an inbuild function to get a list of animals in the library cowsay

Author: Nataliia74

implement-cowsay/animalsay.py

@@ -1,22 +1,17 @@
 import cowsay
 import argparse
 
-# cowsay.cow(" ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
-
-# cowsay.turtle(" ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
-
-# cowsay.fish(" ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
-
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
     prog = "cowsay shell command",
     description = "cowsay shell command on python Make animals say things"
 )
-animals = ["beavis","cheese","cow","daemon","dragon","fox","ghostbusters","kitty","meow","miki","milk","octopus","pig","stegosaurus","stimpy","trex","turkey","turtle","tux"]
+# animals = ["beavis","cheese","cow","daemon","dragon","fox","ghostbusters","kitty","meow","miki","milk","octopus","pig","stegosaurus","stimpy","trex","turkey","turtle","tux"]
+animals = cowsay.char_names
 parser.add_argument("--animal", choices=animals, default = "cow", help="The animal to be saying things.")
 parser.add_argument("message", nargs="+", help="The message to say.")
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-cowsay_function = getattr(cowsay, args.animal)
+cowsay_function = cowsay.char_funcs[args.animal]
 cowsay_function(" ".join(args.message))