scribe

scribe.go

// ex
// $ gb build all; bin/scribe
// scribe
// Jesse

package main
import "os"
import "fmt"
import "time"
import "bufio"
import "math/rand"

func main() {

    var i int
    var index int
    var name string
    var names []string
    var nameMap = make(map[int][]string)
    var dayOfWeek = int(time.Now().Weekday()) - 1
    inFile, _ := os.Open("/Users/PaulHowe/Documents/analytics/names")
    defer inFile.Close()
    scanner := bufio.NewScanner(inFile)
    scanner.Split(bufio.ScanLines)

    // add names and loop around after we have one
    // cycle
    i = 0
    for scanner.Scan() {
        name = scanner.Text()
        index = int(i) % 5 // # work days
        names = append(names, name)
        nameMap[index] = append(nameMap[index], name)
        i = i + 1
    }
    // pull the scribe based on the day, randomly selecting an individual if
    // there is more than one possible scribe on the current day
    rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
    fmt.Println(nameMap[dayOfWeek][rand.Intn(len(nameMap[dayOfWeek]))])
}