RosettaCodeData/Task/Menu/Nim/menu.nim

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Nim

import strutils, rdstdin
proc menu(xs: openArray[string]) =
for i, x in xs: echo " ", i, ") ", x
proc ok(reply: string; count: Positive): bool =
try:
let n = parseInt(reply)
return 0 <= n and n < count
except: return false
proc selector(xs: openArray[string]; prompt: string): string =
if xs.len == 0: return ""
var reply = "-1"
while not ok(reply, xs.len):
menu(xs)
reply = readLineFromStdin(prompt).strip()
return xs[parseInt(reply)]
const xs = ["fee fie", "huff and puff", "mirror mirror", "tick tock"]
let item = selector(xs, "Which is from the three pigs: ")
echo "You chose: ", item