[LEFT]#!/usr/local/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import random

def list_to_string(word_L):
    word=""
    for letter in word_L:
        word+=letter
    return word

sports=["football","basketball","hockey","baseball","p ing pong"]
names=["Celine","Sarah","Jeanine","Claudia","Jennifer","M ichelle"]
subjects=["Programming","Design","Analysis","Web development","Database","Artificial intelligence"]

print "choose your category to play:\n1)Sport\n2)Name\n3)Subject"

categories=input("please enter your category : ")

if categories==1:
    print "sports"
    cat=sports
elif categories==2:
    print "names"
    cat=names
elif categories==3:
    print "subjects"
    cat=subjects
else:
    print "hehehehe funny :P"
    exit()
    

category=random.choice(cat)
length=len(category)
print "there are ",length," letters in the word ",

word_list=[]
while len(word_list)!=length:
    word_list.append("-")

print list_to_string(word_list)

i=0

while i<length:
    if list_to_string(word_list)==category:
        print "Congratulation , the word is :",category
        exit()
        break
    guess=raw_input("please enter a letter : ")
    if guess in category:
        x=0
        print "the letter in the word --> ",
        for letter in category:
            if guess[0]==letter:
                word_list[x]=guess

            x+=1
  
        print list_to_string(word_list)
    else:
        print "no match"
    i+=1
    
if list_to_string(word_list)!=category:
    guess1=input("final guess all the word : ")
    if guess1==category:
        print "Congratulation , the word is :",category
    elif guess!=category:
        print "Wrong Answer , The correct word is :",category
else:
    print "Congratulation , the word is :",category

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