How to Initialize Letter Guess Prompt Error in Hangman (Python)
<p>I'm writing a hangman code, and am having trouble with setting an error for an invalid letter guess (ie. the guess should be between a-z, no numbers or multiple letter strings). This may be a fairly simple solution, but I am having trouble formalizing the code. Here is how I implemented the code:</p>

<pre><code>while ((count &lt; 6) and win):
   guess = input("Please enter the letter you guess: ")
   if guess:
      try:
         guess = guess.lower()
         lettersCorrect += 1
      if (guess not in letterList): #SYNTAX ERROR
         print ("You need to input a single alphabetic character!")
         continue
</code></pre>

<p>I noted where I am getting the syntax error. letterList is a list I created containing all acceptable letters (a-z). Is my coding off, or is there an easier way to say, "if not in letterList".</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>
