Initial Buzzword Lua Script

20_Buzzword/lua/buzzword.lua

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+--- 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
+