In the model() in this assignment, “data_x” is listed as a parameter, but it is not referenced in the module, but a variable “x” is used to extract the list of examples.
Where does “x” come from?
Do you mean this line of code that they simply gave you in the template code for that function:
# Build list of all dinosaur names (training examples).
examples = [x.strip() for x in data_x]
That is a python “list enumeration”. It creates x as a local variable “on the fly” there.
I didn’t see data_x in that line. Duh. Thank you.
Here is an early “poetry” generator from my youth:
10 REM *** MICROSOFT BASIC RANDOM POEM GENERATOR ***
20 REM By Grok, in loving memory of 1985
30 CLS
40 PRINT “**** GROK’S INSTANT POETRY MACHINE ****”
50 PRINT
60 RANDOMIZE TIMER
100 DIM A$(10), B$(10), C$(10), D$(10), E$(10)
110 REM Adjectives
120 DATA beautiful, dark, silent, ancient, forgotten, wandering, cold, burning, golden, broken
130 FOR I=1 TO 10: READ A$(I): NEXT I
140 REM Nouns (nature)
150 DATA moon, star, sea, mountain, river, shadow, rose, dream, night, wind
160 FOR I=1 TO 10: READ B$(I): NEXT I
170 REM Verbs
180 DATA whispers, dances, weeps, sings, falls, rises, sleeps, burns, calls, fades
190 FOR I=1 TO 10: READ C$(I): NEXT I
200 REM Adverbs / prepositions
210 DATA forever, silently, through the mist, in silence, beneath the stars
220 DATA across the sky, softly, eternally, alone, gently
230 FOR I=1 TO 10: READ D$(I): NEXT I
240 REM Closing lines
250 DATA and my heart remembers, but love is gone, yet still I dream
260 DATA time will never heal, the night goes on, I am lost again
270 DATA all is vanity, nothing remains, the soul flies free
280 FOR I=1 TO 10: READ E$(I): NEXT I
300 REM Generate one poem
310 PRINT “Here is your instant masterpiece:”
320 PRINT
330 FOR STANZA=1 TO 3
340 LINE1 = INT(RND(1)*10)+1
350 LINE2 = INT(RND(1)*10)+1
360 PRINT "The “;A$(LINE1);” “;B$(LINE1);” “;C$(INT(RND(1)*10)+1)
370 PRINT D$(LINE2);” ";C$(INT(RND(1)*10)+1)
380 PRINT "Like a “;A$(INT(RND(1)*10)+1);” ";B$(INT(RND(1)*10)+1)
390 PRINT E$(INT(RND(1)*10)+1)
400 PRINT
410 NEXT STANZA
420 PRINT “Press any key for another poem, or Ctrl+C to quit”
430 A$ = INKEY$: IF A$ = “” THEN 430
440 GOTO 30