Task: Markov chain text generator


C++: #include <ctime>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <map>
class markov {
public:
    void create( std::string& file, unsigned int keyLen, unsigned int words ) {
        std::ifstream f( file.c_str(), std::ios_base::in );
        fileBuffer = std::string( ( std::istreambuf_iterator<char>( f ) ), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>() );
        f.close();
        if( fileBuffer.length() < 1 ) return;
        createDictionary( keyLen );
        createText( words - keyLen );
    }
private:
    void createText( int w ) {
        std::string key, first, second;
        size_t next;
        std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string> >::iterator it = dictionary.begin();
        std::advance( it, rand() % dictionary.size() );
        key = ( *it ).first;
        std::cout << key;
        while( true ) {
            std::vector<std::string> d = dictionary[key];
            if( d.size() < 1 ) break;
            second = d[rand() % d.size()];
            if( second.length() < 1 ) break;
            std::cout << " " << second;
            if( --w < 0 ) break;
            next = key.find_first_of( 32, 0 );
            first = key.substr( next + 1 );
            key = first + " " + second;
        }
        std::cout << "\n";
    }
    void createDictionary( unsigned int kl ) {
        std::string w1, key;
        size_t wc = 0, pos, next;
        next = fileBuffer.find_first_not_of( 32, 0 );
        if( next == std::string::npos ) return;
        while( wc < kl ) {
            pos = fileBuffer.find_first_of( ' ', next );
            w1 = fileBuffer.substr( next, pos - next );
            key += w1 + " ";
            next = fileBuffer.find_first_not_of( 32, pos + 1 );
            if( next == std::string::npos ) return;
            wc++;
        }
        key = key.substr( 0, key.size() - 1 );
        while( true ) {
            next = fileBuffer.find_first_not_of( 32, pos + 1 );
            if( next == std::string::npos ) return;
            pos = fileBuffer.find_first_of( 32, next );
            w1 = fileBuffer.substr( next, pos - next );
            if( w1.size() < 1 ) break;
            if( std::find( dictionary[key].begin(), dictionary[key].end(), w1 ) == dictionary[key].end() ) 
                dictionary[key].push_back( w1 );
            key = key.substr( key.find_first_of( 32 ) + 1 ) + " " + w1;
        }
    }
    std::string fileBuffer;
    std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string> > dictionary;
};
int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) {
    srand( unsigned( time( 0 ) ) );
    markov m;
    m.create( std::string( "alice_oz.txt" ), 3, 200 );
    return 0;
}






Python: import random, sys

def makerule(data, context):
    
    rule = {}
    words = data.split(' ')
    index = context
    
    for word in words[index:]:
        key = ' '.join(words[index-context:index])
        if key in rule:
            rule[key].append(word)
        else:
            rule[key] = [word]
        index += 1

    return rule


def makestring(rule, length):    
    
    oldwords = random.choice(list(rule.keys())).split(' ') 
    string = ' '.join(oldwords) + ' '
    
    for i in range(length):
        try:
            key = ' '.join(oldwords)
            newword = random.choice(rule[key])
            string += newword + ' '

            for word in range(len(oldwords)):
                oldwords[word] = oldwords[(word + 1) % len(oldwords)]
            oldwords[-1] = newword

        except KeyError:
            return string
    return string


if __name__ == '__main__':
    with open(sys.argv[1], encoding='utf8') as f:
        data = f.read()
    rule = makerule(data, int(sys.argv[2]))
    string = makestring(rule, int(sys.argv[3]))
    print(string)