loadAndProcess.py

import random
import json
from pprint import pprint
import re


with open('grimm_tales.json') as f:
    all_stories = json.load(f)
    
storiesCount = len(all_stories['stories'])
print(storiesCount)


 # first and last sentence of a story
print(all_stories['stories'][8]['story'][0])
print(all_stories['stories'][8]['story'][-1])

firstSent = []
lastSent = []
middleSent = []

for story in all_stories['stories']:
    firstSent.append(story['story'][0])
    lastSent.append(story['story'][-1])
#     find middlepoint in the story
    middleIndex = (len(story['story']) - 1)/2
    middleSent.append(story['story'][int(middleIndex)])
    
aList = [1,2,3,4,5]
#minus 1 because the first element is index 0
middleIndex = (len(aList) - 1)/2
print (middleIndex)
print (aList[int(middleIndex)])

# random number from 0 to array length
RandomNum = random.randint(1,storiesCount)

span = 6
firstPart = firstSent[RandomNum].split(' ')
firstPartArray = [" ".join(firstPart[i:i+span]) for i in range(0, len(firstPart), span)]

secondPart = lastSent[RandomNum].split(' ')
secondPartArray = [" ".join(secondPart[i:i+span]) for i in range(0, len(secondPart), span)]




for line in firstPartArray:
    print(line)
    
print(' - ')    
    
for line in secondPartArray:
    print(line)