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scramble_text.py
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import string
import random
def scramble_word(word):
if any(word.startswith(s) for s in string.punctuation):
start=2
else:
start=1
if any(word.endswith(s) for s in string.punctuation):
end=-2
else:
end=-1
letters=list(word)
middle=letters[start:end]
random.shuffle(middle)
mid=''.join(middle)
if len(word)<3:
scramble=word
else:
scramble=word[:start]+mid+word[end:]
return scramble
def scramble_line(line):
newword_list=[]
wordlist=line.split()
for word in wordlist:
newword_list.append(scramble_word(word))
newline=' '.join(newword_list)
return newline
def scramble_text(text):
lines=text.splitlines()
newtext_list=[]
for line in lines:
newtext_list.append(scramble_line(line))
newtext='\n'.join(newtext_list)
return newtext
def main():
while True:
filename=raw_input("Enter the file name:")
if (filename):
break
else:
print "No file specified, please try again."
continue
with open(filename,'rU') as fin:
text=fin.read()
with open("Scrambled_"+filename,'w') as fout:
fout.write(scramble_text(text))
if __name__=='__main__':
main()