simple hangman game!

hangman.py

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+from random import choice
+from sys import exit  # so I can close the program when needed
+
+print(*'HANGMAN', sep=' ')
+
+while 1:
+
+    menu = input('Type "play" to play the game, "exit" to quit: ')
+
+    if menu == "play":
+
+        word = input("\nHanger! Choose a word to be guessed: ")
+
+        right_basket = set()  # for letters in `word`
+        wrong_basket = set()
+
+        def is_ascii(s):
+          """ This function checkes if the `char` is btwn 97 and 122 
+              in ASCII code, tat is, if `char` is a, b, c .... or z"""
+            return all(97 <= ord(c) <= 122 for c in s)
+
+        i = 0
+        while i < 8:  # user has 8 lives!
+
+            # If basket and set(word) have same length, then user guessed all letters!
+            if len(right_basket) != len(set(word)):
+
+                print()
+                # '-' is added to `hint` if word's letter is not found
+                hint = [c if c in right_basket else '-' for c in word]
+                print(''.join(hint))
+
+                ltr = input("Input a letter: ")
+
+                # handling user typos
+                if len(ltr) != 1:
+                    print("You should input a single letter")
+                    continue
+
+                if is_ascii(ltr):
+
+                    if ltr in word:
+                        if ltr in right_basket:
+                            print("You already typed this letter")
+                        else:
+                            right_basket.add(ltr)
+                    else:
+                        if ltr in wrong_basket:
+                            print("You already typed this letter")
+                        else:
+                            wrong_basket.add(ltr)
+                            print("No such letter in the word")
+                            # user only get hanged if letter is not in word!
+                            i += 1
+                else:
+                    print("It is not an ASCII lowercase letter")
+            else:
+                # if user guesses word:
+                print()
+                print(word)
+                print("You guessed the word!")
+                print("You survived!")
+                exit(0)
+        # this block executes when all chances (8) are used!
+        print("You lost!")
+        print()
+
+    elif menu == "exit":
+        exit(0)
+
+    else:
+        continue