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A quote of the day utility picks a random quote from a 2D list of quotes and outputs it.

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Write a program that stores quotes in a 2D array. The first index stores the quote and the second index stores the author. The program should output a random quote and the author.

Success Criteria

Remember to add a comment before a subprogram, selection or iteration statement to explain its purpose.

Complete the subprogram called random_quote that:

1. Returns a list of two elements. The first element is a random quote. The second element is the author of the quote.

You can use the following data:

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
Martin Fowler
 
Code is like humour. When you have to explain it, it’s bad.
Cory House

Simplicity is the soul of efficiency.
Austin Freeman

The data structure for the first quote would be initialised as:

quote[0][0] = "Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand."
quote[0][1] = "Martin Fowler"

Complete the main program so that:

1. A random seed is chosen.
2. The random_quote subprogram is called and the returned quote is stored in a list called quote.
3. The output is formatted so that the quote is enclosed in speech marks (character 34 in the ASCII table).
4. The output is formatted so that the author is indented by two spaces followed by a hyphen.

Typical inputs and outputs from the program would be:

"Simplicity is the soul of efficiency."
 - Austin Freeman

"Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand."
 - Martin Fowler

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# Quote of the day program

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# Import libraries
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import random
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# Subprograms
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# Function to output a random quote
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def random_quote():
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    # Initialise data
    quote = [["" for X in range(2)] for Y in range(3)]
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    quote[0][0] = "Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand."
    quote[0][1] = "Martin Fowler"
    quote[1][0] = "Code is like humour. When you have to explain it, it’s bad."
    quote[1][1] = "Cory House"
    quote[2][0] = "Simplicity is the soul of efficiency."
    quote[2][1] = "Austin Freeman"
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    # Pick a random quote
    index = random.randint(0, 2)
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    chosen_quote = [quote[index][0], quote[index][1]]
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    return chosen_quote
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# Main program
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random.seed()
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quote = random_quote()
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print(chr(34) + quote[0] + chr(34))
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print("  -", quote[1])