added regex_search

mcb.bak

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-'rename', (512, 21)
-'software', (1024, 34)

mcb.dir

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-'rename', (512, 21)
-'software', (1024, 34)

out_mad_libs.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The silly panda walked to the chandelier and then screamed. A nearby picked truck was unaffected by these events.

practice_projects/mad_libs.py

@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@ mad_libs.py - reads in text files and lets the user add their own text anywhere
 
 import re
 
-file_name = input("Enter the filename:")
+in_file_name = input("Enter the filename:\n")
-file_read = open(file_name)
+in_file = open(in_file_name)
-content = file_read.read()
+content = in_file.read()
 
 for to_replace in re.compile(r'ADJECTIVE|NOUN|ADVERB|VERB').findall(content):
-    content.replace(to_replace)
+    str_input = input("Enter %s %s:\n" % ('an' if to_replace[0] in 'AEIOU' else
+                      'a', to_replace.lower()))
+    content = content.replace(to_replace, str_input, 1)
+
+out_file_name = input("Enter the output file name:\n")
+out_file = open(out_file_name, 'w')
+out_file.write(content)

practice_projects/regex_search.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#! python3
+'''
+regex_search.py - opens all .txt files in a folder and searches for any line
+                  that matches a user-supplied regular expression. The results
+                  should be printed to the screen.
+'''
+
+import os
+
+target_folder = input("Enter the target foulder:\n")
+os.chdir(target_folder)
+target_files = os.listdir(target_folder)
+target_files = [target for target in target_files if target.endswith('.txt')]
+print(target_files)