import sys
import csv
-# Main program
def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+ # Argument parsing
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Latin famous phrases in the terminal.")
parser.add_argument("-e", "--english", action='store_true', help="Print the English translation.")
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("-m", "--min", type=int, default=0, help="Set the minimum length of the Latin phrase")
- parser.add_argument("-M", "--max", type=int, default=10000000, help="Set the maximum length of Latin 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("-n", "--notes", action='store_true', help="Print any notes on phrase")
args = parser.parse_args()
- id = []
+ right_length = []
+ # Find phrases of the right size
with open('/usr/share/phrases/phrases.csv') as f:
reader = csv.reader(f)
- for row in reader:
- if args.max >= int(row[len(row) - 1]) >= args.min:
- id.append(row[0])
- chosen = id[random.randint(0, len(id))]
+ all_lines = list(reader)
+ next(reader, None) # skip header
+ for row in all_lines:
+ try:
+ if args.max >= int(row[4]) >= args.min: # generate a shortlist of phrases of the right length
+ right_length.append(row[0])
+ except:
+ pass # skip malformed rows
- with open('/usr/share/phrases/phrases.csv') as f:
- reader = csv.reader(f)
- for row in reader:
- if row[0] == chosen:
- 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 not len(sys.argv) > 1:
- print(row[1])
+ try:
+ chosen = int(right_length[random.randint(0, len(right_length) - 1)]) # choose a random id from the shortlist
+ except:
+ sys.exit("No phrase within the given parameters!")
+
+ # Output as specified in flags
+ if not (args.english or args.latin or args.notes):
+ print(all_lines[chosen][1])
+ else:
+ if args.id:
+ print(all_lines[chosen][1])
+ if args.latin:
+ print(all_lines[chosen][1])
+ if args.english:
+ print(all_lines[chosen][2])
+ if args.notes:
+ print(all_lines[chosen][3])
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()