this is my preliminary program, it could be refined, if it was for someone other then me i would refine it.  But,, it satisfies my learning goals.


#Charles Kuehne 5/2/2013
# fortune telling program
# takes user name as command line arg
# asks user to pick a sign
# uses date and sign to generate a fortune
#fortunes read from file
# responds to screen with personalized fortune


require 'date'

name = ARGV.shift #removes the argument so gets works

zod = [ "Aries", "Tarus", "Gemini", "Cancer", "Leo", "Virgo", "Libra", "Scorpio", "Sagittarious", "Capricorn", "Aquarius", "Pisces"]

alltxt = File.read("lorem.txt")# my lorem ipsum file
fortunes = alltxt.split(". ")#puts each sentance into an array

puts "Hello #{name}"

puts "please choose your sign:"

count = 0

zod.each_with_index do |sign, index| #WITH INDEX!! so sexy!
   
     puts "(" + index.to_s + ") " + sign
    end

choice = gets.to_i

while zod[choice] == nil do
    puts "bad number, try again >"
    choice = gets.to_i
end
    puts "You chose " + choice.to_s+" which is "+ zod[choice]

today = Date.today.yday()#converts day of year to int

puts  fortunes[((today * (choice+1)) % fortunes.length)]