Python error: “IndexError: string index out of range”

Question

I\'m currently learning python from a book called \'Python for the absolute beginner (third edition)\'. There is an exercise in the book which outlines code for a hangman ga

Answer 1

You are iterating over one string (word), but then using the index into that to look up a character in so_far. There is no guarantee that these two strings have the same length.