Montreal.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# coding: utf-8
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# 29 November 2014

import random
novel = ""
for i in range(50000):
	novel += "|"
	if random.random() > 0.05 or i%5 == 0:
		for j in range(100):
			if j == 50 and i%5 == 0:
				novel += "|"
			else:
				novel += " "
	else:
		line = ""
		position = random.randint(1, 83)
		for j in range(position):
			line += " "
		line += random.choice(["\"Rue Barrée\"", "\"Détour\"", "\"Rue Fermé\"", "potholes", "cracked pavement"])
		for j in range(100 - len(line)):
			line += " "
		novel += line
	novel += "|\n"
file = open("50000MetersToCentreville.txt", "w")
file.write(novel)
file.close()