Convert for loop/print output to string? Python -

def reveal():     guessright = 0     letter in secretword:         if letter == usertry:             guessright = guessright + 1             print usertry,         else:             print "_",     return guessright  reveal() 

when using reveal() _ _ _ _ _ printed loop- there way of converting prints string, or getting function return 2 outputs, integer guessright, , stuff printed while reveal() running?

sure, there lots of ways -- simplest use list hold data (appending new data rather printing) , ''.join @ end:

def reveal():     text = []     guessright = 0     letter in secretword:         if letter == usertry:             guessright = guessright + 1             text.append(usertry)         else:             text.append('_')     return guessright, ''.join(text)  reveal() 

here return tuple python's way of returning multiple values. can unpack tuple in assignment if wish:

guessright, text = reveal()