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Prints a square with a colour determined by a given longitude number. | |||
Things to do next: | |||
* Find a more sophisticated way to manipulate the numbers into something interesting | |||
* Plug into live longitude data online | |||
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import re | import re | ||
longitude = str(002.9999) # must be a string for regex to work | longitude = str(002.9999) # must be a string for regex to work | ||
longint = re.sub("\.", "", longitude) # removes decimal point, leaving | longint = re.sub("\.", "", longitude) # removes decimal point, leaving 5 digit number | ||
hexcode = "#0" + longint # adds a digit, making a hex colour code | |||
hexcode = "#0" + longint | |||
print "Content-Type: text/html" | print "Content-Type: text/html" | ||
Latest revision as of 14:22, 30 November 2011
Prints a square with a colour determined by a given longitude number.
Things to do next:
- Find a more sophisticated way to manipulate the numbers into something interesting
- Plug into live longitude data online
#!/usr/bin/python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-
# first stab at turning a longitude position into a hexadecimal colour, using lorem longitude no.
# numbers actually need some manipulation so that colour differences are visible - split them?
import re
longitude = str(002.9999) # must be a string for regex to work
longint = re.sub("\.", "", longitude) # removes decimal point, leaving 5 digit number
hexcode = "#0" + longint # adds a digit, making a hex colour code
print "Content-Type: text/html"
print
print """
<html>
<body>
<div style="width: 300px; height: 300px; background-color: """ + hexcode + """;">
<p>""" + hexcode + """</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>"""