hangman.py

# I wrote this after I answered this question on SO
# http://stackoverflow.com/q/40663103/102022

def hangman(word):
    word = word.lower()
    right_letters = []
    wrong_letters = []
    def guess(letter):
        letter = letter.lower()
        if letter in right_letters or letter in wrong_letters:
            print "You've already guessed this letter"
        elif letter in word:
            print("You guessed a letter correctly.")
            right_letters.append(letter)
        else:
            print("You guessed incorrectly.")
            wrong_letters.append(letter)
    def display(letter):
        if letter in right_letters:
            return letter
        else:
            return "_"
    while len([contained for contained in [x in right_letters for x in list(word)] if contained]) < len(word):
        print("Word:          " + " ".join([display(letter) for letter in word]))
        print("Make a guess")
        guess(raw_input())
        print("\n\n\n\n\n")
        print("Wrong letters: " + " ".join(wrong_letters))
    print("Word:          " + " ".join([display(letter) for letter in word])) 
    print("You won!")