Limnoria/src/questions.py
2003-05-27 20:07:58 +00:00

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Python

#!/usr/bin/env python
###
# Copyright (c) 2002, Jeremiah Fincher
# All rights reserved.
#
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# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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###
def expect(prompt, possibilities, recursed=False):
if recursed:
print 'Sorry, that response was not an option.'
if possibilities:
prompt = '%s [%s]' % (prompt, '/'.join(possibilities))
prompt = prompt.strip() + ' '
s = raw_input(prompt)
if possibilities:
if s in possibilities:
return s.strip()
else:
return expect(prompt, possibilities, recursed=True)
else:
return s.strip()
def anything(prompt):
return expect(prompt, [])
def something(prompt):
s = expect(prompt, [])
while not s:
print 'Sorry, you must enter a value.'
s = expect(prompt, [])
return s
def yn(prompt):
return expect(prompt, ['y', 'n'])
def ny(prompt):
return expect(prompt, ['n', 'y'])
def quit(prompt):
return anything(prompt).lower() in ('q', 'quit')