quiz.awk

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# quiz - present a quiz
#   usage: awk quiz topicfile question-subj answer-subj

# AKW p118

BEGIN {
    FS = ":"
    if (ARGC != 4)
        error("usage: awk quiz topicfile question answer")
    if (getline <ARGV[1] < 0)   # 1st line is subj:subj:...
        error("no such quiz as " ARGV[1])
    for (q = 1; q <= NF; q++)
        if ($q ~ ARGV[2])
            break;
    for (a = 1; a <= NF; a++)
        if ($a ~ ARGV[3])
            break;
    if (q > NF || a > NF || q == a)
        error("valid subjects are " $0)
    while (getline <ARGV[1] > 0) # load the quiz
        qa[++nq] = $0;
    ARGC = 2; ARGV[1] = "-"      # now read standard input
    srand()
    do {
        split(qa[int(rand()*nq + 1)], x)
        printf("%s? ", x[q])
        while ((input = getline) > 0)
            if ($0 ~ "^" x[a] "$") {
                print "Right!"
                break
            } else if ($0 == "") {
                print x[a]
                break
            } else
                printf("wrong, try again:  ")
    } while (input > 0)
}

function error(s) { printf("error: %s\n", s); exit }