#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# Display Latin famous phrases in the terminal
+# Display Latin famous phrases in the terminal - python version
# Armaan Bhojwani 2020
import argparse
-import random
+from random import randint
+import sqlite3
import sys
-import re
+import os.path
-# Create list of phrases from phrase file
-def read_phrases(phrase_file):
- f = open(phrase_file, 'r')
- contents = f.read()
-
- lines = [line.rstrip() for line in contents.split('\n')]
- delim = re.compile(r'^%$')
- phrases = []
- cur = []
-
- for line in lines:
- if delim.match(line):
- phrase = '\n'.join(cur)
- if phrase.strip():
- phrases.append(phrase)
- cur = []
- continue
- cur.append(line)
-
- return phrases
-
-# Main program
def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
- parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Latin famous phrases in the terminal.")
- parser.add_argument("-e", "--english", action='store_true', help="Output English.")
- parser.add_argument("-l", "--latin", action='store_true', help="Output Latin (default)")
- parser.add_argument("-n", "--notes", action='store_true', help="Output notes on phrase")
- parser.add_argument("-m", "--min", type=int, help="Set the minimum length of latin")
- parser.add_argument("-M", "--max", type=int, help="Set the maximum length of latin")
+ # Argument parsing
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+ description="Latin famous phrases in the terminal.")
+ parser.add_argument("-i", "--id",
+ action='store_true',
+ help="print the id of the phrase.")
+ parser.add_argument("-l", "--latin",
+ action='store_true',
+ help="print the Latin phrase (default)")
+ parser.add_argument("-e", "--english",
+ action='store_true',
+ help="print the English translation.")
+ parser.add_argument("-n", "--notes",
+ action='store_true',
+ help="print any notes on phrase.")
+ parser.add_argument("-m", "--min",
+ default=0,
+ type=int,
+ help="set the minimum length of the Latin phrase.")
+ parser.add_argument("-M", "--max",
+ default=10000000,
+ type=int,
+ help="set the maximum length of Latin phrase.")
+ parser.add_argument("-p", "--num",
+ action='store_true',
+ help="print number of possible phrases.")
+ parser.add_argument("-f", "--file",
+ help="set the location of the phrase database.")
+ parser.add_argument("-o", "--open",
+ type=int,
+ help="specify the id of a specific phrase to print.")
args = parser.parse_args()
- phrases = list(read_phrases("/usr/share/phrases/phrases"))
- randomRecord = random.randint(0, len(phrases) - 1)
- randphrase = phrases[randomRecord]
+ # find phrase file
+ if args.file:
+ phrase_file = args.file
+ if os.path.isfile("phrases.db"):
+ phrase_file = "phrases.db"
+ elif os.path.isfile("/usr/local/share/phrases/phrases.db"):
+ phrase_file = "/usr/local/share/phrases/phrases.db"
+ else:
+ sys.exit("cannot find the phrase database!")
+
+ conn = sqlite3.connect(phrase_file)
+ c = conn.cursor()
+ c.execute("SELECT * FROM phrases WHERE length <= (?) AND length >= (?)",
+ (args.max, args.min))
+ data = c.fetchall()
+ rown = randint(0, len(data))
+ row = list(data[rown])
- if args.min:
- while True:
- randomRecord = random.randint(0, len(phrases) - 1)
- randphrase = phrases[randomRecord]
- if args.min <= len(randphrase.split('\n')[0]) <= args.max:
- break
- if args.latin:
- print(randphrase.split('\n')[0])
- if args.english:
- print(randphrase.split('\n')[1])
- if args.notes:
- print(randphrase.split('\n')[2])
- if not len(sys.argv) > 1:
- print(randphrase.split('\n')[0])
+ # Output as specified in flags
+ if not (args.id
+ or args.latin
+ or args.english
+ or args.notes
+ or args.num):
+ print(row[1])
+ sys.exit(0)
+ else:
+ if args.id:
+ print(row[0])
+ if args.latin:
+ print(row[1])
+ if args.english:
+ print(row[2])
+ if args.notes:
+ print(row[3])
+ if args.num:
+ print(len(data))
+ sys.exit(0)
-main()
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()