Twitter Winner Chooser

ichooseyou.py

""" This proves that there was no money under the table. """                    
                                                                                
import random                                                                   
import sys                                                                      
from collections import Counter                                                 
                                                                                
def main():                                                                     
    """ Pick one of the sys args """                                            
    assert len(sys.argv) > 1                                                    
    names = sys.argv[1:]                                                        
    scores = Counter()      
    # because doing random.choice() once is just boring                                                    
    for i in range(100):                                                        
        name = random.choice(names)                                             
        scores[name] += 1                                                       
    scores = [(name, val) for name, val in scores.iteritems()]                  
    scores.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)                               
    for name, score in scores:                                                  
        print name, score                                                       
                                                                                
if __name__ == "__main__":                                                      
    main()