> Ah, I see. Sorry, I misread your requirements. Something like this should
> work.
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> MAX_LENGTH = 140
>
>
> class TweetTooLongError(Exception):
> """
> Raised when a user would be too long to add to the tweet, even
> alone.
> """
> pass
>
>
> def generate_tweets(message, users):
> """
> Generate tweets based around a message, with users
> appended to each tweet.
>
> :param message: the base message
> :param users: a group of users to append
> :returns: tweets based around the message to the users
> """
>
> add = ""
> longest_in_list = " @" + max(users, key=len)
>
> if len(longest_in_list) + len(message) > MAX_LENGTH:
> raise TweetTooLongError(
> "At least one user would make the tweet too long."
> )
>
> while users:
> new_message = message
> while len(new_message) + len(add) <= MAX_LENGTH:
> new_message += add
> if not users:
> break
> add = " @" + users.pop(0)
> yield new_message
>
>
> if __name__ == "__main__":
> users = [
> "saad", "asad", "sherry", "danny", "ali", "hasan", "adil",
> "yousaf", "maria", "bilal", "owais",
> ]
> message = raw_input("Enter string: ")
> print("\n".join(generate_tweets(message, users)))
>
Thank you for your response. This code has a bug.
If there is one user left in the user list, it doesn't print a tweet with
just that one user added. For example use this string: "These are my
friends living in the same city as i am. I have known them for years. They
are good people in general. They are:"...you will see that "owais" is still
in the list and is not added to a new tweet and printed.
Saad
_______________________________________________
Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
