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30daysofcode/soln.py

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+#a python script that gives random answers to questions being asked by the user
+
+#an inbuilt module that enables the interpreter pick random values from
+#a defined range of options
+import random
+
+def main():
+    print('Type QUIT to end the program')
+
+    #i used a while loop so the program runs until it is stopped by the user
+    while True:
+        #prompt to tell the user to ask a question
+        question = input('Ask me a question: ')
+
+        #conditions under which the program runs
+        if question != ' ':
+
+            #we use the random.randint to specify that we are selecting integers between the stated range (start, stop)
+            option = random.randint(1,5)
+            if option == 1:
+                print('A round of applause for yourself!')
+            if option == 2:
+                print('It is decidedly so.')
+            if option == 3:
+                print('Keep trying champ')
+            if option == 4:
+                print('Yes, chamo, you did it')
+            if option == 5:
+                print('aahhhh, really nice work')
+
+            #stopping criteria, to end the while loop
+            question = question.lower()
+            if question == 'quit':
+                #the break keyword is used to end the while loop
+                break
+
+        #if the user hits the spacebar when told to ask a question, the program ends
+        else:
+            print('ask actual questions, run again')
+            break
+
+#call the function
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+
+