import random
import re

quotefile = "/home/karlen/irc/quotes.txt"

def get_quote():
    quotes = open(quotefile, "r").read().split("---")
    quote,attr = random.choice(quotes).strip().splitlines()
    quote = quote[:200] #get only the first 200 chars
    word = random.choice([q for q in quote.split(' ') if len(q) > 1])
    quote = quote.replace(word, re.sub(r"[a-zA-Z]", "_", word))
    return [word, "Fill in the blank: \"" + quote + "\" " + attr]