Question

I am a beginer python learner. I am trying to create a basic dictionary where random meaning of words will come and user have to input the correct word. I used the following method, but random doesn’t work. I always get the first word first and when the last word finishes, I get infinite ‘none’ until I kill it. Using python 3.2

from random import choice


print("Welcome , let's get started")
input()

def word():
    print('Humiliate')
    a = input(':')
    while a == 'abasement':
        break
    else:
        word()
    #   --------------------------------------------------------- #



def word1():
    print('Swelling')
    a = input(':')
    while a == 'billowing':
        break
    else:
        word()
#   ------------------------------------------------------------ #


wooo = [word(),word1()]
while 1==1:
    print(choice(wooo))

is there any faster way of doing this and get real random? I tried classes but it seems harder than this. Also, is there any way I can make python not care about weather the input is capital letter or not?

Answer 1

To answer one part of your question (“is there any way I can make python not care about weather the input is capital letter or not?”): use some_string.lower():

>>> "foo".lower() == "foo"
True
>>> "FOO".lower() == "foo"
True

An this is to help you how you could improve the structure of your code:

import sys
from random import choice

WORDPAIRS = [('Humiliate', 'abasement'), ('Swelling', 'billowing')]

def ask():
    pair = choice(WORDPAIRS)
    while True:
        answer = raw_input("%s: " % pair[0]).lower()
        if answer == pair[1]:
            print "well done!"
            return


def main():
    try:
        while True:
            ask()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        sys.exit(0)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

It works like that:

$ python lulu.py 
Swelling: lol
Swelling: rofl
Swelling: billowing
well done!
Humiliate: rofl
Humiliate: Abasement
well done!
Swelling: BILLOWING
well done!
Humiliate: ^C
$