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Dev tools · February 7, 2016

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Hangman in 3 lines of Python

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Hangman in 3 lines of Python launched on February 7, 2016 with 58 votes, #1,521 of 4,386 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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Hangman in 3 Lines of Python is a minimalist implementation of the classic word-guessing game written in Python. It demonstrates how concise Python code can be by implementing a full Hangman game that pulls words from a system dictionary file. The project showcases Python's ability to accomplish complex tasks with remarkably few lines of readable code, making it useful for developers interested in elegant programming solutions or learning Python's expressive syntax.

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Yesterday, I was reminded of the /usr/share/dict/words file during a conversation I had at lunch. This file is simply a collection of valid words, and is present on all UNIX and UNIX-like systems. It can be a pretty useful resource for solving crossword puzzles or word jumbles. I had half an hour left for lunch, and so I thought about doing something cool with it. Without thinking too hard, I came up with the idea of implementing Hangman in Python. My first implementation was around a dozen lines of readable code, but already I could see how concise Python allowed me to be, and so I resolved to revisit the problem the next day from a code-golfer ’s point of view, and attempt to solve…from danverbraganza.com

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