From: John Kriple <thefiend@...>
Date: 2009-10-04T05:47:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Writing a Mad Libs program?


> $ ruby madlib.rb madlib.txt

I am using nano for a script shell.  Does that have an effect on this?

> Give me a gemstone:
> Ruby
> Give me a gemstone:
> Emerald

Where does this get written?

> madlib
> Our favorite language is Ruby.  We think Ruby is better
> than Emerald.

So, I guess my biggest question is where does the script get written 
before you start writing the program to fill in the gaps?

> $ cat madlib.rb
> def ask_for(str)
>      puts "Give me #{str}:"
>      $stdin.gets.chomp
> end
> 
> keys={}
> 
> puts "", ARGV[0].split(".")[0].gsub("_", " "),
> IO.read(ARGV[0]).gsub(/\(\(([^)]+)\)\)/) {
>      if (t=$1) =~ /\A([^:]+):(.+)\z/
>         keys[$1]=ask_for($2)
>      else
>         keys[t] || ask_for(t)
>      end
> }
> $ cat madlib.txt
> Our favorite language is ((gem:a gemstone)).  We think ((gem)) is better
> than ((a gemstone)).
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> James Edward Gray II

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