Problem with my hangman game
Question: I'm trying to learn python and I'm attempting a hangman game. But when I try
and compare the user's guess to the word, it doesn't work. What am I missing?

    
    
    import sys
    import codecs
    import random
    
    if __name__ == '__main__':
        try:
            wordlist = codecs.open("words.txt", "r")
        except Exception as ex:
            print (ex)
            print ("\n**Could not open file!**\n")
            sys.exit(0)
    
        rand = int(random.random()*5 + 1)
        i = 0
    
        for word in wordlist:
            i+=1
            if i == rand:
                print (word, end = '')
                break
    
        wordlist.close()
    
        guess = input("Guess a letter: ")
        print (guess) #for testing purposes
    
        for letters in word:
            if guess == letters:
                print ("Yessssh")
    
    #guessing part and user interface here
    


Answer: In your "`for word in wordlist`" loop, each word will end in a newline. Try
adding `word = word.strip()` as the next line.

By the way your last loop could be replaced with:

    
    
    if guess in word:
        print ("Yessssh")
    

Bonus tip: when adding "debug prints", it's often a good idea to use repr
(especially when dealing with strings). For example, your line:

    
    
    print (guess) #for testing purposes
    

Might be more useful if you wrote:

    
    
    print (repr(guess)) #for testing purposes
    

That way if there are weird characters in `guess`, you'll see them more easily
in your debug output.

