Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> That isn't 5.75e30 words, it is the number of possible haikus. There
> aren't that many words in all human languages combined.
Doh! This is why _I'm_ not a computer scientist. I'm kinda slow. ;)
> (Note however that there are languages like Finnish which allow you to
> st
Jay,
Your problem is specific to a particular internet dictionary provider.
UNLESS
1) The dictionary page has some specific link that gets you a
random word, OR
2) after you click through a couple of word definitions you find in
the URLs of the pages that the words are indexed usin
Jay wrote:
> How would I be able to grab random words from an internet source. I'd
> like to grab a random word from a comprehensive internet dictionary.
> What would be the best source and the best way to go about this?
Here's a source that gives you a random word:
http://www.zokutou.co.uk/rando
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:37:31 -0700, MonkeeSage wrote:
> Another approach would be to just scrape a CS's random (5.75 x 10^30)
> word haiku generator. ;)
That isn't 5.75e30 words, it is the number of possible haikus. There
aren't that many words in all human languages combined.
Standard English w
Another approach would be to just scrape a CS's random (5.75 x 10^30)
word haiku generator. ;)
import urllib
import libxml2
import random
uri = 'http://www.cs.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/haiku'
sock = urllib.urlopen(uri)
data = sock.read()
sock.close()
doc = libxml2.htmlParseDoc(data, None)
words
Jay:
> How would I be able to grab random words from an internet source. I'd
> like to grab a random word from a comprehensive internet dictionary.
> What would be the best source and the best way to go about this?
Why do you need to grab them from the net?
A simpler solution seems to keep a loca
Jay wrote:
> How would I be able to grab random words from an internet source.
> I'd like to grab a random word from a comprehensive internet
> dictionary. What would be the best source and the best way to go
> about this?
The *best* source would be a function of the internet dictionary
that sel
How would I be able to grab random words from an internet source. I'd
like to grab a random word from a comprehensive internet dictionary.
What would be the best source and the best way to go about this?
Thanks.
(Sorry if this sounds/is super noobish.)
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