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add csos95 quiz implementation (gophercises#4)
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csos95 authored and joncalhoun committed Oct 30, 2017
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88 changes: 88 additions & 0 deletions students/csos95/main.go
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package main

import (
"bufio"
"encoding/csv"
"flag"
"fmt"
"log"
"os"
"strings"
"time"
)

var (
// set flags
csvPath = flag.String("csv", "problems.csv", "a csv file in the format of 'question,answer'")
limit = flag.Int("limit", 30, "the time limit for the quiz in seconds'")
)

func main() {
// parse the flags
flag.Parse()

// open the csv file
file, err := os.Open(*csvPath)
if err != nil {
log.Println(err)
return
}
defer file.Close()

// open the csv file
csvReader := csv.NewReader(file)
// parse the csv file
csvData, err := csvReader.ReadAll()
if err != nil {
log.Println(err)
return
}

// put question/answer pairs into a map where questions are keys and answers are values
qaPair := make(map[string]string, len(csvData))
for _, data := range csvData {
qaPair[data[0]] = data[1]
}

// create a ticker for the time limit and a channel to signal the user finished the quiz
ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second * time.Duration(*limit))
done := make(chan bool)

// create a scanner for user input
scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)

var userAnswer string
qNum, numCorrect := 0, 0
go func() {
// iteration order for maps in go is randomized so the questions won't be in the same order every time
for question, answer := range qaPair {
qNum++
// ask a question
fmt.Printf("Problem #%d: %s = ", qNum, question)
// get an answer
scanner.Scan()
userAnswer = scanner.Text()
// trim leading and trailing whitespace
userAnswer = strings.TrimSpace(userAnswer)
userAnswer = strings.ToLower(userAnswer)
answer = strings.ToLower(answer)
// check the answer
if answer == userAnswer {
numCorrect++
}
}
done <- true
}()

// select chooses the first channel with an available value
// if done is available first, the user finished
// if ticker is available first, the time limit has been reached
select {
case <-done:
case <-ticker.C:
fmt.Println("time's up!")
}

// print the results
fmt.Printf("You scored %d out of %d.\n", numCorrect, len(qaPair))
}
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