List index while loop python
<p>I have an issue with the following code. When i typed the exact secret words character, the following code wont match the secret codes. </p>

<pre><code>#initiate words for guessing secretWords =['cat','mouse','donkey','ant','lion']

#Generate a random word to be guessed generateWord = (random.choice(secretWords))

# User have attempts only to the random generate words LeftCount = 6

generateWord = ["_"] * len(secretWords) userInput="" LetterNumber=0 RightGuess =0 

while (LeftCount !=0):
     print ("Word Contains", len(generateWord),"letters")
     print ("You have", str(LeftCount),"attempts remaining")
     print ("\n")
     print(generateWord)
     print ("\n")
     userInput=input("Enter word: ")
     while(LetterNumber&lt; len(generateWord)):
         if(generateWord[LetterNumber] == userInput):
             generateWord[LetterNumber]= userInput

             RightGuess +=1
         LetterNumber +=1
     LeftCount -=1
     LetterNumber=0

     if (RightGuess == len(generateWord)):
         print ("Congratulations")
         break

     if(LeftCount ==0):
         print ("Game over")
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<p>You are overriding your selected word. <code>generateWord</code> is at the same time the secret word, and the user input. This can't work. Here is something that should do what you want (I also corrected some other problems):</p>

<pre><code>import random

secretWords = ["cat", "mouse", "donkey", "ant", "lion"]

generatedWord = random.choice(secretWords)
leftCount = 6
userWord = ["_"] * len(generatedWord)
refusedLetters = ""

#returns all positions of character ch in the string s
def findOccurences(s, ch):
    return [i for i, letter in enumerate(s) if letter == ch]

print("Word contains", len(generatedWord), "letters")
while(leftCount &gt; 0 and generatedWord != "".join(userWord)):
    print ("\n")
    print ("You have", str(leftCount), "attempts remaining")
    print ("Letters not present in your word:", "".join(sorted(refusedLetters)))
    print ("Your word so far: ","".join(userWord))
    print ("\n")

    #checks that the user enters something
    userInput = ""
    while not len(userInput):
        userInput=input("Enter letter or word: ")
    userInput = userInput.lower()

    #if len &gt; 1, then the user has tried to guess the whole word:
    if len(userInput) &gt; 1:
        if generatedWord == userInput:
            print("Congratulations")
            break
        else:
            print("Wrong word, sorry")
    #len == 1, thus the user asked for one letter
    else:
        #if letter isn't already found
        if not userInput in userWord:
            #for all occurences of the letter in the secret word
            occurences = findOccurences(generatedWord, userInput)
            for occurence in occurences:
                userWord[occurence] = userInput
            #if the letter was not found
            if not occurences:
                #if the letter has already been proposed
                if userInput in refusedLetters:
                    print("You have already tried this letter")
                    continue
                else:
                    refusedLetters += userInput
        else:
            print("You have already tried this letter")
            continue

    leftCount -= 1

#the else statement will only be entered if we did not exit the previous loop via a break.
#Thus, if the word has already been found, nothing happens here.
else:
    if generatedWord == "".join(userWord):
        print("Congratulations")
    else:
        print("Game over")
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