How do I get buttons to do things for gui hangman - user-interface

Question

I am new to python and have decided to create a hangman game as a GUI with tkinter. I have stumbled across this problem where I can't get my buttons to do what I want. Specifically, I want them to check if the letter is in the mystery word and print it in the position of the letter in the word if it is. Any tips or suggestions will be helpful.
from tkinter import *
import random
from tkinter import Label, Canvas
root = Tk()
root.title("Hangman Project")
c: Canvas = Canvas(root, height=500, width=500, bg="white")
c.pack()
height = 400
width = 400
head = c.create_oval(70, 70, 130, 130)
neck = c.create_line(100, 130, 100, 150)
body = c.create_rectangle(70, 150, 130, 220, fill="orange")
arm1 = c.create_line(130, 170, 150, 120)
arm2 = c.create_line(70, 170, 50, 120)
leg1 = c.create_line(110, 220, 145, 275)
leg2 = c.create_line(90, 220, 55, 275)
def gallows():
c.create_line(width / 40, height / 8, width / 4, height / 8)
c.create_line(width / 40, height / 8, width / 40, height / 1.6)
c.create_line(0, height / 1.6, width / 20, height / 1.6)
c.create_line(width / 40, height / 5, width / 4, height / 8)
c.create_line(width / 4, height / 8, width / 4, height / 5.7)
line = """Antiquated outdated fashioned Choleric easily angered Diorama
model scene Fecund fertile Inebriation drunkenness intoxication Marshal gather
together Parity equality Profound meaning Servile overly submissive groveling Usurp
"""
line.lower()
word_list = list(line.split(" "))
correct_ans = word_list
prize_word = random.choice(word_list)
spaces = " ".join(prize_word)
mystery_word = " ".join("_" * len(prize_word))
y = Label(root, text=mystery_word, font="Times, 30")
y.place(x=190, y=300)
def makebuttons():
count = 0
lst = []
if count <= 27:
for letter in 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ':
lst.append(letter)
for letter in lst:
Buttons = Button(master=root, text=letter, font="Times, 20")
Buttons.pack()
Buttons.place(x=20 * count, y=460)
count += 1
makebuttons()
gallows()
root.mainloop()

Answer 1

There are several issues in your code:
line.lower() will not modify line, so use line = """...""".lower() instead
line.split() will contain "" and "\n" which need to be filtered out
redundant code in makebuttons(): if statement is not necessary and the two for loops can be merged into one
Below is a modified version of part of your code with a new function check_letter() which will be executed when a letter button is clicked:
line = """Antiquated outdated fashioned Choleric easily angered Diorama
model scene Fecund fertile Inebriation drunkenness intoxication Marshal gather
together Parity equality Profound meaning Servile overly submissive groveling Usurp
""".lower()
word_list = [x for x in line.split(" ") if x != "" and x != "\n"] # filter out all "" and "\n"
prize_word = list(random.choice(word_list)) # use list instead of string for easy modification
print(prize_word)
mystery_word = ["_"] * len(prize_word) # use list instead of string for easy modification
y = Label(root, text=mystery_word, font=("Times", 30))
y.place(x=190, y=300)
def check_letter(c):
found = False
for i, letter in enumerate(prize_word):
if c == letter:
prize_word[i] = "-"
mystery_word[i] = c # update the guess result
found = True
if found:
y['text'] = mystery_word
else:
# do whatever you want if letter is not found
pass
def makebuttons():
for i,letter in enumerate("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"):
Button(root, text=letter, font=("Times", 14), width=2, command=lambda c=letter: check_letter(c)).place(x=30*i+10, y=460)
You need to modify check_letter() function to cater two situations:
when all letters in the mystery word are found
when the letter is not found in the mystery word
Hope this help.