Constructs an insult based on three components, the final string preceded by "Thou"
Based on and uses content from the Shakespearean Insult Kit at: http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Funny-pages/shakespeare-insult-kit.html
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56 lines
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# Shakespearean Insult Constructor (construction module)
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# Code Copyright (C) 2013 Jonathan Humphreys
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# Using content from the Shakespearean Insult Kit at: http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Funny-pages/shakespeare-insult-kit.html
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# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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# (at your option) any later version.
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# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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# GNU General Public License for more details.
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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
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# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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import random
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def construct_insult():
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insult_select = 0 # Will be assigned a random number between 0 and 49 and used to select from each collection of components.
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read_insult = "" # Accepts each line from the insult list file and passes it to insult_list.
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insult_list = [] # Stores one or more sub-lists, each one a collection of components from which to assemble an insult.
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built_insult = "Thou " # The string that each component will be appended to to form a complete insult. Always begins with "Thou ".
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insults = open("insults", "r") # Opens the insult list file for reading.
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for line in insults:
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read_insult = line.strip("\n") # Gets rid of the carriage return from each line read.
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# If the line read reads "[NEW]", creates a new sub_list within insult_list.
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# Otherwise just adds the newly-read string to the newest existing sub-list.
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if read_insult == "[NEW]":
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insult_list.append([])
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else:
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insult_list[-1].append(read_insult)
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insults.close() # Closes the file, to prevent the risk of the OS treating it as already open after the program has ended.
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for insult_column in range(len(insult_list)):
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# Generates a random number with which to select each insult component.
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insult_select = random.randint(0, len(insult_list[insult_column]) - 1)
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#print insult_column, insult_select
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# Appends the selected insult component to built_insult.
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built_insult = built_insult + insult_list[insult_column][insult_select]
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# If the current insult column is before the last one, append a space, else append an exclamation mark.
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if insult_column < 2:
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built_insult = built_insult + " "
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else:
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built_insult = built_insult + "!"
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return built_insult # Send the completed insult back to the variable that called this function!
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