guesses_left = 10
secret_word = "severin"
dashes = "-" * len(secret_word)
print dashes
def get_guess(): # Function to ask for a guess
    global guess
    guess = input("Enter a single letter: ")
    if len(guess) > 1 or not guess.islower():
        print "Your guess needs to be a lowercase letter, and can only be one character!"
    while len(guess) > 1 or not guess.islower(): # Asks for new input when guess is more than 1 char or is uppercase
        guess = input("Enter a single letter: ")
        print "Your guess needs to be a lowercase letter, and can only be one character!"
    return guess


def update_dashes(secret_word, dashes, guess):
    result = ""
    dashes.split()
    checkiftrue = False
    for i in range(len(secret_word)):
        if secret_word[i] == guess:
            dashes[i] == guess # Sets the dash to the letter that was correctly guessed
            print "That guess is correct!" + guess + " is in the word!"
            checkiftrue = True
    if checkiftrue == False:
        guesses_left -1
        print "Incorrect, guesses left: " + str(guesses_left)
    print guess
    print dashes

while guesses_left > 0 and not secret_word == dashes:
    get_guess()
    update_dashes(secret_word, dashes, guess)


if guesses_left == 0:
    print "Sorry, you lose, the word was " + secret_word