The most awesome arm printer.

README.md

Awesome Arms v1.0.0

Usage:

awesomearms <the number of lines of awesome arms>

Or:

awesomearms -v

Or:

awesomearms --version

Or:

awesomearms --help

If your want an animation:

awesomearms animate

Example:

awesomearms 5

...will output:

\           /
 \         /
  \       /
   \     /
    \   /
     \o/

awesomearms

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Awesome Arms v1.0.0

Usage: awesomearms <the number of lines of awesome arms>
Or: awesomearms -v
Or: awesomearms --version
Or: awesomearms --help

If your want an animation: awesomearms animate

Example:

awesomearms 5

\           /
 \         /
  \       /
   \     /
    \   /
     \o/
"""

import sys
import os
import time

def get_console_size():
    rows, columns = os.popen('stty size', 'r').read().split()
    
    rows = int(rows)
    columns = int(columns)
    
    return rows, columns

def print_arms(lines_, centered=False):
    columns = get_console_size()[1]
    
    offset = (columns - ((lines_) * 2)) / 2
    
    for i in xrange(lines_):
        print " " * (i + offset) + "\\" + " " * ((lines_ - i) * 2) + " /"
    
    print " " * (lines_ + offset) + "\o/"

def exit(code=1):
    print """Usage: awesomearms <the number of lines of awesome arms>
Or: awesomearms -v
Or: awesomearms --version

If your want an animation: awesomearms animate"""
    
    sys.exit(code)

if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print "Awesome Arms takes 1 arguments, not %d." % (len(sys.argv) - 1)
    print
    
    exit()

if sys.argv[1] in ["-v", "--version"]:
    print "You are speaking to Awesome Arms v1.0.0!"
    
    sys.exit()

if sys.argv[1] == "--help":
    exit(0)

if sys.argv[1] == "animate":
        lines = 0
        dir = 1
        
        while True:
            max_lines = get_console_size()[0]
            max_lines -= 2
            
            os.system("tput reset")
            
            if lines >= max_lines:
                dir = -1
                lines = max_lines
            
            if lines == 0:
                dir = 1
                lines = 0
            
            for i in xrange(max_lines - lines):
                print
            
            print_arms(lines, True)
            
            lines += dir
            
            time.sleep(0.1)
else:
    try:
        lines = int(sys.argv[1])
    except:
        print "Sorry, I do not understand \"%s\"." % sys.argv[1]
        print 
        
        exit()
    
    print_arms(lines)