Ampers: Kate Pond

README.md

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-# Random Menu Generator
+# 20180205 Ruby Practice; Random Menu Generator
 
 ## At a Glance
 

nicoletta_random-menu.rb

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+adjectives = ["sweet", "sour", "icky", "yummy", "salty", "crunchy", "gross", "pickled", "cold", "spicy"]
+methods = ["fry", "roasted", "baked", "saute", "frozen", "smoked", "steamed", "toasted", "melted", "burned"]
+foods = ["eggplant", "califlower", "squash", "tofu", "potato", "apples", "ice-cream", "chocolate", "beans", "mango"]
+
+10.times do |item|
+  # pick random element from array and remove it
+  adjective = adjectives.delete_at(rand(adjectives.length))
+  method = methods.delete_at(rand(methods.length))
+  food = foods.delete_at(rand(foods.length))
+
+  puts "#{item + 1}. #{adjective} #{method} #{food}"
+
+end

random-menu.rb

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+adjectives = [
+  "hot", "cold", "soft", "chunky", "weird", "fresh", "strange", "blue", "spicy",
+  "old"
+]
+
+cooking_styles = [
+  "steamed", "fried", "toasted", "buried", "wood-fired", "pressure-cooked",
+  "sauted", "smoked", "chopped", "diced"
+]
+
+foods = [
+  "ice-cream","pizza", "pasta", "clams", "tofu", "sushi", "watermellon",
+  "veggie-burgers", "yogurt", "salmon"
+]
+# Original program -
+# 10.times do |num|
+#   random = rand(foods.length)
+#
+#   puts "#{num + 1}. #{adjectives[random]} #{cooking_styles[random]} #{foods[random]}"
+# end
+
+# Optional Enhancement 1
+# 10.times do |num|
+#   random = rand(foods.length)
+#
+#   # chooses random words
+#   adjective = adjectives[random]
+#   cooking_style = cooking_styles[random]
+#   food = foods[random]
+#
+#   puts "#{num + 1}. #{adjective} #{cooking_style} #{food}"
+#
+#   # removes terms/elements from each array as they are used
+#   adjectives.delete(adjective)
+#   cooking_styles.delete(cooking_style)
+#   foods.delete(food)
+# end
+
+# Optional Enhancement 2
+class String
+  def numeric?
+    Float(self) != nil rescue false
+  end
+end
+
+print "Please choose how many menu items you would like. You may choose 0 to 10 items: "
+input = gets.chomp
+
+# TODO: Put this block of code into the while loop below to prevent accidental
+# non-numaric input
+until input.numeric?
+  print "#{input} is not a number. Please enter a number: "
+  input = gets.chomp
+end
+input = input.to_i
+
+while input > 10
+  print "#{input} is more than the items availible. Please enter a number 0 to 10: "
+  input = gets.chomp.to_i
+end
+
+input.times do |num|
+  random = rand(foods.length)
+
+  # chooses random words
+  adjective = adjectives[random]
+  cooking_style = cooking_styles[random]
+  food = foods[random]
+
+  puts "#{num + 1}. #{adjective} #{cooking_style} #{food}"
+
+  # removes terms/elements from each array as they are used
+  adjectives.delete(adjective)
+  cooking_styles.delete(cooking_style)
+  foods.delete(food)
+end