Python | Scramble words from a text file

Python | Scramble words from a text file

If you want to scramble the words from a text file, the following steps can be taken:

  1. Read the text file.
  2. Split the content into words.
  3. Scramble each word (while maintaining the first and last characters, as typical word scrambles do).
  4. Reconstruct the content with scrambled words.
  5. Optionally, write the scrambled content back to a file or print it.

Below is a Python script to scramble words from a given text file:

import random def scramble_word(word): # If the word has less than 3 characters, it remains unchanged. if len(word) <= 3: return word # Extract the middle part of the word (excluding first and last characters) middle = list(word[1:-1]) # Scramble the middle part random.shuffle(middle) # Return the scrambled word return word[0] + ''.join(middle) + word[-1] def scramble_text(text): # Split the text into words, scramble each word and join them back return ' '.join(scramble_word(word) for word in text.split()) def main(): with open('input.txt', 'r') as file: content = file.read() scrambled_content = scramble_text(content) with open('scrambled_output.txt', 'w') as file: file.write(scrambled_content) print("Words scrambled and saved to 'scrambled_output.txt'") if __name__ == '__main__': main()

In this script:

  • scramble_word function scrambles individual words.
  • scramble_text function handles scrambling of an entire text content.
  • main function reads from 'input.txt', scrambles the words, and then writes the result to 'scrambled_output.txt'.

To use the script, place your text in a file named 'input.txt' and then run the script. Adjust filenames as needed.

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