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Hangman Function Assignment

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Python 3.11

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Hangman Function Assignment

Write the required Hangman functions and globals exactly as specified: initialize_game, is_valid_guess, display_word, process_guess, is_game_over, and get_result_message. For this MVP, grading runs in the browser and the API records the result.

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WORD_BANK = {
    1: "python",
    2: "debug",
    3: "loop",
    4: "variable",
    5: "function",
}

STATUS_SUCCESS = 0
ERROR_NOT_A_NUMBER = 1
ERROR_WORD_NOT_FOUND = 2

secret_word = ""
guessed_letters = []
wrong_guesses = 0
max_wrong = 6

# For local testing on a computer that does not have codegrader installed, keep
# this local debug function. Before submitting, comment out this function and
# uncomment the import below. Leave your debug(...) calls in place.
#
# from codegrader.student import debug

def debug(*values):
    print("DEBUG:", *values)

def initialize_game(choice, allowed_wrong=6):
    # TODO: Convert choice to a number.
    # Return ERROR_NOT_A_NUMBER if it cannot be converted.
    # Return ERROR_WORD_NOT_FOUND if the number is not in WORD_BANK.
    # For a valid choice, initialize all global game variables and return STATUS_SUCCESS.
    pass

def is_valid_guess(guess):
    # TODO: Return True only for one alphabetic character that has not already been guessed.
    pass

def display_word():
    # TODO: Return the word display with unguessed letters as underscores.
    # Example: "_ a _ _"
    pass

def process_guess(guess):
    # TODO: Return "invalid", "already guessed", "correct", or "incorrect".
    # Valid new guesses should update guessed_letters.
    # Incorrect valid guesses should increase wrong_guesses.
    pass

def is_game_over():
    # TODO: Return True if the player has won or lost, otherwise False.
    pass

def get_result_message():
    # TODO: Return "You win!", "You lose!", or "Keep guessing!".
    pass

def main():
    print("Choose a word number:")
    for number, word in WORD_BANK.items():
        print(f"{number}: {len(word)} letters")

choice = input("Number: ")
    result = initialize_game(choice)
    if result == ERROR_NOT_A_NUMBER:
        print("Invalid input: enter a number.")
        return
    if result == ERROR_WORD_NOT_FOUND:
        print("Invalid word choice.")
        return

while not is_game_over():
        print(display_word())
        print(f"Wrong guesses: {wrong_guesses}/{max_wrong}")
        guess = input("Guess a letter: ")
        print(process_guess(guess))

print(display_word())
    print(get_result_message())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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