Plutonic Rainbows

In the last script, I mentioned about condensing the lines down. It's actually very simple to do. Just insert a semi-colon between lines.

For example:

from sys import argv script, filename becomes from sys import argv;script, filename

If you apply this in your scripts, things become much more manageable to read. Here is the previous script with the new additions.

from sys import argv;script, file_name = argv

print "Hello. let's erase the contents of the file called: '%s'." % file_name
print "If you do not want this, hit CTRL-C."

raw_input("?")

print "Opening file..."

target = open(file_name, 'w');target.truncate()

print "Contents now erased."

line1 = raw_input("Line 1: ");line2 = raw_input("Line 2: ");line3 = raw_input("Line 3: ")

print "Writing three lines..."

target.write(line1);target.write("\n");target.write(line2);target.write("\n");target.write(line3);target.write("\n")

print "Done.";print "Let's close the file."

target.close()

print "All finished."

As you can see, most of the time is saved with the part where the script asks for raw_input and when using target.write.

This looks quite complicated but that's only because a lot of the lines can be condensed. The script opens the file, erases the contents and then allows the user to write in new data. Used with other scripts, it's quite a powerful few lines of code.

from sys import argv

script, filename = argv

print "We are going to erase %r." % filename
print "If you don't want that, press ctrl-c."
print "Otherwise, hit Return."

raw_input("?")

print "Opening the file..."
target = open(filename, 'w')

print "Truncating the file...Goodbye"
target.truncate()

print "Now I am going to ask you for three lines."

line1 = raw_input("Line 1")
line2 = raw_input("Line 2")
line3 = raw_input("line 3")

print "I am going to write these to the file."

target.write(line1)
target.write("\n")

target.write(line2)
target.write("\n")

target.write(line3)
target.write("\n")

print "And finally, we close it."
target.close()

Here's a script to read the contents of a text file.

from sys import argv

script, filename = argv

#open the file and read contents
txt = open(filename)
print txt.read()

print "Read the file again?"
file_again = raw_input("> ")
txt_again = open(file_again)
print txt_again.read()

Remember that you need to call the script from the command line and then list the things you want to show.

So for instance, if the script is called 'ex12.py', then you would type 'python ex12.py apples strawberries pears'.

The results will then be printed out as:

The script is called: ex12.py

Your first variable is: apples

Your second variable is: strawberries

Your third variable is: pears

Anyway, here is the script.

from sys import argv

script, first, second, third = argv

print "\n"

print "The script is called:", script
print "\n"
print "Your first variable is:", first
print "\n"
print "Your second variable is:", second
print "\n"
print "Your third variable is:", third

print "\n"

Simple script that calculates degrees Fahrenheit.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

x = float(raw_input("°C: "))

fahrenheit = x * 1.8 + 32

print "Fahrenheit: {0:.1f}°F".format (fahrenheit)

Truly there is some absolute rubbish on Netflix. Quite how this sci-fi drama got remade is probably solely down to the success of the writer George R.R. Martin and the Game Of Thrones series.

However, don't be fooled. This series is simply dreadful. No coherent plot, poor acting and characters that do not engage the viewer whatsoever.

So it seems that Halide, the makers of the camera app for iOS have something new launching this month as mentioned here. I wonder what they could be up to? There are already dozens of photo editing applications out there - my go to for RAW editing is Adobe's Lightroom. It would seem pointless to go up against that. Maybe it's not even photography related.

New album due on Friday following up Warning Score from 2016. Previews hint at a more atmospheric set of tracks than before. It will be available in a number of formats and you can buy it from Bleep.

Update

This is very good indeed. More atmospheric (and somehow more complete) than their debut album - not that I didn't like that. But this is a different beast altogether. Standouts for me are: Embers, Lyre, Aldergrove, Sunken Paths and Cast on a Clock Face.

Best thing I've heard so far this year.

I began using this app yesterday. It uses Location Services and GPS in order to track your movement. Great for hiking. It also gives you lots of other useful stats such as calories used and a map of your progress. You can read more about Strava here.