Hangman Game

Today we are going to re-create the game 'Hangman' in Python!

It is broken down into several small functions that, when combined and completed, form a working game!

We're providing the main function start_new_game, that just relies on your other smaller functions to work.

These are the functions that you have to implement:

Mask Word

$ py.test tests.py -k mask_word

Given a word like 'Python', it returns it "masked" (replacing real characters with asterisks): '******'

Uncover Word

$ py.test tests.py -k uncover_word

This is probably one of the most challenging ones (it has many exceptional cases). Given an answer word (like 'Python') a masked word (like '******' or '*y****') and a guessed letter ('n' for example) it returns a new masked word replacing the asterisks with the guessed letter IF the letter is present in the word to answer. Examples:

_uncover_word('Python', '******', 'y')  # '*y****'  # Match
_uncover_word('Python', '*y****', 'n')  # '*y***n'  # Match

_uncover_word('Python', '******', 'x')  # '******'  # Miss
_uncover_word('Python', '*y****', 'x')  # '*y****'  # Miss

Get Random Word

$ py.test tests.py -k get_random_word

Receives a list of words and returns one from the list randomly.

Guess Letter

$ py.test tests.py -k guess

Probably the most "important" (or "general") function. We recommend you to deal with this function after you've completed the other ones.

It receives a game object and a letter to guess. It has several different scenarios. For example, the guessed word is a match or a miss, the game is won or lost, or the game was already over.