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# HW 9 
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# Please answer these questions after having completed the 
# entire assignment.
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# Name:  
# Hours spent in total:  
# Collaborators (if any) and resources used (if any):  
# Feedback: What was the hardest part of this assignment?
#   <your answer here>
# Feedback: Any suggestions for improving the assignment?	
#   <your answer here>
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import random


def printGallows(num_missed):
    '''
    (int) -> None

    Print a representation of the hangperson gallows.  The parameter
    to the function is the number of missed words.  7 misses means
    that the player has lost (and the full gallows gets printed).
    '''
    if (num_missed < 0 or num_missed > 7):
        raise Exception("Invalid number of missed words when attempting to print the gallows.")


    print 
    print 
    print '       |||========|||'
    if num_missed > 0:
        print '       |||         |'
    else:
        print '       |||          '

    if num_missed > 1:
        print '       |||         O'
    else:
        print '       |||          '

    if num_missed > 2:

        if num_missed > 4:
            print '       |||        /|\\'
        elif num_missed > 3:
            print '       |||        /| '
        else:
            print '       |||        /  '
    else:
        print '       |||           '

    if num_missed > 5:
        if num_missed > 6:
            print '       |||        / \\'
        else:
            print '       |||        /  '
    else:
        print '       |||           '

    print '       |||'
    print '       |||'
    print '     ================='
    print  



#
# define helper functions here.
#

def play_game():

    # our list of possible words.  add or modify the
    # list as you want    
    wordlist = ['SUNNY','BEES','GRASS','BUNNY']
    # example for getting a random word from the word list
    secretword = random.choice(wordlist)

    #
    # fill in the rest of this function
    #


def main():

    # play a single game of hangperson
    # then ask the user if they want to play again
    



main()