#japanese.py
#generate random pseudo-Japanese "words"

import random

#a list of 63 syllables:
syllables = ["a","i","u","e","o",
             "ka","ki","ku","ke","ko",
             "ga","gi","gu","ge","go",
             "sa","shi","su","se","so",
             "za","ji","zu","ze","zo",
             "ta","chi","tsu","te","to",
             "na","ni","nu","ne","no",
             "ha","hi","fu","he","ho",
             "ba","bi","bu","be","bo",
             "pa","pi","pu","pe","po",
             "ma","mi","mu","me","mo",
             "ra","ri","ru","re","ro",
             "ya",     "yu",     "yo"]

number_words = int(input("How many random pseudo-Japanese 'words'?: "))
number_syllables = int(input("Maximum number of syllables per word?: "))
all_same_length = True if input("All same length? (y or n): ")=='y' else False

words = []

for i in range(number_words):
    if all_same_length:
        num_syls = number_syllables
    else:
        num_syls = random.randint(1,number_syllables)

    words.append("")   #start with empty string
    #then some random syllables
    for syl in range(num_syls):
        words[i] = words[i] + syllables[random.randint(0,len(syllables)-1)]


show_data = True if input("Show the random words? (y or n): ")=='y' else False
                                         
if show_data:
    print("Before the sorting: ")
    for word in words:
        print(word, end=" ")
print()
                              
words.sort()

show_data = True if input("Show the sorted words? (y or n): ")=='y' else False
                                         
if show_data:
    print("After the sorting: ")
    for word in words:
        print(word, end=" ")
print()