[SOLVED] How to replace two same items in a list ?

Question

I just want output as
["c", "_", "c", "_" ]

see my attempt you will understand what i want..

word="cock"
list=["_", "_","_","_" ]

just want to replace the underscore which has same index as word "c"
so that my new list will be ["c", "_", "c", "_" ]

simple and less code will be good 😜
Thanks!

You all know hangman game right?
that is what I am trying to do... but I am sink into erros and bugs... lol

my attempt :

https://code.sololearn.com/c99iLxxZG8Ud/?ref=app

Answer 1

Ratnapal Shende updated the code
Input in sololearn:
c
k
o

word="cock"
lst=['_']*len(word)
print(lst)
ans = lst

while True :
print()
char=input("Enter a character : ")
print()

lst = [char if word[i]==char else ans[i] for i in range(len(lst))]
print(lst)
ans = lst
if ''.join(ans) == word:
print("\nYou won!")
break

[OR]

word="cock"
lst=['_']*len(word)
print(lst)
ans = lst

while True :
print()
char=input("Enter a character : ")
print()

for i in range(len(lst)):
if word[i]==char:
lst[i]=char
else:
lst[i]=ans[i]

#char if word[i]==char else ans[i] for i in range(len(lst))]
print(lst)
ans = lst
if ''.join(ans) == word:
print("\nYou won!")
break

Answer 2

Rae Thanks for the answer but please check the updated code and question.. sorry for updating late

Answer 3

Rae Thank you so much! 🎊😘