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package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
"math/rand"
"time"
)
var dict map[int][]string
func RandInt(min int, max int) int {
if max == min {
return min
}
return rand.Int() % (max-min) + min
}
func SyllableLine(syllables int) string {
words := []string{}
for syllables > 0 {
max := syllables
if max > 7 {
max = 7
}
syl := RandInt(1, max)
word := dict[syl][RandInt(0, len(dict[syl]))]
words = append(words, word)
syllables -= syl
}
return strings.Join(words, " ")
}
func Haiku() string {
return SyllableLine(5)+"\n"+SyllableLine(7)+"\n"+SyllableLine(5)
}
func main() {
resp, err := http.Get("http://meshiest.com/syldict.txt")
if err != nil {
resp.Body.Close()
fmt.Println("Could not fetch dictionary. Exiting.")
return
}
rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
resp.Body.Close()
words := strings.Split(string(body), "\n")
dict = make(map[int][]string)
// parse word list into an integer(syllable) map of arrays of strings
for i, length := 0, len(words); i < length; i++ {
arr := strings.Split(words[i], "*")
count := len(arr)
word := strings.Join(arr, "")
if dict[count] == nil {
dict[count] = []string{}
}
dict[count] = append(dict[count], word)
}
fmt.Println(Haiku())
}
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zehicle commented Jun 28, 2016

Watch the = on line 54

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