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56 lines
2.1 KiB
Python
56 lines
2.1 KiB
Python
intro = "I know an old lady who swallowed a {}."
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intro_addendums = [
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"It wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.",
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"How absurd to swallow a bird!",
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"Imagine that, to swallow a cat!",
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"What a hog, to swallow a dog!",
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"Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!",
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"I don't know how she swallowed a cow!"
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]
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names = [
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"fly",
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"spider",
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"bird",
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"cat",
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"dog",
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"goat",
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"cow",
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"horse"
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]
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middle = "She swallowed the {} to catch the {}."
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outro = "I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die."
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last = "She\'s dead, of course!"
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special_middle = "that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her"
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# Just does the math for constructing single and multiple verses. I realized only halfway through that
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# everything was going to be in lists, so I just used split, which honestly is easier than needing some kind of flattening
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# or list extending setup to get the lists to be in proper order
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def recite(start_verse, end_verse):
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if start_verse == end_verse:
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return construct(start_verse - 1).split('\n')
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return '\n\n'.join(construct(verse) for verse in range(start_verse - 1, end_verse)).split('\n')
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# Constructs a specific verse
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def construct(verse):
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# Constructs the middle part. Only the spider verse makes this function required.
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def makemiddle(versen):
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# Special spider inner verse
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if versen == 2:
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return middle.format(names[versen], names[versen-1] + ' ' + special_middle)
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return middle.format(names[versen], names[versen-1])
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# Horse verse
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if verse == 7:
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return "{}\n{}".format(intro.format(names[verse]), last)
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# Constructs the intoduction of a verse
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constructed_intro = '{}{}'.format(
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intro.format(names[verse]),
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'\n' + intro_addendums[verse-1] if verse > 0 else ''
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)
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constructed_middle = '\n'.join([''] + [makemiddle(versen) for versen in range(verse, 0, -1)]) if verse >= 1 else ''
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# Finally constructs the entire verse properly.
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return "{}{}{}".format(constructed_intro, constructed_middle, '\n' + outro) |