title: Hangman code python3
body: <p>I have a python 3 hangman code that works but i do not know how i can Allow the user to select difficulty (easy (9), medium (7), hard(5)) in the main function. Also is there a simpler code that could be used for this? </p>
  
  <pre><code>import random 
  WORDLIST = ("phone", "laptop", "desktop", "sewer", "television", "never", "guess", "nice", "chair", "car");
  WORD = random.choice(WORDLIST)
  ACCEPTABLE = ("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
  
  guessed = []
  state = 0
  hasWon = 0
  playedOnce = 0
  
  def menu ():
      print("""
      1. Easy (9 misses)
      2. Medium (7 misses)
      3. Hard (5 misses)
      """)
      return int(input("What level do you want to play?:"))
  
  def wantsToPlay():
      if (not playedOnce):
          return 1
      l = input("\nWould you like to play again? (y/n)")
      while (l != "y" and l != "Y" and l != "n" and l != "N"):
          l = input("\nWould you like to play again? (y/n)")
      if (l.lower() == "y"):
          return 1
      return 0
  
  def takeNewLetter():
      global state, hasWon
      newPrint("So far, you have guessed the following letters...")
      for g in guessed:
          print(g, end=" ")
      letter = input("\n\nWhat letter would you like to guess next?\n")
      while (letter in guessed or letter not in ACCEPTABLE):
          if (len(letter) &gt; 1):
              if (letter.lower() == WORD.lower()):
                   newPrint("You win!")
                   hasWon = 1
                   break
              else:
                  newPrint("Boo... that was wrong... you're dead...")
                  state = 7
                  break
          else:
              if (letter not in ACCEPTABLE):
                  letter = input("That character is unacceptable. You many only enter lower case letters.\n")
              else:
                  letter = input("You have already guessed that letter, try another one...\n")
      guessed.append(letter)
      if (letter not in WORD):
          state += 1
      return
  
  def drawWord():
      tempWord = ""
      for c in WORD:
          if (c in guessed):
              tempWord += c + " "
          else:
              tempWord += "_ "
      newPrint(tempWord)
      return
  
  def drawStickman():
      if (state &gt;= 7):
          print("   _______")
          print("|/      |")
          print("|      (_)")
          print("|      \|/")
          print("|       |")
          print("|      / \\")
          print("|")
          print("|___")
          print("Oops. You're dead.")
      elif (state == 6):
          print("   _______")
          print("|/      |")
          print("|      (_)")
          print("|      \|/")
          print("|       |")
          print("|      / ")
          print("|")
          print("|___")
      elif (state == 5):
          print("   _______")
          print("|/      |")
          print("|      (_)")
          print("|      \|/")
          print("|       |")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|___")
      elif (state == 4):
          print("   _______")
          print("|/      |")
          print("|      (_)")
          print("|      \|/")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|___")
      elif (state == 3):
          print("   _______")
          print("|/      |")
          print("|      (_)")
          print("|      \|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|___")
      elif (state == 2):
          print("   _______")
          print("|/      |")
          print("|      (_)")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|___")
      elif (state == 2):
          print("   _______")
          print("|/      |")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|___")
      elif (state == 1):
          newPrint("As this is your first mistake, I will let you off...")
          print("   _______")
          print("|/")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|___")
      elif (state == 0):
          print("   _______")
          print("|/")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|")
          print("|___")
  
  def hasGuessed():
      if (hasWon == 1):
          return 1
      if (state &gt;= 7):
          return 1
      for c in WORD:
          if (c not in guessed):
              return 0
      if (len(guessed) == 0):
          return 0
      return 1
  
  def setup_game():
      newPrint("Welcome to the Hangman game!")
      newPrint("I have chosen a random word from my super secret list, try to guess it before your stickman dies!")
  
  def newPrint(message, both = 1):
      msg = "\n" + message
      if (both != 1):
          msg += "\n"
      print(msg)
  
  def main():
      global guessed, hasWon, state, playedOnce, WORD, WORDLIST
      setup_game()
      newPrint("My word is " + str(len(WORD)) + " letters long.")
      while (wantsToPlay() == 1):
          WORD = random.choice(WORDLIST)
          guessed = []
          playedOnce = 1
          hasWon = 0
          state = 0
          while (hasGuessed() == 0 and state &lt; 7):
              drawStickman()
              drawWord()
              takeNewLetter()
          drawStickman()
          newPrint("My word was " + WORD)
  
  main()
  </code></pre>