Ampers: Angela Poland Random Menu

ap_menu.rb

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+# welcome mesasage for random menu generator
+
+puts "You want to eat some funky stuff right?"
+puts
+
+# create three arrays of food types
+
+adjectives = ["silky", "scalloped", "puffy", "pink", "truffled", "fine",
+"saucy", "spikey", "firey", "cheesy"]
+
+style = ["smoked", "seared", "grated", "malt", "baked", "raw", "spicy",
+"spun", "golden", "crusted"]
+
+food = ["mochi", "poke", "sushi", "noodles", "pizza", "mushrooms", "bao",
+"curry", "rice", "tacos"]
+
+num = 0
+
+# randomly pick one item from each array in a list of 10 numbered items.
+
+# base assignment compeleted:
+
+#10.times do
+#  num = num += 1
+#  puts "#{num}. #{adjectives.sample} #{style.sample} #{food.sample}"
+#end
+
+# Optional enhancements:
+
+# 1)Expand your solution to ensure that no descriptive term
+# in a menu item is ever repeated.
+# 2)Expand your solution to allow the user to determine
+# how many items they'd like to see via user input.
+# 3)Instead of using hardcoded or predefined arrays,
+# make your program accept user input.
+
+
+#for enhancement #2:
+
+puts "How many menu items would you like to see? (Please choose 10 or under):"
+
+item_count = gets.chomp.to_i
+
+while item_count > 10 || item_count <= 0
+  puts "Please enter a number between 1-10:"
+  item_count = gets.chomp.to_i
+end
+
+puts "\n\n Great! Here are #{item_count} menu items to choose from:\n\n"
+
+=begin
+item_count.times do
+  num = num += 1
+  puts "#{num}. #{adjectives.sample} #{style.sample} #{food.sample}"
+end
+=end
+
+
+# for enhancement #1
+# I want to call the random element from each array then delete it
+# from the array.
+# found this on overstack:
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10988525/is-there-a-particular-function-to-retrieve-then-delete-random-array-element
+
+
+item_count.times do
+  num = num += 1
+  puts
+  puts "#{num}. #{adjectives.delete_at(rand(adjectives.length))} #{style.delete_at(rand(style.length))} #{food.delete_at(rand(food.length))}"
+end