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Removed spaces from top-level directory names.
Spaces tend to cause annoyances in a Unix-style shell environment. This change fixes that.
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70_Poetry/python/README.md
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Original source downloaded [from Vintage Basic](http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html)
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Conversion to [Python](https://www.python.org/about/)
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70_Poetry/python/poetry.py
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70_Poetry/python/poetry.py
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"""
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POETRY
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A poetry generator
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Ported by Dave LeCompte
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"""
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"""
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PORTING EDITORIAL NOTE:
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The original code is a pretty convoluted mesh of GOTOs and global
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state. This adaptation pulls things apart into phrases, but I have
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left the variables as globals, which makes goes against decades of
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wisdom that global state is bad.
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"""
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PAGE_WIDTH = 64
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import random
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# globals
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u = 0
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i = 0
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j = 0
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k = 0
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phrase = 1
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line = ""
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def print_centered(msg):
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spaces = " " * ((PAGE_WIDTH - len(msg)) // 2)
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print (spaces + msg)
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def process_phrase_1():
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global line
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line_1_options = ["MIDNIGHT DREARY",
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"FIERY EYES",
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"BIRD OR FIEND",
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"THING OF EVIL",
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"PROPHET"]
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line = line + line_1_options[i]
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return line
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def process_phrase_2():
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global line
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global u
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line_2_options = [
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("BEGUILING ME", 2),
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("THRILLED ME", None),
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("STILL SITTING....", None),
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("NEVER FLITTING", 2),
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("BURNED", None)]
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words, u_modifier = line_2_options[i]
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line += words
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if not (u_modifier is None):
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u = u_modifier
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def process_phrase_3():
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global line
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phrases = [
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(False, "AND MY SOUL"),
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(False, "DARKNESS THERE"),
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(False, "SHALL BE LIFTED"),
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(False, "QUOTH THE RAVEN"),
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(True, "SIGN OF PARTING"),
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]
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only_if_u, words = phrases[i]
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if (not only_if_u) or (u > 0):
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line = line + words
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def process_phrase_4():
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global line
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phrases = [
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("NOTHING MORE"),
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("YET AGAIN"),
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("SLOWLY CREEPING"),
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("...EVERMORE"),
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("NEVERMORE")]
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line += phrases[i]
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def maybe_comma():
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# line 210
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global u
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global line
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if len(line) > 0 and line[-1] == ".":
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# don't follow a period with a comma, ever
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return
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if u != 0 and random.random() <= 0.19:
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line += ", "
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u = 2
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# line 212
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if random.random() <= 0.65:
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line += " "
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u += 1
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else:
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# line 214
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print(line)
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line = ""
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u = 0
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def pick_phrase():
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global phrase
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global line
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global i, j, k
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i = random.randint(0, 4)
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j += 1
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k += 1
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if u <= 0 and (j % 2) != 0:
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# random indentation is fun!
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line += " " * 5
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phrase = j + 1
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def main():
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print_centered("POETRY")
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print_centered("CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY")
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print()
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print()
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print()
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global line, phrase, j, k, u
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phrase_processors = {
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1: process_phrase_1,
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2: process_phrase_2,
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3: process_phrase_3,
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4: process_phrase_4
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}
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while True:
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if phrase >= 1 and phrase <= 4:
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phrase_processors[phrase]()
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maybe_comma()
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elif phrase == 5:
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j = 0
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print(line)
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line = ""
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if k > 20:
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print()
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u = 0
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k = 0
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else:
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phrase = 2
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continue
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pick_phrase()
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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main()
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