# A simple hangman  using  superposition
# OH - aug 2018

"""
$ python guess2word.py 
Guess  my secret word? A
  no match
Guess  my secret word? H
  a partial match of  my secret; score: 7
Guess  my secret word? HO
  a partial match of  my secret; score: 10
Guess  my secret word? O
  a partial match of  my secret; score: 7
Guess  my secret word? HOI
  a partial match of  my secret; score: 11
Guess  my secret word? HOME
  you found my secret in 6 tries
"""




import itertools,os,re,collections

word    = "HOME"



def spectrum(str):
 return [ord(x) for x in list(str)]


def INTERMODULATION(freq):
 # Snap intermodulation and compare with previous SNAP
 snap = [0]
  
 m = re.search( "^([A-Za-z]+)2([A-Za-z]+)\.",os.path.basename(__file__))
 if m:
   # variables for intermodulation in the scriptname 
   list1 = eval("spectrum(%s)" % (m.groups()[1]) )
   list2 = eval("spectrum(%s)" % (m.groups()[0]) )

   # 2nd order combinations
   mix=list( itertools.product(list1+list2, repeat=2) )  

   # sum and differences of 2nd order combinations  
   mixd =  [i[0]-i[1] for i in mix]                       
   mixs =  [i[0]+i[1] for i in mix] 
   snap = collections.Counter(list1+list2+mixs+mixd)
 return snap[freq]
 
 
for i in range(1,10):

  guess = raw_input("Guess  my secret word? ").upper()


  j=INTERMODULATION(0)  
  if j==len(word)**2:
    print "  you found my secret in " + str(i) + " tries"
    i=99
    break

  if j>(len(word)+len(guess)):
    print( "  a partial match of  my secret; score: " + str(j))
  else
    print  "  sorry, no match" 
    
 
if i==9:
  print "\nSorry, not found after too many attemps.\nThe secret word was '"+word+"'"