CSC111 A Form Generator Program

--D. Thiebaut 08:54, 27 September 2011 (EDT)

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Exercise

Write a Python program that displays forms around names. The forms can be used to record information about candidates for a particular position, for example.

Below is an example of an interaction between the user and the finished program:

>>> ================================ RESTART ================================
>>> 

       +--------------------------------------+
       |formgen.py        | Date:             |
       |                  +-------------------+
       |                                      |
       +--------------------------------------+
       |                                      |
       |      AUTOMATIC FORM GENERATOR        |
       |                                      |
       |                                      |
       |                                      |
       +--------------------------------------+


Width of box?  40
Height of blank box? 4
How many names? 3
> Alice 
> Tintin et Milou
> Bugs Bunny






+--------------------------------------+
|Alice             | Date:             |
|                  +-------------------+
|                                      | 
+--------------------------------------+
|                                      |
|                                      |
|                                      |
|                                      | 
+--------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------------+
|Tintin et Milou   | Date:             |
|                  +-------------------+
|                                      |
+--------------------------------------+
|                                      |
|                                      |
|                                      |
|                                      | 
+--------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------------+
|Bugs Bunny        | Date:             |
|                  +-------------------+
|                                      | 
+--------------------------------------+
|                                      |
|                                      |
|                                      |
|                                      | 
+--------------------------------------+



>>>

Solution Program

# formgen.py
# D. Thiebaut
# generates a form with names of candidates
#
# the program first prompts the user
# for the width of the form, and the number
# of names for which forms will be generated
# Then the user enters the names and the program
# outputs the forms, one per name.
# The format of the form is shown in the body of
# the welcome() function.
#

def welcome():
    # displays welcome screen to user
    print( """
        +--------------------------------------+
        |formgen.py        | Date:             |
        |                  +-------------------+
        |                                      |
        +--------------------------------------+
        |                                      |
        |      AUTOMATIC FORM GENERATOR        |
        |                                      |
        |                                      |
        |                                      |
        +--------------------------------------+\n\n""" )

    
def main():
    welcome()
    
    # get data from the user
    totalWidth = eval( input( "Width of box? " ) )
    heightBox  = eval( input( "Height of blank box? " ) )
    noNames = eval( input( "How many names? " ) )
    names = []
    for i in range( noNames ):
        names.append( input( "> " ) )


    # compute various quantities
    bar        = "+" + '-' * (totalWidth-2 ) + '+'
    blank      = '|' + ' ' * (totalWidth-2 ) + '|'
    dateLine   = '| Date:             |'
    dateLine2  = '+-------------------+' 
    noSpacesB4 = totalWidth-len( dateLine )-1
    dateLine2  = '|'+' '*noSpacesB4 + dateLine2

    # space things out
    print( "\n\n\n\n\n" )

    # output the forms for each name
    for name in names:
        print( bar )
        totalNoSpaces  = totalWidth - 2 - len( name )
        noSpacesB4Date = totalNoSpaces +1 - len( dateLine )    
        
        print( '|' + name + ' '* noSpacesB4Date + dateLine )
        print( dateLine2 )
        print( blank )
        print( bar )
        # print blank box 
        for i in range( heightBox ):
            print( blank )
        print( bar )
        print()
        
    print()


main()