script chopper for x201 dissection program

scriptchop.py

# A Python script to print random (potentially) paragraphs from scripts within folders when triggered

import os
import random

# opening the python script
pyscript = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'Scripts/OSCResponder/011_RecievingProcessingTestValues.py'))
pyparagraph = []

scscript = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'Scripts/SuperCollider/HeartbeatInductionCombined/002_FormattedForTest.scd'))
scparagraph = []

pdescript = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'Scripts/Processing/StressTestTypes/type_x_combination_003_verticallines/type_x_combination_003_verticallines.pde'))
pdeparagraph = []

scripts = [scparagraph, pdeparagraph, pyparagraph]

# A function which chops scripts into paragraphs
def chopscript(script,out):
    para = []
    # splits the script into paragraphs
    for line in script:
        if line == "\n":
            para.append(line)
            out.append(para)
            para = []
        else:
            para.append(line)

# calls the function on each file to chop them all up
chopscript(pyscript,pyparagraph)
chopscript(pdescript,pdeparagraph)
chopscript(scscript,scparagraph)

# prints a random paragraph
def scriptprint(script):
    print ''.join(script[random.randrange(0,len(script))])

# print random paragraph from random script
scriptprint(random.choice(scripts))

# i can then send this a random.choose of an array of script string names
#printscript(pyscript)

#print pyscriptlines
#print scscriptlines
#print processingscriptlines