generate_grid.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright (c) 2008-11 Qtrac Ltd. All rights reserved.
# This program or module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
# by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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# purposes and is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# General Public License for more details.

import random


def get_int(msg, minimum, default):
    while True:
        try:
            line = input(msg)
            if not line and default is not None:
                return default
            i = int(line)
            if i < minimum:
                print("must be >=", minimum)
            else:
                return i
        except ValueError as err:
            print(err)


rows = get_int("rows: ", 1, None)
columns = get_int("columns: ", 1, None)
minimum = get_int("minimum (or Enter for 0): ", -1000000, 0)

default = 1000
if default < minimum:
    default = 2 * minimum
maximum = get_int("maximum (or Enter for " + str(default) + "): ",
                  minimum, default)

row = 0
while row < rows:
    line = ""
    column = 0
    while column < columns:
        i = random.randint(minimum, maximum)
        s = str(i)
        while len(s) < 10:
            s = " " + s
        line += s
        column += 1
    print(line)
    row += 1