go_001_quiz

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Quiz Game

Create a program to run timed quizzes via the command line.

Implementation of Quiz Game from gophercises, including the bonus section.

Gophercises by Jon Calhoun

Run Commands:

• go build .
• quiz-game.exe (executes application with default flags)
• go build. && quiz-game.exe
• quiz-game.exe -h or --help: gives information about cmd flags
• quiz-game.exe --csv file.csv -limit=10 -shuffle=true (flag format: -flag=value | --flag value)
• for file names with whitespaces: --csv "file name.csv"

Features:

• command-line flags
• timer
• file handling
• reading user input
• go routines & channels

Packages explored:

• fmt
• flag: to set command line flags
• os: to open file from system and to exit app with a status code
• encoding/csv: to read data from .csv files
• strings: to format and clean user input
• time: to set expiry for quiz
• rand: to shuffle the problem set

Output:

D:\gophercises\quiz-game>go run main.go -h
Usage of C:\Users\hauntarl\AppData\Local\Temp\go-build2300610919\b001\exe\main.exe:
  -csv string
        csv file format: 'question,answer' (default "problems.csv")
  -limit int
        the time limit for quiz in seconds (default 30)
  -shuffle
        shuffles quiz problems: 'true/false'

D:\gophercises\quiz-game>go run main.go --limit 10 -shuffle=true
Problem #1  : 1+2 = 3
Problem #2  : 2+4 = 6
Problem #3  : 5+1 = 6
Problem #4  : 1+1 = 2
Problem #5  : 3+1 = 4
Problem #6  : 1+4 = 5
Problem #7  : 8+3 = 1
You got 6/12 correct!