Hi All,
I've been lurking the list for a month and this is my first post. I am
hoping this post is appropriate here, otherwise, my apologies.
I'm somewhat new to Python, (I'm reading all the tutorials I can find,
and have read through Andre Lessa's Developers Handbook.)
I am trying to learn the Python way of thinking as well as the syntax.
I popped this bit of code together for fun, based on a previous post
regarding randomizing a word.
This shuffles a word, then splits out the vowels and then reassembles
it with the vowels interpolated between consonants.
(To create plausible sounding gibberish)
The code just seems kind of bulky to me. I am wondering, is this an
efficient way to do things, or am I making things harder than
necessary?
#--------------------------begin code------------------
"""scrambles a word, but creates plausable gibberish"""
import random
def shuffled(s):
""" scrambles word"""
l = list(s)
random.shuffle(l)
return ''.join(l)
def contains(alist,b):
"""...is letter b in list a..."""
ret = []
for all in alist:
#print all
if all==b:
return 1
return 0
def newZip(a1,a2):
""" reassemble """
l1=len(a1)
l2=len(a2)
longest = [a1,a2][l1<l2]
shortest = [a1,a2][longest == a1]
diff = max(l1,l2)-min(l1,l2)
#print longest
seq = len(longest)
ret = ""
for j in range(seq):
if len(longest)>0:
ret = ret + longest.pop()
if len(shortest)>0:
ret = ret + shortest.pop()
return ret
def reinterpolate(word):
""" main function """
wlist = shuffled(list(word))
vlist = list('aeiouy') # ok, y isn't really a vowel, but...
vees = filter(lambda x: contains(vlist,x),wlist)
cons = filter(lambda x: not(contains(vlist,x)),wlist)
a=list(vees)
b=list(cons)
return newZip(a,b)
word = "encyclopedia"
print reinterpolate(word)
#-------------------------------end code---------------------------
BTW: I'm just curious, is there an easier way to copy-paste code
snippets from the interpreter so that it removes the '... ' and the
'>>> ' from the examples? I'm using <cntrl-H> search and replace now
which works, but if there is a better way, I'd like to know.
thanks in advance,
-J
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