can not create the python function programm using a previous function

Question

This is the task I was given to complete at first..

Guessing a letter A-Z.

check_guess() takes 2 string arguments: letter and guess (both expect single alphabetical character).

• if guess is not an alpha character print invalid and return False.

• test and print if guess is "high" or "low" and return False

• test and print if guess is "correct" and return True ​

I made this;

def check_guess(guess="input" , letter="g"):

    guess=input("enter input for guess: ")

    if guess.isalpha()==False:

        print("invalid" , guess.isalpha())

    elif guess>letter:

       print("High")

    elif guess<letter:

       print("Low")

    else:

        print(guess==letter)

​ Now I was asked to do this;

Letter Guess.

create letter_guess() function that gives user 3 guesses.

takes a letter character argument for the answer letter

gets user input for letter guess

calls check_guess() with answer and guess.

end letter_guess if check_guess() equals True, return True.

or after 3 failed attempts, return False. ​

Answer 1

I guess you are pretty new to the platform just like me, but you have to structure your questions a bit more clearly and ask specific questions instead of demanding us to solve your problem. What are you struggling with? I mean you wrote already what you need in text, all you have to do now is to research the corresponding solutions in python. What you need is basically:

# function to determine matches

def ismatch(letter, guess):
    if (letter == guess):
        return True
    else:
        return False

# function to determine if input is valid (do some research or write your 
# own by storing all valid characters somehow and checking if input is in 
# it, check: # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15558392/how-to-check-if- 
# character-in-string-is-a-letter-python

def isalpha(guess):
    if (guess.isalpha()):
        return True
    else:
        return False

# Main programm (check how to use loops)
# create a counter for amount of guesses
# save the input for the letter to be guessed after checking if it's valid 
# otherwise restart input for the letter (or exit program if you like)
# save the input of the guess after checking if it's valid 
# otherwise restart input for the guess(or exit program if you like)
# compare if guess was right with your match-function
# if so, finish programm
# otherwise raise the guess_counter by 1
# if limit of guess counter ( in your case 3) reached, exit program

Answer 2

You should use raw_input to read user input as a string. As per your requirement, you can try this code

def check_guess(guess="a", letter="g"):
    guess = raw_input("enter input for guess: ")
    if guess.isalpha()==False:
        print("invalid" , guess.isalpha())
    elif guess>letter:
       print("High")
    elif guess<letter:
       print("Low")
    else:
        print(guess==letter)
        return True
    return False

def letter_guess():
    input_letter = raw_input("Enter the Answer letter for match: ")
    for x in range(3):
        status = check_guess(letter=input_letter)
        if status is True:
            return True
    return False

if __name__ == '__main__':
    letter_guess()

Hope this helps!