Python 8ball script

Platform: Python

Published Oct 16, 2009

Updated Oct 21, 2009

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Decided to play around with python for a bit. I saw anish's 8ball in perl and I thought I would do one in python.

I just started python today so if you want to tell me what I could improve with it that would be great.

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Need python 2.6 for this to work.
Save this file to filename.py where filename is a name of your choice
then run it with python filename.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

import sys,re,random



while True:

      x = raw_input("Please ask a question: ")

      n = random.randint(1, 7) 

      if re.match("^exit$|^close$", x):

            print "GoodBye!"

            sys.exit()

      elif n == 1:

            print "The answer lies in your heart"

      elif n == 2:

            print "I do not know"

      elif n == 3:

            print "Almost certainly"

      elif n == 4:

            print "No"

      elif n == 5:

            print "Why do you need to ask?"

      elif n == 6:

            print "Go away. I do not wish to answer at this time."

      elif n == 7:

            print "Time will only tell"

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aboutscript - Jan 05, 2013

My version.

		Code 			
#!/usr/bin/env python

import random

raw_input("Please ask a question: ")

bases = [
    "The answer lies in your heart"
    , "I do not know"
    , "Almost certainly"
    , "No"
    , "Instead, ask why you need to ask"
    , "Go away. I do not wish to answer at this time"
    , "Time will only tell"
]

suffixes = [
    "my child"
    , "young grasshopper"
]

resp = ', '.join([
    random.choice(bases)
    , random.choice(suffixes)
])

print resp
	

(change print resp to print(resp) for Python 3.x)

Example responses

		Code 			
The answer lies in your heart, young grasshopper
Time will only tell, my child
Instead, ask why you need to ask, young grasshopper
	

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Lord-Harlot - Jan 05, 2012

I would have been better doing that but of course it was my first script so I didn't really know the best way to do it.

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QuinnFTW - Jan 04, 2012

would have been better the make a list of responses and call on a random index from that list
ex:
resposes=["yes","no","maybe"]
print responses[len(responses)-1]

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theholder - Apr 27, 2011

#IMPORTS
import sys,re,random
#END
#THIS WILL WORK WITH PYTHON3.2

while True:
x = input("Please ask a question: ")
n = random.randint(1, 7)
if re.match("^exit$|^close$", x):
print("GoodBye!")
sys.exit()
elif n == 1:
print("The answer lies in your heart")
elif n == 2:
print("I do not know")
elif n == 3:
print("Almost certainly")
elif n == 4:
print("No")
elif n == 5:
print("Why do you need to ask?")
elif n == 6:
print("Go away. I do not wish to answer at this time.")
elif n == 7:
print("Time will only tell")

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Lord-Harlot - Jul 11, 2010

The trouble with your version PATX is that you have to rerun the script after each use.

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AnaBotNowYourGone - May 02, 2010

Very good! (I just got Python) This worked fine. PATX may be right or wrong, but IDK. ;)

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PATX - Oct 30, 2009

		Code 			
#!/usr/bin/env python

import random
 
x = raw_input("Please ask a question: ")
n = random.randint(1, 7) 
if n == (1):
   print("The answer lies in your heart")
elif n == (2):
     print("I do not know")
elif n == (3):
     print("Almost certainly")
elif n == (4):
     print("No")
elif n == (5):
     print ("Why do you need to ask?")
elif n == (6):
     print("Go away. I do not wish to answer at this time.")
elif n == (7):
     print("Time will only tell")
	

^ cleaner simpler and more standard way of doing it.

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Lord-Harlot - Oct 26, 2009

Python is so wonderful it doesn't need a closing statement.

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jonesy44 - Oct 22, 2009

I don't do python, so this is a wild stab in the dark really, doesn't the while loop need a closing statement, the languages i use all have them, but like i said, i don't do python...hsss.. 8-)

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Ghost-writer - Oct 21, 2009

mountaindew > patx, gf.

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mountaindew - Oct 20, 2009

Not commenting doesn't make something messy, it's a simple set of if statements, pretty self-explanatory...

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PATX - Oct 20, 2009

#! /usr/bin/env python

1. ^ Weird way to do that.
2. Indention is wacko! Very strange.
3. Not commented very good (for those of them who care [not me])

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Lord-Harlot - Oct 17, 2009

What's so messy about it?

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PATX - Oct 17, 2009

RePod, i would not say that. This is some really messy code! If this was in a program I think I would cry...

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RePod - Oct 17, 2009

Hm.. If I had to say..
This would be a script for some sort of program.

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