happy_cat.py

"""\
HAPPY CAT - A randomly generated short story in preperation for NaNoGenMo and homage to cybre cats everywhere.
"""

from random import choice

WORD_TARGET = 2000

VOCABULARY = ["maunz", "maunz", "miau", "schnurr", "miez", "hach", "mau", 
              "flausch", "fluffel", "putz", "kraul", "nom", "nomnom", "freu"]

def sentence():
    """Sentences are between 10 and 20 words long."""
    
    # Most sentences are around 15 words long.
    WORD_DIST = [15, 15, 15, 15, 14, 14, 14, 16, 16, 16, 12, 12, 17, 17, 18, 19, 20, 11, 10]
    
    words = [choice(VOCABULARY) for x in range(choice(WORD_DIST))]
    
    return " ".join(words).capitalize() + choice("....!!?")

def paragraph():
    """Paragraphs are between 3 and 5 sentences long."""
    
    SENT_DIST = [4, 4, 4, 3, 5, 2, 1]
    
    sentences = [sentence() for x in range(choice(SENT_DIST))]
    
    return " ".join(sentences) + "\n\n"

def length(string):
    """Roughly count words by splitting a string on spaces and count the chunks."""
    chunks = string.split(" ")
    
    return len(chunks)
    
    
def story():
    """A story is a bunch of paragraphs long enough to be about 2000 words and a title."""
    
    # use docstring of script as title
    title = __doc__
    
    story = title + "\n--------\n\n"
    
    while length(story) < WORD_TARGET:
        
        # Add another paragraph to the story
        story += paragraph()
    
    # Add an ending
    story += "Maunz."
    
    return story

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(story())