Hangman code

[bartonc]

Never mind about last. The problem is when I put aList as the element in b (as in b[aList]=str(choice)) , it tells me that aList needs to be an integer, not a list. How do I transform aList into an integer?

I'm having a hard time following along because your variable names are not very descriptive. If b (could use a better name) is a list, why not somethingbetter List?
If aList is a list of indexes, you need to

b[aList][indexintothislist] = str(choice)

[St33med]

Alright here is the more understandable code:

import sys # used to exit
def guess(count,addCount,letters):
            choice=raw_input("Guess!(lowercase only please!)")
            aList=indexList(word, choice)
            print aList
            if len(choice)>1:
                print "Don't cheat!" # Exactly :)
                guess(count,addCount,letters)
            elif aList!=[-1]:
                line[aList]=str(choice) #Problem here. aList is list when needs to be integers
                print "Good Choice!"
                c=''.join(line)
                print c,"Letters missed:", letters #Tells what letters the guy has missed
                if word==c:
                    print "You Win!" 
                    sys.exit()
                else:
                    guess(count,addCount,letters) #repeats until win or lose
            else:
                if choice in letters:
                    print "You have already guessed this!" #so he/she doesn't repeat a stupid mistake
                    guess(count,addCount,letters)
                count+=addCount
                letters[count]=choice
                if count==0:
                    print "O"
                    addCount=1
                elif count==1:
                    print "O<"
                    addCount=2
                elif count==2:
                    print "0<-"
                    addCount=3
                elif count==3:
                    print "O<-<\n Game Over XP"
                    sys.exit()
                print "Letters missed: ", ' '.join(letters)
                guess(count,addCount,letters)

def indexList(s, item, i=0):
    i_list = []
    while True:
        try:
            i = s.index(item, i)
            i_list.append(i)
            i += 1
        except:
            i_list.append(-1)
            break
    return i_list

if __name__=='__main__':
    word=raw_input("Type a name:")
    word=''.join(word.lower().split(' '))
    #print word #This was just for testing
    line=['_ ']*len(word)
    print ''.join(line)
    count=0 #set count
    addCount=0 #set add count
    letters=['']*4 #make an empty list
    guess(count,addCount,letters)

As it says in line 10, I need to find out how to make aList an integer because line will not recognize the elements inside a list.
Hmmmmm.....

[St33med]

Whoops! What I meant to say was what do you put inside the second [], bartonc?

[bartonc]

Alright here is the more understandable code:

import sys # used to exit
def guess(count,addCount,letters):
            choice=raw_input("Guess!(lowercase only please!)")
            aList=indexList(word, choice)
            print aList
            if len(choice)>1:
                print "Don't cheat!" # Exactly :)
                guess(count,addCount,letters)
            elif aList!=[-1]:
                line[aList]=str(choice) #Problem here. aList is list when needs to be integers
                print "Good Choice!"
                c=''.join(line)
                print c,"Letters missed:", letters #Tells what letters the guy has missed
                if word==c:
                    print "You Win!" 
                    sys.exit()
                else:
                    guess(count,addCount,letters) #repeats until win or lose
            else:
                if choice in letters:
                    print "You have already guessed this!" #so he/she doesn't repeat a stupid mistake
                    guess(count,addCount,letters)
                count+=addCount
                letters[count]=choice
                if count==0:
                    print "O"
                    addCount=1
                elif count==1:
                    print "O<"
                    addCount=2
                elif count==2:
                    print "0<-"
                    addCount=3
                elif count==3:
                    print "O<-<\n Game Over XP"
                    sys.exit()
                print "Letters missed: ", ' '.join(letters)
                guess(count,addCount,letters)

def indexList(s, item, i=0):
    i_list = []
    while True:
        try:
            i = s.index(item, i)
            i_list.append(i)
            i += 1
        except:
            i_list.append(-1)
            break
    return i_list

if __name__=='__main__':
    word=raw_input("Type a name:")
    word=''.join(word.lower().split(' '))
    #print word #This was just for testing
    line=['_ ']*len(word)
    print ''.join(line)
    count=0 #set count
    addCount=0 #set add count
    letters=['']*4 #make an empty list
    guess(count,addCount,letters)

As it says in line 10, I need to find out how to make aList an integer because line will not recognize the elements inside a list.
Hmmmmm.....

I'm guessing that you want something like

                line[aList][count]=str(choice) # index into a list of indexes

[bartonc]

Whoops! What I meant to say was what do you put inside the second [], bartonc?

Hah, you beat me to it (by a few seconds).

[St33med]

Weird. [count] obviously does nothing for it still gives me a TypeError.
Specifically, the TypeError looks like this:

TypeError: list indices must be integers

I might have read this wrong.

