code to create a hangman game with 7 chances (

gistfile1.txt

h = "namaste"
w = []
s = len(h)
w.append(["O"] * s)
count = 0
count1 = 0
while (count < 7):
    print w
    if count1 == s :
        print"you win"
        break

    d = raw_input("enter a letter:")
    t = d
    for i,j in enumerate(h):
        if d == j:
            print"hit"
            print i
            w[0][i] = t         
            count = count - 1
            count1 = count1 + 1
        

    
    count = count + 1
            

1 problem is that the code does not work properly if h(input) has spaces in between words ex- star wars
any help is really apreciated