chicken.pl: BANG

chicken.pl

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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+my @WORDS = (
+    "puk",           "pukaaak", "cluck", "cluck-cluck-cluck", "cluckity",          "bwak",
+    "waaak",         "bok",     "bwok",  "cluck-a-buh-gawk",  "cock-a-doodle-doo", "bwwwaaaaaaaaaak",
+    "gobble-gobble", "honk",
+);
+
+my @PUNCTUATIONS = ( ".", "...", "!", "?" );
+
+my @PARAGRAPH_SIZES = ( 15, 30, 75 );
+
+my $numberOfWords = $PARAGRAPH_SIZES[ int( rand($#PARAGRAPH_SIZES) ) ];
+
+# generate paragraph, with random words, capitalization, and punctuation.
+my $paragraph = "";
+
+my $previousWordHadPunctuation = 0;
+
+for ( my $i = 0; $i < $numberOfWords; $i++ ) {
+
+    # pick a random word
+
+    my $word = $WORDS[ int( rand($#WORDS) ) ];
+
+    # optionally add punctuation
+    # note: always add punctuation if it's the last word.
+
+    my $shouldAddPunctuation = $i == $numberOfWords - 1 || rand() > 0.9;
+    my $punctuation          = $shouldAddPunctuation ? $PUNCTUATIONS[ int( rand($#PUNCTUATIONS) ) ] : "";
+    $word = $word . $punctuation;
+
+    # optionally capitalize the word
+    # note: always capitalize if it's the first words, or if preceded by punctuation
+    my $shouldCapitalize = $i == 0 || $previousWordHadPunctuation || rand() > 0.7;
+
+    $word = $shouldCapitalize ? uc( substr($word,0,1) ) . substr( $word, 1 ) : $word;
+
+    # preserve info for next iteration
+    $previousWordHadPunctuation = $shouldAddPunctuation;
+
+    # add word to paragraph
+    $paragraph = $paragraph . $word;
+
+    # if not last one, add a space
+    $paragraph = $i == $numberOfWords - 1 ? $paragraph : $paragraph . " ";
+}
+
+print $paragraph;
+print "\n";
+