how to fix printing memory address in python-CodePudding

I've been trying to fix this problem with my code, where the memory address is printed in the console. I suspect it's something to do with iterating through the "wordlist" list.

#wordlist is actually around 500 words long.
wordlist = ['games', 'happy', 'gxems', 'hpapy']

def get_possible_letters(word):
  letters = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
  possible_letters = letters
  count = 0
  for i in word:
    if i in letters:
      possible_letters.remove(i)
  return possible_letters

def get_most_information():
  score = 0
  top_score = 27
  for i in wordlist:
    score = len(letters) - len(get_possible_letters(i))
    if score < top_score:
      top_score = score
  return top_score

print(get_most_information)

CodePudding user response：

The last statement should be

print(get_most_information())

instead of

print(get_most_information)

The latter merely prints the location of the function in memory instead of printing the function's output.

CodePudding user response：

You need to have () on functions to call the function:

# Function must have () on end
print(get_most_information())

I've commented some recommended edits below:

# wordlist is actually around 500 words long.
wordlist = ['games', 'happy', 'gxems', 'hpapy']
# Letters must be global, or passed as arg to be used in another function
letters = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"


def get_possible_letters(word):
    possible_letters = letters
    count = 0
    for i in word:
        if i in letters:
            # Replace, not remove on strings
            possible_letters.replace(i, "")
    return possible_letters


def get_most_information():
    score = 0
    top_score = 27
    for i in wordlist:
        score = len(letters) - len(get_possible_letters(i))
        if score < top_score:
            top_score = score
    return top_score


# Function must have () on end
print(get_most_information())
# Outputs 0