HB-Prework-1.py created by meggangreen - https://repl.it/LUvV/10

HB-Prework-1.py

def greetings():
    print '"no one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition"\n'
    
def txt_to_num(numstr):
    # https://www.pydanny.com/why-doesnt-python-have-switch-case.html
    switcher = {
        'zero': 0,
        'one': 1,
        'two': 2,
        'three': 3,
        'four': 4,
        'five': 5,
        'six': 6,
        'seven': 7,
        'eight': 8,
        'nine': 9,
    }
    return switcher.get(numstr, 'LIES')
    
def nosey():
    nameF = raw_input('First name, please. ')
    nameF = nameF[0].upper() + nameF[1:]
    nameL = raw_input('Last name, please. ')
    nameL = nameL[0].upper() + nameL[1:]
    nameComplete = 'Okay ' + nameF + ' ' + nameL + ', IF that\'s your real name, '
    
    fave_color = raw_input('\'Y\' or \'N\', green is the best color. ')
    if fave_color != 'Y' and fave_color != 'y' :
        fave_color = 'you clearly don\'t know much about color. '
        print 'Green is clearly the best color.'
    else :
        fave_color = 'you\'ve passed the color test. '
        print 'Hmm, you seem to know something about color.'
    
    npets = raw_input('How many pets do you keep?' )
    # users might try to be tricky and enter a text representation of a number or a ridulous number or just ridiculousness; let's test
    try:
        int(npets)
    except:
        npets = txt_to_num(npets)
    try:
        int(npets)
    except:
        npets = -1
    if int(npets) < 0 or int(npets) > 9 :
        npets = 'Well, no matter. You have no pets and are therefore deemed untrustworthy. Goodbye.'
        print 'That is preposterous. You don\'t have any pets.'
    else :
        npets = 'Pets?! You\'ll need to proceed immediately to quarantine. Shoo!'
        print 'Good for you; pets are good for the soul.'
    
    print nameComplete + fave_color + '\n' + npets + '\n\n'

def format_py():
    paragraph = """An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched;
    and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit
    to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all. Mr.
    Bingley was obliged to be in town the following day, and, consequently,
    unable to accept the honour of their invitation, etc. Mrs. Bennet was
    quite disconcerted."""

    average_rating = 4.56789123
    
    print '{:.10s}{}'.format(paragraph, '...')
    
    # it keeps rounding! idk how to fix it with ONLY the formatting avail on pyFormat
    print '{:.2f}'.format(average_rating)
    
######
    
greetings()

nosey()

format_py()

# Discussion Question: 
    # Why is the following Python invalid?
    #    'first_name = "Sally"'
    #    'first_name[0] = "C"'
    # Although strings are stored as lists, the individual items are immutable.
#