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6.3 - Old MacDonald

Problem

Procedures can have multiple parameters. Write a program that will display the nursery rhyme Old Macdonald Had a Farm.

The program should use a procedure that takes two parameters (animal, sound).

Using the problem description and design, implement the program.

Example - Multiple parameters

def welcome(forename, surname):
   print("Hello", forename, surname)

# Main
welcome("Jane", "Smith")
welcome("John", "Smith")
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee, i, ee, i, o

And on his farm he had some cows
Ee, i, ee, i, o
With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo-moo

Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee, i, ee, i, o

And on his farm he had some chicks
Ee, i, ee, i, o
With a cluck-cluck here and a cluck-cluck there
Here a cluck, there a cluck, everywhere a cluck-cluck

Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee, i, ee, i, o

And on his farm he had some sheep
Ee, i, ee, i, o
With a baaa-baaa here and baaa-baaa there
Here a baaa-baaa, there a baaa-baaa, everywhere a baaa-baaa

Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee, i, ee, i, o
1 Chorus IN
2 Verse IN animal, sound

1.1 display “Old MacDonald had a farm”
1.2 display “Ee, i, ee, i, o”

2.1 display “And on his farm he had some” + animal
2.2 display “Ee, i, ee, i, o”
2.3 display “With a” + sound + sound + “here and a” + sound + sound + “there”
2.4 display “Here a” + sound +”, there a” + sound + “, everywhere a” + sound + sound

 

 

# Main
chorus()
verse("Cow", "Moo")
chorus()
verse("Chicken", "Cluck")
chorus()
verse("Sheep", "Baa")
chorus()

def chorus():
    print("Old MacDonald had a farm")
    print("Ee, i, ee, i, o")
    print()

def verse(animal, sound):
    print("And on his farm he had some " + animal)
    print("Ee, i, ee, i, o")
    print("With a " + sound + sound + " here and a " + sound + sound + " there")
    print("Here a " + sound +", there a " + sound + ", everywhere a " + sound + sound)
    print()

# Main
chorus()
verse("Cow", "Moo")
chorus()
verse("Chicken", "Cluck")
chorus()
verse("Sheep", "Baa")
chorus()