Michelle - Edges - Random Menu

random-menu.rb

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+#x - In the file random-menu.rb, in your code, create three arrays of ten items each. These three arrays/lists will be a different type of food or descriptor for that food.
+
+# OLD LIST BEFORE I TOOK USER INPUT
+
+# adjectives = ["Delicious", "Hot", "Creamy", "Buttery", "Fragrant", "Regal", "Luxorious", "Salty", "Sweet", "Famous"]
+#
+# cooking_styles = ["Pan-Fried", "Steamed", "Boiled", "Deep-Fried", "Browned", "Raw", "Stir-Fried", "Braised", "Poached", "Roasted"]
+#
+# foods = ["Dumplings", "Clams", "Veal", "Lobster", "Crab", "Salmon", "Halibut", "Cod", "Lamb", "Duck"]
+
+#x - By selecting a random item from each of the three arrays, it can create a full description of a randomized food.
+
+#x - The menu items are selected randomly.
+#x - There are 10 menu items.
+#x - Each item should pull one word from each of the 3 arrays.
+#x - The items are numbers 1-10 (not starting at zero).
+#x - Run the program a few times and ensure that the last word in the arrays are used. Also ensure that the first word in the arrays are used at least occasionally.
+
+# OPTIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
+#x - Expand your solution to ensure that no descriptive term in a menu item is ever repeated. So if the first menu item is hot pan-fried dumplings, the the phrases hot, pan-friend and dumpling cannot individually be used in any other menu items.
+
+#x - Expand your solution to allow the user to determine how many items they'd like to see via user input. Note: You will need to ensure that this user-chosen number of items is not larger than the number of items you have in your arrays.
+#x - Instead of using hardcoded or predefined arrays, make your program accept user input. This user input will be utilized to generate the menu items. You'll need to prompt for and store a varying number of entries for each food-type array.
+
+# initialize lists
+adjectives = []
+cooking_styles = []
+foods = []
+
+# ask user to input number of menu items
+puts "How many menu items would you like to create?"
+enter_items = gets.chomp
+
+# verify that user input is positive integer; if not, give error message and ask for new input
+if enter_items.to_i.to_s != enter_items || enter_items.to_i < 1
+  until enter_items.to_i.to_s == enter_items && enter_items.to_i >= 1
+    print "You must enter a positive integer. Please try again: "
+    enter_items = gets.chomp
+  end
+end
+enter_items = enter_items.to_i
+
+puts ""
+
+# user enters menu items
+enter_items.times do |num|
+  puts "Please enter adjective #{num+1}: "
+  adjective = gets.chomp
+  adjectives << adjective
+end
+
+puts ""
+
+enter_items.times do |num|
+  puts "Please enter cooking style #{num+1}: "
+  cooking_style = gets.chomp
+  cooking_styles << cooking_style
+end
+
+puts ""
+
+enter_items.times do |num|
+  puts "Please enter food #{num+1}: "
+  food = gets.chomp
+  foods << food
+end
+
+# randomize the lists
+adjectives = adjectives.shuffle
+cooking_styles = cooking_styles.shuffle
+foods = foods.shuffle
+
+puts ""
+
+# ask user to input number of items they want to view
+puts "You can view #{enter_items} menu items or less. How many menu items would you like to view? "
+view_items = gets.chomp
+
+
+# verify that user input is is not greater than number of menu items created; if it is, give error message and ask for new input
+if view_items.to_i.to_s != view_items || view_items.to_i > enter_items
+  until view_items.to_i.to_s == view_items && view_items.to_i <= enter_items
+    print "You may only view #{enter_items} menu items or less. Please try again: "
+    view_items = gets.chomp
+  end
+end
+view_items = view_items.to_i
+
+# print menu items
+view_items.times do |index|
+  puts "#{index+1}. #{adjectives[index]} #{cooking_styles[index]} #{foods[index]}"
+end