diff --git a/20_Buzzword/lua/buzzword.lua b/20_Buzzword/lua/buzzword.lua new file mode 100644 index 00000000..aacfe5b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/20_Buzzword/lua/buzzword.lua @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +--- Buzzword +--- Ported by Brian Wilkins. +--- Updated for modern buzzwords and corporate-speak + +print [[ + BUZZWORD GENERATOR + CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY + +]] + +print [[ + + +THIS PROGRAM PRINTS HIGHLY ACCEPTABLE PHRASES IN +'EDUCATOR-SPEAK' THAT YOU CAN WORK INTO REPORTS +AND SPEECHES. WHENEVER A QUESTION MARK IS PRINTED, +TYPE A 'Y' FOR ANOTHER PHRASE OR 'N' TO QUIT. +]] + +local phraseList = {"ABILITY","BASAL","BEHAVIORAL","CHILD-CENTERED", + "DIFFERENTIATED","DISCOVERY","FLEXIBLE","HETEROGENEOUS", + "HOMOGENEOUS","MANIPULATIVE","MODULAR","TAVISTOCK", + "INDIVIDUALIZED","LEARNING","EVALUATIVE","OBJECTIVE", + "COGNITIVE","ENRICHMENT","SCHEDULING","HUMANISTIC", + "INTEGRATED","NON-GRADED","TRAINING","VERTICAL AGE", + "MOTIVATIONAL","CREATIVE","GROUPING","MODIFICATION", + "ACCOUNTABILITY","PROCESS","CORE CURRICULUM","ALGORITHM", + "PERFORMANCE","REINFORCEMENT","OPEN CLASSROOM","RESOURCE", + "STRUCTURE","FACILITY","ENVIRONMENT"} + +--- Credit to https://stackoverflow.com/a/33468353/19232282 +--- for the pickPhrase function +local copyPhraseList = {} + +function pickPhrase() + local i + -- make a copy of the original table if we ran out of phrases + if #copyPhraseList == 0 then + for k,v in pairs(phraseList) do + copyPhraseList[k] = v + end + end + + -- pick a random element from the copy + i = math.random(#copyPhraseList) + phrase = copyPhraseList[i] + + -- remove phrase from copy + table.remove(copyPhraseList, i) + + return phrase +end + +--- Reused from Bagels.lua +function getInput(prompt) + io.write(prompt) + io.flush() + local input = io.read("l") + if not input then --- test for EOF + print("COME BACK WHEN YOU NEED HELP WITH ANOTHER REPORT!") + os.exit(0) + end + return input +end + +for i=1,3,1 do + ::phrasepick:: + io.write (pickPhrase() .. " ") + io.write (pickPhrase() .. " ") + io.write (pickPhrase()) + print() + io.stdin:flush() + local response = getInput("? ") + if response:match("[yY].*") then + goto phrasepick + else + print("COME BACK WHEN YOU NEED HELP WITH ANOTHER REPORT!") + os.exit(0) + end +end +