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Task/Mad-Libs/Nanoquery/mad-libs.nanoquery

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+def madlib(template)
+    // loop through and find/remove all of the replacements
+    replacements = {}
+    ind = 0
+    while ind < len(template)
+        // check if we have found a replacement to perform
+        if template[ind] = "<"
+            // get the name of the replacement and add it to the list
+            // if we haven't already encountered it
+            ind += 1
+            replace_name = ""
+            while template[ind] != ">"
+                replace_name += template[ind]
+                ind += 1
+            end while
+
+            if not replace_name in replacements
+                replacements.append(replace_name)
+            end if
+            ind += 1
+        else
+            ind += 1
+        end if
+    end while
+
+    // prompt the user for replacement values
+    replacement_values = {}
+    for phrase in replacements
+        replacement_values.append(input("enter " + phrase + ": "))
+    end for
+    println
+
+    // make replacements and output the story
+    ind = 0
+    while ind < len(template)
+        // check if we have found a replacement to perform
+        if template[ind] = "<"
+            // get the name of the replacement
+            ind += 1
+            replace_name = ""
+            while template[ind] != ">"
+                replace_name += template[ind]
+                ind += 1
+            end while
+
+            // output the replacement
+            print replacement_values[replacements[replace_name]]
+            ind += 1
+        else
+            print template[ind]
+            ind += 1
+        end if
+    end while
+end madlib
+
+madlib("<name> went for a walk in the park. <he or she> " + \
+       "found a <noun>. <name> decided to take it home.")