From 80e36e4aa58dc9f67a1fa23353a045ffb5ab8bb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pilot <timemachine@ctrl-c.club>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:39:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Silly responses for failed attempts

 - This is over engineered, I was just trying out an idea
 - MessageTable implements a Random Distribution System
 - Changed the alignment of the output messages to lineup.
---
 .gitignore      |  1 +
 witty_retort.py | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100644 witty_retort.py

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c18dd8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/witty_retort.py b/witty_retort.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1c7645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/witty_retort.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import random
+import functools
+
+class MessageTable:
+    contents = []
+
+    def add_entry(self, string, probability):
+        entry = {
+            "remark": string,
+            "probability": probability,
+            "table": self
+        }
+
+        self.contents.append(entry)
+
+    def get_message(self):
+        probability_sum = functools.reduce(
+                lambda total, entry: 
+                    entry["probability"] + total,
+                self.contents, 0
+        );
+
+        hit_value = random.randrange(probability_sum)
+        running_value = 0
+        for i in self.contents:
+            running_value += i["probability"]
+            if hit_value < running_value:
+                return i
+
+
+    
+
+
+remarks = MessageTable()
+remarks.add_entry("Not quite", 30)
+remarks.add_entry("Keep trying", 20)
+remarks.add_entry("Intresting strategy", 15)
+remarks.add_entry("Close", 10)
+remarks.add_entry("Don't give up", 10)
+remarks.add_entry("I though you had it", 10)
+remarks.add_entry("You can do it!", 5)