RosettaCodeData/Task/Mad-Libs/Julia/mad-libs.julia
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function madlibs(template)
println("The story template is:\n", template)
fields = Set(getfield.(collect(eachmatch(r"<[^>]+>", template)), :match))
print("\nInput a comma-separated list of words to replace the following items:",
join(fields, ", "), "\n -> ")
values = split(readline(STDIN), ",")
for (m, v) in zip(fields, values)
template = replace(template, m, v)
end
println("\nThe story becomes:\n", template)
end
const template = """
<name> went for a walk in the park. <he or she>
found a <noun>. <name> decided to take it home.
"""
madlibs(template)