shuffle.py

import random
import csv


def shuffle(fp, sample_size=1):
    '''
    Given a song file, shuffles the syllables of each song around randomly and writes
    the shuffled songs to a new file, './output.shuffle.csv'
    '''
    for i in range(sample_size):
        with open(fp) as f:
            reader = csv.reader(f, delimiter="\n")
            lines_unshuffled = list(reader)
            lines = []
            for line in lines_unshuffled:
                print(line)
                line_list = list(line[0].split(',')[1])
                random.shuffle(line_list)
                shuffled_string = ''.join(line_list)
                lines.append(shuffled_string)
        mode = 'w'
        for line in lines:
            with open('./output/shuffle.csv', mode) as output_file:
                writer = csv.writer(output_file)
                writer.writerow(['-', line])
                mode = 'a'