Short study program for presidents and their political parties.

presidents.py

### presidents study program
import os,sys,random

## data from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/m0rt1m3r/US-Presidents/master/USPresidents.csv
## ['No ', 'President Name ', 'Took office ', 'Left office ', 'Party ']
data = [['1', 'George Washington', '30/04/1789', '4/03/1797', 'Independent'], ['2', 'John Adams', '4/03/1797', '4/03/1801', 'Federalist'], ['3', 'Thomas Jefferson', '4/03/1801', '4/03/1809', 'Democratic-Republican'], ['4', 'James Madison', '4/03/1809', '4/03/1817', 'Democratic-Republican'], ['5', 'James Monroe', '4/03/1817', '4/03/1825', 'Democratic-Republican'], ['6', 'John Quincy Adams', '4/03/1825', '4/03/1829', 'Democratic-Republican'], ['7', 'Andrew Jackson', '4/03/1829', '4/03/1837', 'Democratic'], ['8', 'Martin Van Buren', '4/03/1837', '4/03/1841', 'Democratic'], ['9', 'William Henry Harrison', '4/03/1841', '4/04/1841', 'Whig'], ['10', 'John Tyler', '4/04/1841', '4/03/1845', 'Whig'], ['11', 'James K. Polk', '4/03/1845', '4/03/1849', 'Democratic'], ['12', 'Zachary Taylor', '4/03/1849', '9/07/1850', 'Whig'], ['13', 'Millard Fillmore', '9/07/1850', '4/03/1853', 'Whig'], ['14', 'Franklin Pierce', '4/03/1853', '4/03/1857', 'Democratic'], ['15', 'James Buchanan', '4/03/1857', '4/03/1861', 'Democratic'], ['16', 'Abraham Lincoln', '4/03/1861', '15/04/1865', 'Republican'], ['17', 'Andrew Johnson', '15/04/1865', '4/03/1869', 'Democratic'], ['18', 'Ulysses S. Grant', '4/03/1869', '4/03/1877', 'Republican'], ['19', 'Rutherford B. Hayes', '4/03/1877', '4/03/1881', 'Republican'], ['20', 'James A. Garfield', '4/03/1881', '19/09/1881', 'Republican'], ['21', 'Chester A. Arthur', '19/09/1881', '4/03/1885', 'Republican'], ['22', 'Grover Cleveland', '4/03/1885', '4/03/1889', 'Democratic'], ['23', 'Benjamin Harrison', '4/03/1889', '4/03/1893', 'Republican'], ['24', 'Grover Cleveland (2nd term)', '4/03/1893', '4/03/1897', 'Democratic'], ['25', 'William McKinley', '4/03/1897', '14/09/1901', 'Republican'], ['26', 'Theodore Roosevelt', '14/09/1901', '04/03/1909', 'Republican'], ['27', 'William Howard Taft', '04/03/1909', '04/03/1913', 'Republican'], ['28', 'Woodrow Wilson', '04/03/1913', '04/03/1921', 'Democratic'], ['29', 'Warren G. Harding', '04/03/1921', '02/08/1923', 'Republican'], ['30', 'Calvin Coolidge', '02/08/1923', '04/03/1929', 'Republican'], ['31', 'Herbert Hoover', '04/03/1929', '04/03/1933', 'Republican'], ['32', 'Franklin D. Roosevelt', '04/03/1933', '12/04/1945', 'Democratic'], ['33', 'Harry S. Truman', '12/04/1945', '20/01/1953', 'Democratic'], ['34', 'Dwight D. Eisenhower', '20/01/1953', '20/01/1961', 'Republican'], ['35', 'John F. Kennedy', '20/01/1961', '22/11/1963', 'Democratic'], ['36', 'Lyndon B. Johnson', '22/11/1963', '20/01/1969', 'Democratic'], ['37', 'Richard Nixon', '20/01/1969', '09/08/1974', 'Republican'], ['38', 'Gerald Ford', '09/08/1974', '20/01/1977', 'Republican'], ['39', 'Jimmy Carter', '20/01/1977', '20/01/1981', 'Democratic'], ['40', 'Ronald Reagan', '20/01/1981', '20/01/1989', 'Republican'], ['41', 'George H. W. Bush', '20/01/1989', '20/01/1993', 'Republican'], ['42', 'Bill Clinton', '20/01/1993', '20/01/2001', 'Democratic'], ['43', 'George W. Bush', '20/01/2001', '20/01/2009', 'Republican'], ['44', 'Barack Obama', '20/01/2009', 'Incumbent', 'Democratic']]

names = [i[1].strip() for i in data]
parties = list(set([i[4].strip() for i in data]))

try:
	mode = sys.argv[1]
except:
	print "Usage: {} <list/test>".format(sys.argv[0])
	sys.exit(1)

if mode == 'list':
	for i in data:
		print '\t'.join(i)
elif mode == 'test':
	for i in data:
		random.shuffle(names)
		random.shuffle(parties)
		print "President {}:".format(i[0])
		namec = list(set([i[1]] + names[:4]))[:4]
		random.shuffle(namec)
		print "  Name?"
		for l,j in zip('ABCD',namec):
			print "\t{}: {}".format(l,j)
		while 1:
			try:
				ans = raw_input("     >> ").strip().lower()[0]
				if i[1] == namec[{'a':0,'b':1,'c':2,'d':3}.get(ans,1000000)]:
					print "Correct!!"
					break
				else:
					print "incorrect"
			except KeyboardInterrupt:
				sys.exit(0)
			except:
				print "invalid input"
		partc = list(set([i[4]] + parties[:4]))[:4]
		random.shuffle(partc)
		print "  {}'s Party?".format(i[1])
		for l,j in zip('ABCD',partc):
			print "\t{}: {}".format(l,j)
		while 1:
			try:
				ans = raw_input("     >> ").strip().lower()[0]
				if i[4] == partc[{'a':0,'b':1,'c':2,'d':3}.get(ans,1000000)]:
					print "Correct!!",
					break
				else:
					print "incorrect"
			except KeyboardInterrupt:
				sys.exit(0)
			except:
				print "invalid input"
		print "{} was {}".format(i[1],i[4])
		print '-'*30
else:
	print "Usage: {} <list/test>".format(sys.argv[0])
	sys.exit(1)