maybe
to_print = ""
for char in rand_word:
if char in guess:
to_print += char
else:
to_print += '_'
print(to_print)
The million dollar question being why might this not be a good idea...
