Hangman.py

import random
import urllib2

stages = [["O"], ["O", "|"], [" O", "/|"], [" O", "/|\\"], ["  O", " /|\\", " /"], [" O", "/|\\", "/ \\"]]

words = urllib2.urlopen('http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=1nCnmv2y').readlines()
words = map(lambda x: x.strip(), words)
words.sort(key=lambda x: len(x))


def display_stage(stage):
    for piece in stage:
        print piece


def display_word():
    for letter in word:
        print letter if letter in guesses else '_',


def solved():
    return not filter(lambda x: x not in guesses, word)


stage_number = 0
difficulty = int(raw_input("Enter difficulty (%s-%s): " % (len(words[0]), len(words[-1]))))
word = random.choice(filter(lambda x: len(x) == difficulty, words))

guesses = []

while stage_number < 6:
    guess = raw_input("Guess: ")
    if guess not in guesses:
        guesses += guess
        if guess not in word:
            stage_number += 1
            display_stage(stages[stage_number - 1])
        else:
            display_word()
            if solved():
                break
    else:
        print 'You already tried that letter'
if stage_number == 6:
    print 'Sorry you lost, the word was', word
else:
    print 'Good job, you won!'
raw_input()