import random

def shuffle(word):
    result = ""
    while len(word) > 0:
        position = random.randrange(len(word))
        result = result + word[position]
        word = word[0:position] + word[position+1:]
    return result

for i in range(10):
    print shuffle("nectarine")

choices = ("one", "three", "nine", "four", "twenty")
total = 0
good = 0
for i in range(4):
    total = total + 1
    word = random.choice(choices)
    guess = raw_input("What word is this: " + shuffle(word) + "? ")
    if guess == word:
        print "Very good."
        good = good + 1
    else:
        print "No, it was least."
    print "So far you got", good, "out of", total

x = float(raw_input("Percent loss per month: "))
y = float(raw_input("Percent limit acceptable: "))
e = 1.0
count = 0
LIMIT = 6
while e >= y and count < LIMIT:
    e = e - x * e
    count = count + 1
    print "After",count,"months extinguisher is at",e,"%"
print "After",count,"months you need to get a new one"

import random
choices = ("house", "nectarine", "chair", "wall", "screen", "trash")
secret = random.choice(choices)
mask = "*" * len(secret)
print "Here's the word:",mask,"(the word really is:",secret,")"
attempts = 1
while secret != mask and attempts <= 6:
    letter = raw_input(str(attempts) + ". Guess a letter: ")
    if not letter in secret:
        attempts = attempts + 1
    result = ""
    for i in range(len(secret)):
        if secret[i] == letter:
            result = result + secret[i]
        else:
            result = result + mask[i]
    mask = result
    print mask
print "Thank you for using this program."

word = raw_input("What's the word: ")
letter = raw_input("The letter: ")
count = 0
for i in range(len(word)):
    print "I am checking word[",i,"]: ",word[i]
    if word[i] == letter:
        count = count + 1
print letter,"occurs",count,"times in",word