ZA | 25-SDC-July | Luke Manyamazi | Sprint 4 | Python Implement Cowsay Exercise

[Luke-Manyamazi]

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Changelist

• Added cow.py command-line tool using the cowsay library.
• Implemented --animal option with dynamic choices from cowsay.char_names.
• Displayed messages in the selected animal’s ASCII art speech bubble.
• Provided --help output showing available animals.
• Added error handling for invalid animal choices.

Questions

1. Would it be better to call cowsay.cowsay(message, cow=animal) for all animals instead of getattr(cowsay, animal)(message) to keep output formatting consistent across animals?

[LonMcGregor]

As cowsay includes a package outwith the normal python installation, you should include it as a requirement. Can you find how to do this?

For your question, whether you use getattr or call a function directly will depend largely on the library you are using. In this case, if cowsay has a convenience function that takes an animal argument. you could use that and it should function largely the same.

[Luke-Manyamazi]

As cowsay includes a package outwith the normal python installation, you should include it as a requirement. Can you find how to do this?

For your question, whether you use getattr or call a function directly will depend largely on the library you are using. In this case, if cowsay has a convenience function that takes an animal argument. you could use that and it should function largely the same.

I have installed the requirements.txt file and added cowsay as a requirement for the program.