[Tutor] Printing multi-line variables horizontally

[Joel Goldstick]

On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 4:50 AM, Greg Markham <greg.markham at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Python novice back again.  :)  I'm making progress in my learning process,
> but struggling whenever attempting to creatively go beyond what's required
> in the various chapter assignments.  For example, there's a simple random
> die roller program that looks like the following:
>
>
> # Craps Roller
> # Demonstrates random number generation
>
> import random
>
> # generate random numbers 1 - 6
> die1 = random.randint(1, 6)
> die2 = random.randrange(6) + 1
>
> total = die1 + die2
>
> print("You rolled a", die1, "and a", die2, "for a total of", total)
>
> input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
>
>
> I wanted to make it a little more interesting by using ascii art
> representations of the six die.  When printing, however, they do so
> vertically and not horizontally.  Here's a snippet of the code:
>
>
> die_1 = """
> .-----.
> |     |
> |  o  |
> |     |
> `-----'"""
>
> die_2 = """
> .-----.
> |o    |
> |     |
> |    o|
> `-----'"""
>
> print(die_1, die_2)
>
>
> So, how would I get this to display horizontally?
>
> Like so...
> .-----.   .-----.
> |     |   |o    |
> |  o  |   |     |
> |     |   |    o|
> `-----'   `-----'
>

This isn't so easy because as you print the first die, your cursor
ends up at the bottom of its display.

There is a module called curses which lets you  manipulate the
terminal.  It has functions to get the x,y position on the screen, and
to set it (i. e. move the cursor).  You might want to play with that.

If you want to get your feet wet with unicode, you could use the dice
characters (see: http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2600.pdf).

>>> dice_1 = '\u2680'
>>> print (dice_1)
⚀

>>> print (dice_1, dice_2)
⚀ ⚁

They are pretty small.

> Thanks,
>
> Greg
>
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