Anyway, the next one is a name generator. I decided to make it such that it could differentiate between female and male names, and include last names too.
So, here it is!
#!/usr/bin/python
from random import *
femaleNames = []
maleNames = []
lastNames = []
allNames = [femaleNames, maleNames, lastNames]
def set_name_lists():
fnames = ["femalenames.txt", "malenames.txt", "lastnames.txt"]
for i in range(len(fnames)):
f = open(fnames[i], "r")
allnamesinfile = f.readlines()
f.close()
shuffle(allnamesinfile)
for x in allnamesinfile:
x = x.replace('\n', "")
allNames[i].append(x[0].upper() + x[1:].lower())
def get_name(b):
if b:
return femaleNames[randint(0, len(femaleNames)-1)] + " " + lastNames[randint(0, len(lastNames)-1)]
else:
return maleNames[randint(0, len(maleNames)-1)] + " " + lastNames[randint(0, len(lastNames)-1)]
def get_a_name():
return get_name(choice([True, False]))
def main():
set_name_lists()
input = " "
while input[0].upper() != "X":
print("F to print a female name. M to print a male name.")
print("Blank or (anything not X) to print a random name. X quits.")
input = raw_input("Please enter your input: ")
if len(input) == 0:
input = " "
if input[0].upper() == "F":
print(get_name(True))
elif input[0].upper() == "M":
print(get_name(False))
elif input[0].upper() == "X":
pass
else:
print(get_a_name())
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
The breakdown:
set_name_lists reads three files (the name lists) in and shuffles them so that you don't get the same output upon running the program twice in a row.
get_name takes a truth value (a boolean) in, corresponding to whether you asked for a male name or female name, and returns a last name constructed of a male / female name plus a last name. It does this with randint for extra randomness.
get_a_name returns get_name with a random boolean.
main sets the name lists and loops through, asking you to input M, F, (something else), or X.
Anyway, that was an interesting project -- next up... project 3, temperature converter, which I somehow skipped.
-Nathan
