Get_Functions.py

import random
from DataAPI import getQuestion, getCategories

greetings = ["hi","hello","hey","sup","howdy","henlo","waddup","wassup","heyo","hiya"
             ,"i m","i am","called","my","name","is"]

randomStuff = ["Cherophobia is the fear of fun","A flock of crows is called a murder",
               "A single cloud can weight more than 1 million pounds",
               "A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out","A shrimp's heart is in it's head",
               "A pregnant goldfish is called a twit","Rats and horses can't vomit.",
               "If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib."]

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def getName(sentence): #Jasper, Richard, Suraj
    """get the name of the user from the inputed sentence"""
    userWords = sentence.lower()
    userWords = userWords.split()
    
    # ways of introduction:
    # "Hello, my name is ___"
    # "Hi, I'm ____"
    # "Howdy, I'm called ____"
    # Order: Greeting -> pronoun -> Name -> question (optional)
    # eg. "Hello, I'm Jasper. How are you?"

    if (userWords[0] in greetings): #the added code that stops iam from being added into the name if 2 greeting are added
        userWords.pop(0) #pop and not .remove because
    
    
    if (userWords[0] == "i" and len(userWords) > 1):
        if (userWords[1] in ["m","am"]):
            userWords.insert(0, " ".join(userWords[0:2]))
            userWords.pop(2)
            userWords.pop(1)
            
    userName = ""
    for userWord in userWords:     #iterate throught the user's words
        foundWord = False               #sets True when there's a similar word in the other list
        for word in greetings:  #iterates and compares the chosen word from the user's list of words to the words list
            if userWord == word and foundWord == False:
                foundWord = True
        if foundWord == False:
            userName = userName + userWord + " "
    return userName #this is the found name

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def getQuestion():
    """just call this ... I guess, if you want questions ... (need some revision)"""
    cat = getCategories(True)
    print("--- Categories ---")
    print(cat[0])
    print(cat[1])
    print(cat[2])
    userInput = input("Please, pick a subject: \n").casefold()


    
    if userInput != "other":
        print("You have chosen: " + userInput.title())
        print("##############################")
        #Input question here XD

    

        question, answer, w, t = getQuestion(userInput, "easy")
    
        userAnswer = input(question)
        if userAnswer.lower() == answer.lower():
            print("Wehey \n")
        elif userAnswer.lower() != answer.lower():
            print("This is not the answer fool!")
            print("The answer is: \n")
            print(answer + "\n")
    elif userInput == "other":
        print("You have chosen: " + userInput.title())
        print("##############################")
        userInput = input("Want to hear a joke, fun fact or something random? \n")
        if userInput == "Yes" or userInput == "yes":
            print(random.choice(randomStuff) + "\n")

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#-----------------
#testing zone
#-----------------

if (__name__ == "__main__"):
    print(getName("i m Andre"))
    print(getName("i am Andre"))