def select_monster():
"""Provide interactive interface for user to choose from three randomly selected
'Common' rarity monsters"""
# Select the three elements for the player and generate those monsters
monster_data = [
Monster.random_monster_filter("Common", element)
for element in random.sample(Monster.available_elements(), 3)
]
# Set up the column and row values
column_titles = ["Monster 1", " Monster 2", "Monster 3"]
row_titles = [
"Name", "Element", None, "Strength", "Defense", "Hit Points"
]
# Define the table header formatting and render the table
row_format = "{:<10} " + "{:^20}" * (len(column_titles))
print(row_format.format("", *column_titles))
print()
for row in row_titles:
if row is None:
print()
else:
if row == "Hit Points":
row = "HP"
if row == "Element":
print(
row_format.format(
f"{row}:",
*[
f"{monster.element} ({monster.rarity})"
for monster in monster_data
],
))
else:
print(
row_format.format(
f"{row}:",
*[
getattr(monster, row.lower())
for monster in monster_data
],
))
print()
while True:
response = input(
"Please enter the number of your chosen companion: ")
if response.isnumeric() and 1 <= int(response) <= 3:
return monster_data[int(response) - 1]
elif response.lower() == "quit":
exit()
else:
print(
"Enter a number between 1 and 3 that corresponds with your selection."
)
continue
