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+# Random Menu Generator
+# produces random Menu
+# with user-selected number of items
+
+# produces 3 arrays with food descriptors
+adjectives = ["spicy", "tangy", "sweet", "seasonal", "crunchy", "sour", "soft", "creamy", "brittle", "cold"]
+cooking_style = ["sauteed", "fried", "frozen", "seared", "pan-fried", "well-done", "baked", "stir-fried", "steamed", "curried" ]
+food = ["cake", "tacos", "pizza", "ice cream", "clams", "tater tots", "chicken tenders", "tuna", "steak", "tofu"]
+
+# asks user for number of menu items (10 or fewer)
+puts "How many items would you like on your menu? Please choose a value less than or equal to 10."
+items = gets.to_i
+
+# confirms whether user input is valid
+while items <= 0 || items > 10
+  puts "Please provide a number less than 10 and greater than 0"
+  items = gets.to_i
+end
+
+# creates list of non-repeating numbered menu items
+puts "Great! Here is your Menu:"
+adjectives = adjectives.shuffle
+cooking_style = cooking_style.shuffle
+food = food.shuffle
+items.times do |n|
+  puts "#{n+1}. #{adjectives[n]} #{cooking_style[n]} #{food[n]}"
+end
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+# Random Menu Generator
+# produces random Menu
+# with user-selected number of items
+
+# Introduces Menu Generator
+puts "Welcome to the Random Menu Generator"
+puts "How many items would you like on your menu? (please choose a number less than 10 and greater than 0)"
+items = gets.to_i
+
+# confirms whether user input is valid
+while items <= 0 || items > 10
+  puts "Please provide a number less than 10 and greater than 0"
+  items = gets.to_i
+end
+
+# instantiate empty arrays
+adjectives, cooking_style, food = [], [], []
+
+# produces items arrays based on user input
+items.times do |n|
+  puts "Please provide an adjective to describe food"
+  adjectives[n] = gets.chomp
+  puts "Please provide a cooking style to describe food"
+  cooking_style[n] = gets.chomp
+  puts "Please provide a food"
+  food[n] = gets.chomp
+end
+
+# creates list of non-repeating numbered menu items
+puts "Great! Here is your Menu:"
+adjectives = adjectives.shuffle
+cooking_style = cooking_style.shuffle
+food = food.shuffle
+items.times do |n|
+  puts "#{n+1}. #{adjectives[n]} #{cooking_style[n]} #{food[n]}"
+end