Add online materials.

automate_online-materials/allMyCats1.py

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+print('Enter the name of cat 1:')
+catName1 = input()
+print('Enter the name of cat 2:')
+catName2 = input()
+print('Enter the name of cat 3:')
+catName3 = input()
+print('Enter the name of cat 4:')
+catName4 = input()
+print('Enter the name of cat 5:')
+catName5 = input()
+print('Enter the name of cat 6:')
+catName6 = input()
+print('The cat names are:')
+print(catName1 + ' ' + catName2 + ' ' + catName3 + ' ' + catName4 + ' ' + catName5 + ' ' + catName6)

automate_online-materials/allMyCats2.py

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+catNames = []
+while True:
+    print('Enter the name of cat ' + str(len(catNames) + 1) + ' (Or enter nothing to stop.):')
+    name = input()
+    if name == '':
+        break
+    catNames = catNames + [name]  # list concatenation
+print('The cat names are:')
+for name in catNames:
+    print('  ' + name)

automate_online-materials/backupToZip.py

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+#! python3
+# backupToZip.py
+# Copies an entire folder and its contents into
+# a zip file whose filename increments.
+
+import zipfile, os
+
+def backupToZip(folder):
+    # Backup the entire contents of "folder" into a zip file.
+
+    folder = os.path.abspath(folder) # make sure folder is absolute
+
+    # Figure out the filename this code should used based on 
+    # what files already exist.
+    number = 1
+    while True:
+        zipFilename = os.path.basename(folder) + '_' + str(number) + '.zip'
+        if not os.path.exists(zipFilename):
+            break
+        number = number + 1
+
+    # Create the zip file.
+    print('Creating %s...' % (zipFilename))
+    backupZip = zipfile.ZipFile(zipFilename, 'w')
+
+    # Walk the entire folder tree and compress the files in each folder.
+    for foldername, subfolders, filenames in os.walk(folder):
+        print('Adding files in %s...' % (foldername))
+        # Add the current folder to the ZIP file.
+        backupZip.write(foldername)
+
+        # Add all the files in this folder to the ZIP file.
+        for filename in filenames:
+            if filename.startswith(os.path.basename(folder) + '_') and filename.endswith('.zip'):
+                continue # don't backup the backup ZIP files
+            backupZip.write(os.path.join(foldername, filename))
+    backupZip.close()
+    print('Done.')
+
+
+backupToZip('C:\\delicious')

automate_online-materials/birthdays.py

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+birthdays = {'Alice': 'Apr 1', 'Bob': 'Dec 12', 'Carol': 'Mar 4'}
+
+while True:
+    print('Enter a name: (blank to quit)')
+    name = input()
+    if name == '':
+        break
+
+    if name in birthdays:
+        print(birthdays[name] + ' is the birthday of ' + name)
+    else:
+        print('I do not have birthday information for ' + name)
+        print('What is their birthday?')
+        bday = input()
+        birthdays[name] = bday
+        print('Birthday database updated.')

automate_online-materials/boxPrint.py

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+def boxPrint(symbol, width, height):
+    if len(symbol) != 1:
+        raise Exception('Symbol must be a single character string.')
+    if width <= 2:
+        raise Exception('Width must be greater than 2.')
+    if height <= 2:
+        raise Exception('Height must be greater than 2.')
+
+    print(symbol * width)
+    for i in range(height - 2):
+        print(symbol + (' ' * (width - 2)) + symbol)
+    print(symbol * width)
+
+for sym, w, h in (('*', 4, 4), ('O', 20, 5), ('x', 1, 3), ('ZZ', 3, 3)):
+    try:
+        boxPrint(sym, w, h)
+    except Exception as err:
+        print('An exception happened: ' + str(err))

automate_online-materials/buggyAddingProgram.py

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+print('Enter the first number to add:')
+first = input()
+print('Enter the second number to add:')
+second = input()
+print('Enter the third number to add:')
+third = input()
+print('The sum is ' + first + second + third)

automate_online-materials/bulletPointAdder.py

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+#! python3
+# Adds Wikipedia bullet points to the start
+# of each line of text on the clipboard.
+
+import pyperclip
+text = pyperclip.paste()
+
+#Separate lines and add stars.
+lines = text.split('\n')
+for i in range(len(lines)): # loop through all indexes for "lines" list
+    lines[i] = '* ' + lines[i] # add star to each string in "lines" list
+text = '\n'.join(lines)
+pyperclip.copy(text)

automate_online-materials/calcProd.py

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+import time
+startTime = time.time()
+# Calculate the product of the first 100,000 numbers.
+product = 1
+for i in range(1, 100000):
+    product = product * i
+endTime = time.time()
+print('The result is %s digits long.' % (len(str(product))))
+print('Took %s seconds to calculate.' % (endTime - startTime))

automate_online-materials/catnapping.py

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+print('''Dear Alice,
+
+Eve's cat has been arrested for catnapping, cat burglary, and extortion.
+
+Sincerely,
+Bob''')