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POPython code to generate random entries from multiple lists
 

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    <p>I'm new to Python and am trying to write a code that will generate the core elements of a story by choosing one random entry from the lists [characters] [traits] [themes] [locations] and [lines]. The code I have written is below.</p> <p>I have 2 questions: </p> <p>1) At the moment the code will allow me to create new entries in each list but when I close down Python and restart the program the entries I created are gone. How can I make it so that new entries are permanently stored in the lists? Do I need some kind of database? </p> <p>2) The code for 6. Storybox - the main thing I want the program to do! - is not working. Any suggestions as to how I can get Python to print a randomly selected entry from each list?</p> <p>Thanks in advance for your help.</p> <pre><code>#Storybox program #Generates a random selection of my story ideas characters = [] traits = [] locations = [] themes = [] lines = [] choice = None while choice != "0": print( """ Storybox: 0 - Exit 1 - Add character 2 - Add trait 3 - Add location 4 - Add theme 5 - Add line 6 - Generate Story 7 - View all entries """ ) choice = input("Choice: ") print() #exit if choice == "0": print("Goodbye") #add a character elif choice == "1": character = input("Enter character: ") characters.append(character) #add a trait elif choice == "2": trait = input("Enter character trait: ") traits.append(trait) #add a location elif choice == "3": location = input("Enter location: ") locations.append(location) #add a theme elif choice == "4": theme = input("Enter theme: ") themes.append(theme) #add good lines elif choice == "5": line = input("Enter good line: ") lines.append(line) #Generate storybox elif choice == "6": print("Your storybox is....") storyboxcharacter = random.choice(characters) print(storyboxcharacter) storyboxtrait = random.choice(traits) print(storyboxtrait) storyboxtheme = random.choice(themes) print(storyboxtheme) storyboxlocation = random.choice(locations) print(storyboxlocation) storyboxline = random.choice(lines) print(storyboxline) #Display all entries so far elif choice == "7": print("Characters:") for character in characters: print(character) print("Traits:") for trait in traits: print(trait) print("Themes:") for theme in themes: print(theme) print("Locations:") for location in locations: print(location) print("Good lines:") for line in lines: print(line) input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.") </code></pre>
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    1. CO1) yes, you need some sort of persistent storage. A database would work, as would a scheme of writing to flat files (csv or pickle, etc). 2) what is not working about it?
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