interpolating in strings

[Wap]

Howdy. Is there a simple way to make something like this work:

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    $ pronounA = "he"
    $ pronounB = "his"

    $ saying = renpy.random.choice(["[pronounA] takes [pronounB] business elsewhere","unable to find the deal [pronounA] sought, [pronounA] leaves the store","[pronounB] interest wanes and [pronounA] leaves"])

    "And then the thing happens thusly: [saying]"

    $ pronounA = "she"
    $ pronounB = "her"

    "[saying]"

Right now this displays the pronouns like "bla bla [pronounA] yadda yadda". I've been dealing with this the long way with concatonation but it just occurred to me that I could be wasting time. Is there a point where I could insert a

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$ saying = renpy.someFunctionOrOther(saying)

Between the random chooser and the quote being read by the narrator and have this magically work? Please let me know.

[papiersam]

Funny, I didn't think that would behave that way when I saw it. Anyways;

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$ saying = renpy.someFunctionOrOther(saying)

There are python statements for that, easy. Something along the lines of using

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init python:
    import re
    
label start:
    
    $ saying = renpy.random.choice(["he takes his business elsewhere","unable to find the deal he sought, he leaves the store","his interest wanes and he leaves"])

    "And then the thing happens thusly: [saying]"


    python:
        #re.sub(r'\bhe\b', 'she', saying) <-- doesn't seem to be working...
        #re.sub(r'\bhis\b', 'her', saying)
        saying = saying.replace("he", "she")  #<-- this will replace 'the' with 'tshe'
        saying = saying.replace("his", "her")
            
    "[saying]"

But I haven't gotten it to work precisely correct (I guess the re library isn't included in usable Renpy/Python 2.7, but it's odd that it didn't bring up an error). Easiest way is to build your own python function (as I don't think Renpy has a specific built-in function like that) and have it return the right string, something like:

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init python:

    def she_insert(str):
        arr = str.split
        for i in range (0, len(arr)):
            if arr[i] == "his":
                arr[i] == "her"
            if arr[i] == "he":
                arr[i] == "she"
        
        return " ".join(arr)

Warning: code untested.

All in all, I hope that helped you out a bit, but I'm not quite certain I answered your question.

[trooper6]

Basically, [interpolation] is Ren'py code. Lines starting with $ are Python and not Ren'py, so you have to use Python Interpolation. Here is a page on it: https://pyformat.info

[papiersam]

Lines starting with $ are Python and not Ren'py

Is it...is it not the other way around? Have I been wrong this whole time?

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 %(var)s 

is pythonic, and

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 [var] 

is renpyic (for this example, at least), right?


(Also, I tried

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$ saying = renpy.random.choice(["%(pronounA)s takes %(pronounB)s business elsewhere","..."])

but it had the same effect, printing excatly "%(pronounA)s takes %(pronounB)s business elsewhere").

[trooper6]

Lines starting with $ are Python and not Ren'py

Is it...is it not the other way around? Have I been wrong this whole time?

Nope. $ is Python, without is Renpy.

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 %(var)s 

is pythonic, and

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 [var] 

is renpyic (for this example, at least), right?

Yep, but I prefer the newer .format code over the older % code for string interpolation whenever I have the choice.

So in a general sense there are lots of ways to deal with switching pronouns. If I were doing this just with Renpy, and not dealing with the random phrase element, let's say dealing with the pronouns of the main character? I'd do something like this:

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default he = "he"
default him = "him"
default his = "his"
default He = "He"
default Him = "Him"
default His = "His"

# The game starts here.
label start:
    "Game starts"
    menu:
        "Is the main character male, female, or gender neutral?"
        "Male":
            pass
        "Female":
            $ he = "she"
            $ him = "her"
            $ his = "hers"
            $ He = "She"
            $ Him = "Her"
            $ His = "Hers"
        "Neutral":
            $ he = "ze"
            $ him = "hir"
            $ his = "hir"
            $ He = "Ze"
            $ Him = "Hir"
            $ His = "Hir"
    "Thank you."
    "When the story starts, Alex is just waking up. [He] rubs [his] eyes and looks around [him]self. What will [he] do today?"
    return
    

I think sort sort of thing is clever. But that isn't what the OP asked for. The OP wants a random phrase chosen of three and wants pronoun interpolation.

You can do it like this:

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default pronouns = {"male":["he", "him", "his"], "female": ["she", "her", "hers"], "neutral": ["ze", "hir", "hirs"]} #your dictionary of pronouns
default gender = "female" #what your default gender is

# The game starts here.
label start:
    "Game starts"

    $ saying = renpy.random.choice(["{p[0]} takes {p[1]} business elsewhere".format(p=pronouns[gender]),"unable to find the deal {p[0]} sought, {p[0]} leaves the store".format(p=pronouns[gender]),"{p[1]} interest wanes and {p[0]} leaves".format(p=pronouns[gender])]) #This is using the .format code for interpolation

    "With Female"
    "[saying]"
    "This works"
    
    "With male"
    $gender = "male"
    "[saying]"
    "This won't work, it will still use female pronouns!"

    return

So the code I posted works, but it will always use the first set of pronouns you give it even if you change the gender later, because you only set the saying phrase once. So I recommend creating a function that returns a newly formatted random phrase every time you call it like so:

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default pronouns = {"male":["he", "him", "his"], "female": ["she", "her", "hers"], "neutral": ["ze", "hir", "hirs"]}
default gender = "female"

init python:
    def leave(g):
        global gender
        gender = g
        return renpy.random.choice(["{p[0]} takes {p[1]} business elsewhere".format(p=pronouns[gender]),"unable to find the deal {p[0]} sought, {p[0]} leaves the store".format(p=pronouns[gender]),"{p[1]} interest wanes and {p[0]} leaves".format(p=pronouns[gender])])

# The game starts here.
label start:
    "Game starts"

    "With Female"
    $saying = leave("female")
    "[saying]"
    
    "With male"
    $saying = leave("male")
    "[saying]"

    "With plural"
    $saying = leave("plural")
    "[saying]"
    return

[Wap]

Thanks guys. Not quite the simple solution I expected, but I learned some things and you gave me an idea of something unrelated. So, merci beaucoups.