This is a Python program of the game “Hangman”. The word to guess is represented by a row of dashes. If the player guess a letter which exists in the word, then all places in the answer where that letter appear will be revealed. If it is wrong you loose a life and the hangman begins to appear, piece by piece. The player has a chance of 6 wrong guesses.

            initial empty state

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            head
    
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               |      O
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               -
       head and torso
      
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               |      |
               |      O
               |      |
               |      |
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               -
             
     head, torso, and one arm

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               |      |
               |      O
               |     \|
               |      |
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               - 
      head, torso, and both arms
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               |      |
               |      O
               |     \|/
               |      |
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               -     
         head, torso, both arms, and one leg
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               |      |
               |      O
               |     \|/
               |      |
               |     /
        
          final hangman
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               |      |
               |      O
               |     \|/
               |      |
               |     / \                   -