[bvdet]

Weird. [count] obviously does nothing for it still gives me a TypeError.
Specifically, the TypeError looks like this:

TypeError: list indices must be integers

I might have read this wrong.

elif len(aList) > 0:
    for i in aList:
        line[i] = choice       # is not choice already a string?
        ..............................................................................

[St33med]

elif len(aList) > 0:
    for i in aList:
        line[i] = choice       # is not choice already a string?
        ..............................................................................

Yea! That worked! Before, I had to put choice as a string for some reason. It returned some type of error. But when I put in your code without the str before choice, it worked. Huh. I might've been seeing things.

Anyway, thank you for helping me! And, for those of you who want to see the final code, here it is:

import sys # used to exit
def guess(count,addCount,letters):
            choice=raw_input("Guess!(lowercase only please!)")
            aList=indexList(word, choice)
            print aList
            if len(choice)>1:
                print "Don't cheat!" # Exactly :)
                guess(count,addCount,letters)
            elif len(aList) > 0:
                for i in aList:
                    line[i] = choice  #Problem here. aList is list when needs to be integers
                    print "Good Choice!"
                    c=''.join(line)
                    print c,"Letters missed:", letters #Tells what letters the guy has missed
                    if word==c:
                        print "You Win!" 
                        sys.exit()
                    else:
                        guess(count,addCount,letters) #repeats until win or lose
            else:
                if choice in letters:
                    print "You have already guessed this!" #so he/she doesn't repeat a stupid mistake
                    guess(count,addCount,letters)
                count+=addCount
                letters[count]=choice
                if count==0:
                    print "O"
                    addCount=1
                elif count==1:
                    print "O<"
                    addCount=2
                elif count==2:
                    print "0<-"
                    addCount=3
                elif count==3:
                    print "O<-<\n Game Over XP"
                    sys.exit()
                print "Letters missed: ", ' '.join(letters)
                guess(count,addCount,letters)

def indexList(s, item, i=0):
    i_list = []
    while True:
        try:
            i = s.index(item, i)
            i_list.append(i)
            i += 1
        except:
            break
    return i_list

if __name__=='__main__':
    word=raw_input("Type a name:")
    word=''.join(word.lower().split(' '))
    #print word #This was just for testing
    line=['_ ']*len(word)
    print ''.join(line)
    count=0 #set count
    addCount=0 #set add count
    letters=['']*4 #make an empty list
    guess(count,addCount,letters) #carries everything to guess for later use

[bvdet]

Yea! That worked! Before, I had to put choice as a string for some reason. It returned some type of error. But when I put in your code without the str before choice, it worked. Huh. I might've been seeing things.

Anyway, thank you for helping me! And, for those of you who want to see the final code, here it is:

import sys # used to exit
def guess(count,addCount,letters):
            choice=raw_input("Guess!(lowercase only please!)")
            aList=indexList(word, choice)
            print aList
            if len(choice)>1:
                print "Don't cheat!" # Exactly :)
                guess(count,addCount,letters)
            elif len(aList) > 0:
                for i in aList:
                    line[i] = choice  #Problem here. aList is list when needs to be integers
                    print "Good Choice!"
                    c=''.join(line)
                    print c,"Letters missed:", letters #Tells what letters the guy has missed
                    if word==c:
                        print "You Win!" 
                        sys.exit()
                    else:
                        guess(count,addCount,letters) #repeats until win or lose
            else:
                if choice in letters:
                    print "You have already guessed this!" #so he/she doesn't repeat a stupid mistake
                    guess(count,addCount,letters)
                count+=addCount
                letters[count]=choice
                if count==0:
                    print "O"
                    addCount=1
                elif count==1:
                    print "O<"
                    addCount=2
                elif count==2:
                    print "0<-"
                    addCount=3
                elif count==3:
                    print "O<-<\n Game Over XP"
                    sys.exit()
                print "Letters missed: ", ' '.join(letters)
                guess(count,addCount,letters)

def indexList(s, item, i=0):
    i_list = []
    while True:
        try:
            i = s.index(item, i)
            i_list.append(i)
            i += 1
        except:
            break
    return i_list

if __name__=='__main__':
    word=raw_input("Type a name:")
    word=''.join(word.lower().split(' '))
    #print word #This was just for testing
    line=['_ ']*len(word)
    print ''.join(line)
    count=0 #set count
    addCount=0 #set add count
    letters=['']*4 #make an empty list
    guess(count,addCount,letters) #carries everything to guess for later use

You have an incorrect indentation at a critical point which prevents the script from executing properly. Try 'mississippi'. Once you make this correction, you are looking good!

[St33med]

Whoops! I indented everything after the for statement, making it run only once. Fixed that and it now runs like a charm!
Again, Thanks!

EDIT: You beat me to it. Darn! :D