simple issue with python

[SirFriendly2525]

I am writing a super simple text based program for personal use and i am having an issue with the joke telling module. 

i want it to (when called) display a joke but at random. 

 

I am having an issue getting the random joke selection to work.

I have the following but im not sure how to get multiple jokes to be used. 

 

useJoke = random.randint(1,6)

print(useJoke)

 

Any advice or help would be great.

Thanks in Advance. 

[corrado33]

You're gunna want to use a dictionary.

 

Basically.

 

thisdict = {
  1: "Knock Knock",
  2: "A blond walks into a bar",
  3: "Insert Joke Here"
}

string randomJoke = thisdict[random.randint(1,3)]

print randomJoke

 

 

Or just put the jokes into an array and use the random number as the array index.

jokes = ["Joke1", "Joke2", "Joke3"]
string randomJoke = jokes[random.randint(0,3)]

print randomJoke

 

[SirFriendly2525]

3 minutes ago, corrado33 said:

You're gunna want to use a dictionary.

 

Basically.

 

thisdict = {
  1: "Knock Knock",
  2: "A blond walks into a bar",
  3: "Insert Joke Here"
}

string randomJoke = thisdict[random.randint(1,3)]

print randomJoke

 

 

Or just put the jokes into an array and use the random number as the array index.

jokes = ["Joke1", "Joke2", "Joke3"]
string randomJoke = jokes[random.randint(0,3)]

print randomJoke

 

Thank you that helps greatly.

But do you know how would i go about including a delay in the telling of the joke?

I know i should use time.sleep(int) but i'm not sure how to include that with the dictionary.

 

[corrado33]

6 minutes ago, SirFriendly2525 said:

Thank you that helps greatly.

But do you know how would i go about including a delay in the telling of the joke?

I know i should use time.sleep(int) but i'm not sure how to include that with the dictionary.

 

So you want to pause for comedic effect? Yeah that'll be a little more difficult. What you COULD do is has a different dictionary for each joke. Then it'd look something like this.

 

blondjoke1 = {
  "Opening" : "A guy walks into a bar",
  "Pause1" : 300
  "Mid Joke" : "OUCH"
  "Pause2" : 400
  "Mid Joke2" : A BLOND walks into a bar",
  "Punchline: "OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH,"
}

Then just loop through the dictionary and do things based on what the "key" is (aka "opening", "pause1" etc.)

 

[SirFriendly2525]

1 minute ago, corrado33 said:

So you want to pause for comedic effect? Yeah that'll be a little more difficult. What you COULD do is has a different dictionary for each joke. Then it'd look something like this.

 

blondjoke1 = {
  "Opening" : "A guy walks into a bar",
  "Pause1" : 300
  "Mid Joke" : "OUCH"
  "Pause2" : 400
  "Mid Joke2" : A BLOND walks into a bar",
  "Punchline: "OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH,"
}

Then just loop through the dictionary and do things based on what the "key" is (aka "opening", "pause1" etc.)

 

So i would have a dictionary for each joke and then each joke would then be placed into a larger dictionary?

[corrado33]

2 minutes ago, SirFriendly2525 said:

So i would have a dictionary for each joke and then each joke would then be placed into a larger dictionary?

Hm, yeah you could definitely do that, or put them all in an array. I'm unsure if you can put dictionaries in other dictionaries, but I don't see why not. 

 

EDIT: But I'm headed to bed... good luck!

[SirFriendly2525]

Just now, corrado33 said:

Hm, yeah you could definitely do that, or put them all in an array. I'm unsure if you can put dictionaries in other dictionaries, but I don't see why not. 

Awesome, thanks. I'm going to try this and ill post back to this with what happens. 

[corrado33]

1 minute ago, SirFriendly2525 said:

Awesome, thanks. I'm going to try this and ill post back to this with what happens. 

Honestly, I just thought of this, but it's a better solution.

 

You should just create a "Joke" class.

 

The class would consist of the parts of the joke (perhaps in an array)

Then an array of the timings

 

Then just create a bunch of different "Jokes" using the class, and stick THOSE in an array.

 

Much... much easier. 

[SirFriendly2525]

1 minute ago, corrado33 said:

Honestly, I just thought of this, but it's a better solution.

 

You should just create a "Joke" class.

 

The class would consist of the parts of the joke (perhaps in an array)

Then an array of the timings

 

Then just create a bunch of different "Jokes" using the class, and stick THOSE in an array.

 

Much... much easier. 

now i wish i was better with classes. I sort of understand them but i'm not to great with them.

I'm going to try both ideas and see what works the best. 

This should be fun... lol