Change to argparse

koboldgen.py

 import random as r
-import sys
+import sys, argparse
 
 beg = ["a","e","i","o","u","ba","be","bi","bo","bu","by","y","da","de","di","do","du","dy","fa","fi","fo","fe","fu","ga","ge","gi","go","gu","ka","ke","ki","ko","ku","ky","ma","me","mi","mo","mu","na","ne","ni","no","nu","pa","pe","pi","po","pu","ra","re","ri","ro","ru","ry","sa","se","si","so","su","ta","te","ti","to","tu","ty","wa","we","wi","wo","wy","za","ze","zi","zo","zu","zy"]
 mid = beg + ["l","x","n","r"]
         print(f"Body: {self.stats[3]}")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    args = sys.argv[1:]
-    if "--campaign" in args or "-c" in args:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    group.add_argument("-n", "--num", help="print this many kobolds", type=int, default=1)
+    group.add_argument("-s", "--ship", help="print only the ship name and description", action="store_true")
+    group.add_argument("-c", "--campaign", help="print a full campaign block with 6 kobolds", action="store_true")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    if args.campaign:
         cs = []
         for _ in range(6):
             c = Character()
         print("The kobolds:")
         for k in cs:
             k.print()
-
+    elif args.ship:
+        ship = gen_transpo()
+        print(f"The {ship[0]} {ship[1]} {ship[2]}, but {ship[3]}.")
     else:
-        if len(args) == 0:
+        for _ in range(args.num):
             c = Character()
             c.generate()
-            c.print()
-        else:
-            try:
-                num = int(args[0])
-                for _ in range(num):
-                    c = Character()
-                    c.generate()
-                    c.print()
-            except:
-                print(f"Invalid arguments: {', '.join(args)}")
-                c = Character()
-                c.generate()
-                c.print()
+            c.print()