I posted this in the wrong spot initially. Sorry about that.

I am a beginner with only about 2 months under my belt. I'm learning python 3 using the Automate the Boring Stuff with Python manual. In the chapter on reading and writing files one of the exercises is to make a program that would fill in a mad lib that was read from a file. Here is my code; don't laugh. It works, but it's not very elegant. Can anyone offer me advice on how to better do this task or a better direction to go?

madLibs.py

import re, os

# define regex
verbRegex = re.compile(r'verb', re.I)
nounRegex = re.compile(r'noun', re.I)
adjectiveRegex = re.compile(r'adjective', re.I)

# change directory 
os.chdir('C:\\MyPythonScripts')

# read contents of madLib.txt and store it in variable madLib
madLibFileObject = open('madLib.txt')
madLib = madLibFileObject.read()

y = 0
newMadLib = []

for word in madLib.split():
    newMadLib.append(word)
    if verbRegex.search(word) != None:
        x = input('Enter VERB:  ')
        newMadLib[y] = x
    elif nounRegex.search(word) != None:
        x = input('Enter NOUN:  ')
        newMadLib[y] = x
    elif adjectiveRegex.search(word) != None:
        x = input('Enter ADJECTIVE:  ')
        newMadLib[y] = x
    y += 1

newMadLib = (' ').join(newMadLib)

print(madLib)
print (newMadLib)

Thanks!

I am a beginner with only about 2 months under my belt. I'm learning Python 3 using the Automate the Boring Stuff with Python manual. In the chapter on reading and writing files one of the exercises is to make a program that would fill in a mad lib that was read from a file. It works, but it's not very elegant. Can anyone offer me advice on how to better do this task or a better direction to go?

# madLibs.py

import re, os

# define regex
verbRegex = re.compile(r'verb', re.I)
nounRegex = re.compile(r'noun', re.I)
adjectiveRegex = re.compile(r'adjective', re.I)

# change directory 
os.chdir('C:\\MyPythonScripts')

# read contents of madLib.txt and store it in variable madLib
madLibFileObject = open('madLib.txt')
madLib = madLibFileObject.read()

y = 0
newMadLib = []

for word in madLib.split():
    newMadLib.append(word)
    if verbRegex.search(word) != None:
        x = input('Enter VERB:  ')
        newMadLib[y] = x
    elif nounRegex.search(word) != None:
        x = input('Enter NOUN:  ')
        newMadLib[y] = x
    elif adjectiveRegex.search(word) != None:
        x = input('Enter ADJECTIVE:  ')
        newMadLib[y] = x
    y += 1

newMadLib = (' ').join(newMadLib)

print(madLib)
print (newMadLib)