Cleaned up main loop and moved some code to external functions

HTTPy.py

@@ -13,11 +13,37 @@ phrases = ["ping", "whois", "quit", "clear", "help"]
 def printHelp():
     print "========================================================"
     print "=                 help - This screen                   ="
-    print "               clear - Clears the screen               ="
+    print "=              clear - Clears the screen               ="
-    print "     ping - Enables/Disables pinging the IP Address    ="
+    print "=    ping - Enables/Disables pinging the IP Address    ="
     print "========================================================"
     print "========================================================"
 
+def checkPhrase(inputs):
+    for word in phrases:
+        if inputs == word:
+            options(inputs)
+            return 1
+    return 0
+
+def options(inputs):
+    global whoOn
+    global pingOn
+
+    if inputs == "ping":
+        if pingOn == "P":
+            pingOn = "p"
+        else:
+            pingOn = "P"
+    if inputs == "whois":
+        if whoOn == "W":
+            whoOn = "w"
+        else:
+            whoOn = "W"
+    if inputs == "clear":
+        subprocess.call("clear")
+    if inputs == "help":
+        printHelp()
+
 def iterate(inArray, pre):
     count = 0
     while count != len(inArray) - 1:
@@ -57,7 +83,6 @@ def getInput():
     global inInput 
     global partDomain
     global running
-    global pingOn
     inInput = raw_input("["+ pingOn +"][" + whoOn + "] Please enter a domain/IP: ")
     partDomain = inInput.split(".")
     if inInput == "quit":
@@ -66,21 +91,7 @@ def getInput():
 #Main Loop
 while running == 1:
     getInput()
-    if inInput == "ping":
+    if checkPhrase(inInput) == 1 or len(partDomain) == 1:
-        if pingOn == "P":
-            pingOn = "p"
-        else:
-            pingOn = "P"
-    if inInput == "whois":
-        if whoOn == "W":
-            whoOn = "w"
-        else:
-            whoOn = "W"
-    if inInput == "clear":
-        subprocess.call("clear")
-    if inInput == "help":
-        printHelp()
-    if inInput == "" or inInput == "ping" or inInput == "whois" or inInput == "clear" or inInput == "help":
         pass
     else:
         if running == 0: