str' object is not callable Hangman command Discord

Question

so i was making a hangman command but it just says 'str' object is not callable that error message popped up when i was polishing the command please tell me how to fix it

heres my hangman code

gameStart = False
words = ["words i put"]

pickedword = "No picked words currently!"


def word_selected_dashed():
  if pickedword == "No picked words currently!":
    return
  else:
    global selectedword
    selectedword = []
    for i in range(len(pickedword)):
      selectedword.append('?')
  return ''.join(selectedword)

@client.command()
async def hangman(ctx):
  global gameStart
  global pickedword
  global trials
  
  pickedword = random.choice(words)
  if gameStart == True:
    await ctx.send("There is a game ongoing please use `sus hangmanstop` to stop")
  else: 
    gameStart = True
    await ctx.send("Game Started")
    lettercount = 0
    for letters in pickedword:
      lettercount += 1  
  await ctx.send(f"This word has {lettercount} letters!")
  word_selected_dashed()

@client.command()
async def guess(ctx, letterput : str):
  getattr(str, 'lower')
  letter = letterput.lower()
  if pickedword == "No picked words currently!":
    await ctx.send("No game found! Please use `sus hangman` to start a game!")
    return False
  if letter in alphabet and gameStart == True:
    print(letter)
  elif letter == pickedword:
    await ctx.send("You guess the word!")
    await hangmanstop(ctx)
    return
  elif gameStart == False:
    await ctx.send("You havent started a game!")
    return False
  global guessed_word
  global word_selected_dashed
  global trials
  trials = 7
  word_selected_dashed = word_selected_dashed()
  gussed_word = list(word_selected_dashed)

  if letter in pickedword:
    for i in range(len(pickedword)):
      
      if list(pickedword)[i] == letter:
        gussed_word[i] = letter
        await ctx.send(''.join(gussed_word))
  elif letter not in pickedword:
    await ctx.send('wrong!')
    trials -= 1
    await ctx.send(f"You only have {trials} guesses left!")
  if trials == 0:
    await ctx.send("You lost!")
    await hangmanstop(ctx)
    return

@client.command()
async def hangmanstop(ctx):
  global gameStart
  if gameStart == True:
    gameStart = False
    await ctx.send("Current game stopped!")
  else:
    await ctx.send("No game found | Please use `sus hangman` to start a game!")

idk what is making the problem i looked at the terminal very closely but i cant find the code making it error i know its a str error but everytime i try to fix it same error please help me

Answer 1

You are looking for the “lower” attribute of a str callable on the first line of your guess method as highlighted below.

async def guess(ctx, letterput : str):
  getattr(str, 'lower')

Remove the getattr() call altogether.