political_party.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# political_party.rb
# SWN Political Party Generator
#
# Copyright (c) 2014 Steve Simenic <orffen@orffenspace.com>
#
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require './unindent'
require 'yaml'

# This class generates a political party from tables/political_party.yaml, 
# which has the following attributes:
#
# - name (string)
# - leadership (string)
# - economic_policy (string)
# - important_issues (string)
#
class PoliticalParty
  attr_reader :name, :leadership, :economic_policy, :important_issues

  def initialize
    yaml = YAML.load(File.read('tables/political_party.yaml'))
    @leadership       = yaml['leadership'].sample.to_str
    @economic_policy  = yaml['economic_policy'].sample.to_str
    @important_issues = yaml['important_issues'].sample.to_str
    @name = "#{yaml['descriptor'].sample} #{yaml['name'].sample}"
  end

  def to_s
    <<-END.unindent
      |Name: #{@name}
      |Leadership: #{@leadership}
      |Economic Policy: #{@economic_policy}
      |Important Issues: #{@important_issues}
      END
  end
end


if __FILE__ == $0
  Integer(ARGV.shift || 1).times do |e|
    puts '-----------+-+-+-----------' unless e.zero?
    puts PoliticalParty.new
  end
end