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Y8 5 L6 WS2 Final

The document provides instructions for creating a Magic 8-ball program in Python that utilizes a text file for responses. It outlines two tasks: creating a 'responses.txt' file with 20 possible answers and implementing a code snippet to read from this file and provide a random response to a Yes/No question. The code includes comments explaining each step of the process.

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Y8 5 L6 WS2 Final

The document provides instructions for creating a Magic 8-ball program in Python that utilizes a text file for responses. It outlines two tasks: creating a 'responses.txt' file with 20 possible answers and implementing a code snippet to read from this file and provide a random response to a Yes/No question. The code includes comments explaining each step of the process.

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Magic 8-ball: file handling instructions

Having really long lists in Python is not very efficient. Not only that, it makes it more difficult
to debug. A much better way to handle the list of responses would be to use a text file.

Task 1
Create a text file containing all the 20 possible responses (each on a new line) and save this
as ‘responses.txt’.

responses.txt

It is certain
It is decidedly so
Without a doubt
Yes definitely
You may rely on it
…

Task 2
Copy the following code (making sure that you read the comments in red explaining what the
code is doing).

import random
import time

# Open the 8-ball responses text file


f = open(‘responses.txt’,=‘r’)

# Read the whole file and store each line in a list


responses = f.readlines()

# Ask the user to input a Yes/No style question


question = input(“Please ask me a Yes/No question”)

# Pause for 2 seconds to make it look like the computer is thinking


time.sleep(2)

# Print a response at random from the list


print(random.choice(responses))

Year 8, Unit 5, Lesson 6, Worksheet 2


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