prophecy generator

prophecies/src/main.rs

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+use std::fs;
+use std::io;
+use rand::Rng;
+
+fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    // Read the file that contains every prophecy line in the series
+    let file_contents: String = fs::read_to_string("prophecies")?;
+
+    // Determine the name of the prophecy by picking a random word in file
+    let split_into_words = file_contents.split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let name = split_into_words[rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0..split_into_words.len())];
+    println!("THE PROPHECY OF {}:\n", name.to_uppercase());
+
+    // Randomly decide how long the prophecy will be, range of 4 to 30
+    let number_of_lines = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(4..30);
+    
+    // Split file into lines
+    let split_string = file_contents.split("\n").collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let lines_in_string = split_string.len();
+
+    // Iterate for "number_of_lines" and each time pick a random line in the file
+    for _i in 0..number_of_lines {
+        let line_index = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0..lines_in_string); // Pick random line
+        println!("{}",split_string[line_index]); // Print the random line
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}