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| Date: | 11/14/06 |
| Author: | J Adrian Zimmer |
| URL: | http://jazimmer.net |
| Comments: | 2 |
| Info: | http://python.org |
| Score: |  (2.86 in 36 votes) |
# Readable Python Version of "99 Bottles of Beer" Program
# Well, its readable if you know Python reasonably well.
# Public Domain by J Adrian Zimmer [[ jazimmer.net ]]
verse1 = lambda x: \
"""%s of beer on the wall, %s of beer.
Take one down, pass it around, %s of beer on the wall.
""" % (bottle(x),bottle(x),bottle(x-1))
verse2 = \
"""No more bottles of beer on the wall, no more bottles of beer.
Go to the store, buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall.
"""
def verse(x):
if x==0: return verse2
else: return verse1(x)
def bottle(x):
if x==0: return "no more bottles"
elif x==1: return str(x) + " bottle"
else: return str(x) + " bottles"
print "\n".join( [ verse(x) for x in range(99,-1,-1) ] )
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Alternative Versions
| Version | Author | Date | Comments | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This example demonstrates the simplicity | Gerold Penz | 07/23/05 | 15 | |
| Creative version | Schizo | 11/06/05 | 16 | |
| Advanced, extensible beer/wall framework | Jamie Turner | 05/17/06 | 7 | |
| minimal version | Oliver Xymoron | 04/20/05 | 5 | |
| Exception based | Michael Galpin | 02/08/08 | 0 | |
| functional, w/o variables or procedures | Ivan Tkatchev | 07/14/05 | 2 | |
| minimal version with singular | Emlyn Jones | 06/13/05 | 3 | |
| Fully compliant version | Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez | 01/15/06 | 7 | |
| Using a iterator class | Eric Moritz | 01/20/06 | 2 | |
| New conditional expressions in 2.5 | Ezequiel Pochiero | 12/18/06 | 1 | |
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def verse(x):
return verse2 if x == 0 else verse1 (x)
def bottle(x):
return "no more bottles" if x == 0 else "%d bottle%s" % (x, "" if x == 1 else "s"
i=0
wall=(i==1) and (lambda i: str(i)+" bottle of beer on the wall, "+str(i)+" bottle of beer!\nTake one down, pass it around,\n"+str(i-1)+" bottles of beer on the wall!\n"
for i in range(99,0,-1):
print wall(i)