Brenna's Random Menu

random_menu.rb

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+# Random menu generator
+
+# Come up with the three arrays of ten items each. Each list should be a different type of food or descriptor for that food.
+
+# For example, the first array can contain adjectives, the second, cooking styles and the third, foods. If this was the array selection, it could create a few items like: hot pan-fried dumplings, soft steamed clams
+
+# BASIC VERSION: create pools of adjective, cooking style, and food words
+# adjectives = ["hot", "cold", "slimy", "lukewarm", "breaded", "sweet", "fragrant", "dry", "cheesy", "crunchy"]
+
+# cooking_style = ["deep-fried", "braised", "boiled", "fire-roasted", "frosted", "blackened", "tossed", "stuffed crust", "baked", "melted"]
+
+# foods = ["macaroni & cheese", "soup", "steak frites", "buttery rolls", "fajitas", "sushi", "quinoa patties", "ravioli", "muffin", "pie"]
+
+# creates empty menu array and variable to contain number of menu items
+menu = []
+items_num = 0
+
+# Eallow the user to determine how many items they'd like to see via user input.
+until items_num <= 10 && items_num > 0
+print "Welcome to your first day as Chef de Cuisine at Chez Denny's! How many menu items are you thinking for tonight's menu? "
+items_num = gets.chomp.to_i
+end
+
+# make your program accept user input. This user input will be utilized to generate the menu items.
+adjectives = []
+cooking_style = []
+foods = []
+
+# requests user to enter adjectives, cooking styles, and foods
+puts "Alright then, what are our menu options?"
+items_num.times do |input|
+  print "Enter an adjective: "
+  adjectives << gets.chomp
+  print "Now, enter a style of cooking: "
+  cooking_style << gets.chomp
+  print "Finally, enter a kind of food: "
+  foods << gets.chomp
+
+end
+
+# testing
+# puts adjectives
+# puts cooking_style
+# puts foods
+
+puts "With your wise guidance we have created an amazing menu worthy of the Chez Denny's name!!"
+
+# fills the menu array with random samples from each word array
+items_num.times do |item|
+  adj = adjectives.sample
+  cook = cooking_style.sample
+  food = foods.sample
+
+# adds random menu item to menu array
+  menu << "#{item + 1}: #{adj} #{cook} #{food}"
+
+# ensure that no descriptive term in a menu item is ever repeated.
+  adjectives.delete(adj)
+  cooking_style.delete(cook)
+  foods.delete(food)
+end
+
+puts menu