Pythonist.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#  Pythonist.py
#  ksaver, 27.03.2010
#  A simple (and nice) random answer generator :-)
 
import random
import sys
 
progname = 'Pythonist'
version  = '0.2'
 
def randomize(num):
    return random.randint(0,num)
 
def get_answer():
    answers = ['Yes', 'Yep!', 'No', 'Nope!', 'May be', 'Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...', 'May be, some day', 'Are you insane?', 'Have it for sure!', 'Yes, sure', 'What kind of question is that?', 'I can\'t answer that!', 'Yes, it\'s a fact!', 'Sorry, you don\'t must to know that', 'Absolutelly yes', 'You are setting me angry', 'No, that is wrong', 'Yes, rigth', 'Yes, but not today', 'Sshh... be quiet', '']
    return answers[randomize(len(answers) - 1)]
 
def say_bye():
    bye_says = ['Good bye', 'Ok, bye', 'A pleassure to chat with you', 'Bye, bye', 'See you later aligator! :-)', 'Sorry, I have to go now', 'Go hell.', 'Fly a kite']
    return bye_says[randomize(len(bye_says) - 1)]
 
def main():    
    print 'Welcome to %s %s' % (progname, version)
    print '-------------------------'
    print 'Give me a question and press [Enter].'
    print 'Write "bye", "quit" or "exit" to quit.'
    print
 
    words_to_quit = ['bye', 'quit', 'exit']
    while True:
        question = ''
        while not question:
            question = raw_input('Give me your question:> ')
        if question.lower() in words_to_quit:
            print say_bye()
            print
            sys.exit(0)
        else:
            answer = get_answer()
            if answer:
                print answer
            else:
                print say_bye()
                print
                sys.exit(0)
 
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()