gaussian sonnet

gaussian_sonnet.py

import random
import sys

def somewhere_around_n(lines, n, stddev):
	idx = int(random.gauss(n, stddev))
	if idx < 0: idx = 0
	if idx > len(lines) - 1: idx = len(lines) - 1
	return lines[idx]

stddev = int(sys.argv[1])
lines = list()
for line in sys.stdin:
	line = line.strip()
	lines.append(line)

a, b, c, d, e, f, g = random.sample(range(len(lines)), 7)

print ""
print somewhere_around_n(lines, a, stddev)
print somewhere_around_n(lines, b, stddev)
print somewhere_around_n(lines, a, stddev)
print somewhere_around_n(lines, b, stddev)
print ""
print somewhere_around_n(lines, c, stddev)
print somewhere_around_n(lines, d, stddev)
print somewhere_around_n(lines, c, stddev)
print somewhere_around_n(lines, d, stddev)
print ""
print somewhere_around_n(lines, e, stddev)
print somewhere_around_n(lines, f, stddev)
print somewhere_around_n(lines, e, stddev)
print somewhere_around_n(lines, f, stddev)
print ""
print somewhere_around_n(lines, g, stddev)
print somewhere_around_n(lines, g, stddev)
print ""