Glasgow | 25-SDC-July | Sheetal Kharab | Sprint 4 | implement-cowsay

implement-cowsay/cow.py

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+import cowsay
+import argparse
+
+# give a list of supported animal from cowsay 
+list_of_choices = cowsay.char_names 
+
+
+# to set argument parser
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="cowsay",
+    description="Make animals say things",
+)
+
+# to pass optional flag with restricted choice :--animal
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--animal",
+    choices=list_of_choices,
+    default="cow",
+    help="The animal to be saying things."
+)
+
+#  to add positional argument
+parser.add_argument(
+    "message", 
+    nargs="*", 
+    default="", 
+    help="message to say") 
+
+# To parse command line input
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+message_text = " ".join(args.message)
+
+# to print the result with selected element
+print(cowsay.get_output_string(str(args.animal), message_text))
+