[FIXED] So I'm trying to find a way to replace the items in a string but I seem to be failing

Issue

So I've got this list: visual = ['_ ', '_ ', '_ '] And the user enters a random letter to find the end word (the game is hangman) I have a way of printing it out but it looks like this:

_

o

_

Whereas I want it to look like this: _ o _ Or: ['_ ', 'o ', '_ '] I don't mind which one prefer first one.

I have this so far:

visuals = ['_ ', '_ ', '_ ']

userInput = input("Enter a letter to guess: ")

index = 0

for ch in hangmanWord:

    index += 1

    if ch == userInput:

        visuals = [w.replace([index], userInput) for w in visuals]

        print(visuals)

But the last line doesn't seem to work(I think it's the replacing line)it just comes out with this:

   ['_ ', '_ ', '_ ']

I want the underscores to be replaced by the users input.

Sorry for its length. Help is greatly appreciated.

Solution

This script solve the problem

>>> hangmanWord = "hello"
>>> visuals = ['_'] *len(hangmanWord)
>>> ended = False
>>> while not ended:
...     userInput = raw_input("Enter a letter to guess: ")
...     for idx,ch in enumerate(hangmanWord):
...         if userInput == hangmanWord[idx]:
...             visuals[idx] = userInput
...     print visuals
...     ended = '_' not in visuals
... 
Enter a letter to guess: a
['_', '_', '_', '_', '_']
Enter a letter to guess: h
['h', '_', '_', '_', '_']
Enter a letter to guess: e
['h', 'e', '_', '_', '_']
Enter a letter to guess: l
['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', '_']
Enter a letter to guess: o
['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']

Answered By - xecgr