Question

Using python

The following is a modified version of the magic 8 ball. We have 20 mysterious answers to questions about anything in the universe. Each time we start this program by randomly picking 8 answers and then we randomly pick 1 from these 8 answers. This lucky answer will then be printed. This time we use the sample() function from the random library. This function randomly samples a list and return the random samples in a list.

import random
allMessages = [ 'It is certain',
                'It is decidedly so',
                'Without a doubt',
                'Yes definitely',
                'You may rely on it',
                'As I see it, yes',
                'Most likely',
                'Outlook good',
                'Yes',
                'Signs point to yes',
                'Reply hazy try again',
                'Ask again later',
                'Better not tell you now',
                'Cannot predict now',
                'Concentrate and ask again',
                'Don\'t count on it',
                'My reply is no',
                'My sources say no',
                'Outlook not so good',
                'Very doubtful' ]

eightMessages = random.sample(allMessages, 8)
print(random.sample(eightMessages, 1)[0])
# Most likely

This is wonderful (at one time, a run of the program actually tells me this: "as I see it, yes"). But we don't get any control of the positive or negative answers there. As stated in the linked wikipedia page, the first 10 answers should be positive ones, the next 5 neutral, and the last 5 negative. Now, we want to write a new magic 8 ball function called magic8ball that will randomly pick an answer from 8 samples. But this time the 8 samples consists of 4 random positive, 2 neutral, and 2 negative answers, respectively. Submit your function in the answer.

Answer 1

PYTHON CODE:

import random

def magic8ball():

    # list contains answers
    allMessages = [ 'It is certain',
                'It is decidedly so',
                'Without a doubt',
                'Yes definitely',
                'You may rely on it',
                'As I see it, yes',
                'Most likely',
                'Outlook good',
                'Yes',
                'Signs point to yes',
                'Reply hazy try again',
                'Ask again later',
                'Better not tell you now',
                'Cannot predict now',
                'Concentrate and ask again',
                'Don\'t count on it',
                'My reply is no',
                'My sources say no',
                'Outlook not so good',
                'Very doubtful' ]

    # empty list to store answer
    eightMessages=[]

    # 4 random selection of positive answer from the list
    positive_answer=random.sample(allMessages[:10],4)

    # adding the positive answers to the 'eightMessages' list
    for p in positive_answer:
        eightMessages.append(p)

    # 2 random selection of neutral answer from the list
    neutral_answer= random.sample(allMessages[10:15],2)  

    # adding the neutral answers to the 'eightMessages' list
    for neutral in neutral_answer:
        eightMessages.append(neutral)

    # 2 random selection of negative answer from the list
    negative_answer=random.sample(allMessages[15:],2)

    # adding the neutral answers to the 'eightMessages' list
    for negative in negative_answer:
        eightMessages.append(negative)

    # random selection of 1 answer from the 'eightMessage' list and
    # displayed
    print(random.sample(eightMessages,1)[0])

# testing
if __name__=='__main__':

    # calling the function
    magic8ball()
  

SCREENSHOT FOR CODING:

import random def magic8ball ) # 1ist contains answers [It is certain', It is decidedly so', Without a doubt', Yes definitely', allMessages 'You may rely on it', 'As I see it, yes', Most likely', Outlook good', 'Yes' 'Signs point to yes', 'Reply hazyy try again', 'Ask again later', 'Better not tell you now', 'Cannot predict now Concentrate and ask again', Don't count on it', 'My reply is no', 'My sources say no, 'Outlook not so good', Very doubtful' 1 #empty list to store answer eightMessages- [] 4 random selection of positive answer from the list positive answer-random.sample (allMessages10],4) adding the positive answers to the 'eightMessages' list for p in positive answer eightMessages.append (p) 2 random selection of neutral answer from the list neutral answer random.sample (allMessages [10:15], 2) adding the neutral answers to the 'eighhtMessages' list for neutral in neutral answer: eightMessages.append (neutral) 2 random selection of negative answer from the list negative answer-random.sample (allMessages [15:1,2) adding the neutral answers to the 'eighhtMessages' list for negative in negative answer: eightMessages.append (negative) random selection of 1 answer from the 'eightMessage' list and displayed print (random.sample (eightMessages, 1) [0]) # testing main if name calling the function magic8ball

SCREENSHOT FOR OUTPUT:

Reply hazy try again >>> RESTART outlook not so good >> RESTART My sources say no >> RESTART without a doubt >>> RESTART outlook good >>