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Ruby
95 lines
3.1 KiB
Ruby
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#
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# Synonym
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#
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# From Basic Computer Games (1978)
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#
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# A synonym of a word is another word (in the English language) which has the same,
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# or very nearly the same, meaning. This program tests your knowledge of synonyms
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# of a few common words.
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#
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# The computer chooses a word and asks you for a synonym. The computer then tells
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# you whether you’re right or wrong. If you can’t think of a synonym, type “HELP”
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# which causes a synonym to be printed.
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# You may put in words of your choice in the data statements.
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# The number following DATA in Statement 500 is the total number of data statements.
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# In each data statement, the first number is the number of words in that statement.
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#
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# Can you think of a way to make this into a more general kind of CAI program for any subject?
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# Walt Koetke of Lexington High School, Massachusetts created this program.
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#
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#
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puts <<~INSTRUCTIONS
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SYNONYM
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CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY
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A SYNONYM OF A WORD MEANS ANOTHER WORD IN THE ENGLISH
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LANGUAGE WHICH HAS THE SAME OR VERY NEARLY THE SAME MEANING.
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I CHOOSE A WORD -- YOU TYPE A SYNONYM.
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IF YOU CAN'T THINK OF A SYNONYM, TYPE THE WORD 'HELP'
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AND I WILL TELL YOU A SYNONYM.
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INSTRUCTIONS
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right_words = ["RIGHT", "CORRECT", "FINE", "GOOD!", "CHECK"]
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synonym_words = [
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["FIRST", "START", "BEGINNING", "ONSET", "INITIAL"],
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["SIMILAR", "ALIKE", "SAME", "LIKE", "RESEMBLING"],
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["MODEL", "PATTERN", "PROTOTYPE", "STANDARD", "CRITERION"],
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["SMALL", "INSIGNIFICANT", "LITTLE", "TINY", "MINUTE"],
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["STOP", "HALT", "STAY", "ARREST", "CHECK", "STANDSTILL"],
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["HOUSE", "DWELLING", "RESIDENCE", "DOMICILE", "LODGING", "HABITATION"],
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["PIT", "HOLE", "HOLLOW", "WELL", "GULF", "CHASM", "ABYSS"],
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["PUSH", "SHOVE", "THRUST", "PROD", "POKE", "BUTT", "PRESS"],
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["RED", "ROUGE", "SCARLET", "CRIMSON", "FLAME", "RUBY"],
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["PAIN", "SUFFERING", "HURT", "MISERY", "DISTRESS", "ACHE", "DISCOMFORT"],
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]
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synonym_words.shuffle.each {|words_ar|
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}
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synonym_words.each {|words_ar|
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answer = false
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keyword = words_ar.shift
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while not answer and words_ar.length != 0
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puts " WHAT IS A SYNONYM OF #{keyword}? "
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inp = gets.chomp.upcase
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if inp == "HELP"
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clue = words_ar.sample
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puts "**** A SYNONYM OF #{keyword} IS #{clue}."
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words_ar.delete(clue)
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elsif words_ar.include? inp
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puts right_words.sample
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answer = true
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else
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puts "TRY AGAIN."
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end
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end
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}
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puts "SYNONYM DRILL COMPLETED"
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######################################################################
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#
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# Porting notes
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#
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# There is a bug in the original program where if you keep asking for
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# synoyms of a given word it ends up running out of synonyms
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# in the array and the program crashes.
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# The bug has been fixed in this version and now when
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# it runs out of words it continues with the next
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# array.
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#
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######################################################################
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