On 08/08/2014 18:56, Joel Goldstick wrote:
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 4:50 AM, Greg Markham <greg.mark...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
Python novice back again. :) I'm making progress in my learning process,
but struggling whenever attempting to creatively go beyond what's required
in the various chapter assignments. For example, there's a simple random
die roller program that looks like the following:
# Craps Roller
# Demonstrates random number generation
import random
# generate random numbers 1 - 6
die1 = random.randint(1, 6)
die2 = random.randrange(6) + 1
total = die1 + die2
print("You rolled a", die1, "and a", die2, "for a total of", total)
input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
I wanted to make it a little more interesting by using ascii art
representations of the six die. When printing, however, they do so
vertically and not horizontally. Here's a snippet of the code:
die_1 = """
.-----.
| |
| o |
| |
`-----'"""
die_2 = """
.-----.
|o |
| |
| o|
`-----'"""
print(die_1, die_2)
So, how would I get this to display horizontally?
Like so...
.-----. .-----.
| | |o |
| o | | |
| | | o|
`-----' `-----'
Does this http://code.activestate.com/recipes/473893-sudoku-solver/ help
at all, especially the show function right at the top?
This isn't so easy because as you print the first die, your cursor
ends up at the bottom of its display.
There is a module called curses which lets you manipulate the
terminal. It has functions to get the x,y position on the screen, and
to set it (i. e. move the cursor). You might want to play with that.
The Python curses module is *nix only but see this
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/UniCurses/1.2 as an alternative for other
platforms.
--
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.
Mark Lawrence
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