# select a color and color the root window
 
from Tkinter import *
import tkColorChooser
 
#help('tkColorChooser')
 
root = Tk()
 
colorTuple = tkColorChooser.askcolor()
 
print colorTuple # for red = ((255, 0, 0), '#ff0000')
print colorTuple[1] # #ff0000
 
root.configure(bg=colorTuple[1])
 
root.mainloop()

# pipe the output of calendar.prmonth() to a string
 
import subprocess
 
code_str = \
"""
import calendar
calendar.prmonth(2006, 3)
"""
 
# save the code
filename = "mar2006.py"
fout = open(filename, "w")
fout.write(code_str)
fout.close()
 
# execute the code and pipe the result to a string
test = "python " + filename
process = subprocess.Popen(test, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
process.wait()
print process.returncode # 0 = success, optional check
# read the result to a string
month_str = process.stdout.read()
 
print month_str

# in English you print first as 1st, second as 2nd and so on
# create a list of suffixes for the days of the month (1 to 31)
# rather than typing 17 'th' for numbers 4 to 20 you can use 17*['th']
 
day_suffix = ['st', 'nd', 'rd'] + 17*['th'] + ['st', 'nd', 'rd'] + 7*['th'] + ['st']
print day_suffix
"""
result =
['st', 'nd', 'rd', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th',
'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'st', 'nd', 'rd', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'th', 'st']
"""
 
# now test it
for x in range(1, 32):
    print "%d%s" % (x, day_suffix[x-1])
 
"""
result =
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
...
30th
31st
"""

from Tkinter import *
 
root = Tk()
 
# reads only GIF and PGM/PPM images
# for additional formats use Image, ImageTk from PIL
# pick a GIF file you have in your working directory
imagefile = "Flowers.gif"
photo1 = PhotoImage(file=imagefile)
 
width1 = photo1.width()
height1 = photo1.height()
canvas1 = Canvas(width=width1, height=height1)
canvas1.create_image(width1/2.0, height1/2.0, image=photo1)
canvas1.pack()
root.mainloop()

# keep track of how many times a function has been accessed
# using a global variable, somewhat frowned upon
def counter1():
    global count
    # your regular code here
    count += 1
    return count
 
# test it
count = 0         # a global variable
print counter1()  # 1
print counter1()  # 2
print count       # 2  variable count has changed
print

# avoid the global variable and use the function namespace
def counter2():
    # your regular code here
    counter2.count += 1
    return counter2.count    
 
# test it
counter2.count = 0  # now count has counter2 namespace, notice the period
print counter2()    # 1
print counter2()    # 2
print

# program 1, code to generate a hashed password
# the result is a series of hexadecimal numbers
# it is saved to one text file, so you can
# copy and paste it to program2 from any editor
 
import md5
 
# pick a password you can remember
password = "gummy"
pw_hashed = md5.md5(password).hexdigest()
print pw_hashed  # just testing
fout = open("MyHashedPassword.txt", "w")
fout.write(pw_hashed)
fout.close()

# program2, copy hashed password from program1 and assign
# it to MYPASSWORDHASH as string, this is all user would see,
# if looking at your code
 
import md5
 
MYPASSWORDHASH = "c1944508a0d871c55b501624c36e0f68"
def get_password():
    # give it three tries
    for i in range(3):
        password = md5.md5(raw_input("Enter your password: "))
        password = password.hexdigest()
        if password == MYPASSWORDHASH:
            return True
    return False
 
def main():
    if get_password():
        print "Success"
        # do something here with rest of the program code
    else:
        print "Failure"
        # do something else here
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

str1 = "we willing women want warm winter woollies"
 
list1 = str1.split()
print list1  # ['we', 'willing', 'women', 'want', 'warm', 'winter', 'woollies']
 
list2 = [frag[:2] for frag in list1]
print list2  # ['we', 'wi', 'wo', 'wa', 'wa', 'wi', 'wo']
 
str2 = "".join(list2)
print str2  # wewiwowawawiwo
 
# combine all three statements
print "".join([frag[:2] for frag in str1.split()])

import random
import time
import calendar
 
def guess_number():
    # random integer 1 to 99
    n = random.randint(1, 99)
    #print n # test
 
    while True:
        print
        guess = int(raw_input("Enter an integer from 1 to 99: "))
        if guess < n:
            print "guess is low"
        elif guess > n:
            print "guess is high"
        else:
            print "you guessed it!"
        print
        break
 
def calendar_now():
    """show the calendar for the present month"""
    year_month = time.localtime()[:2]
    print
    calendar.prmonth(year_month[0], year_month[1])
    print
 
while True:
    print "-" * 30
    print " Menu"
    print "to guess a number enter n"
    print "for a monthly calendar enter m"
    # more ...
    print "to quit enter q"
    print "-" * 30
    # also convert any upper case choice to lower case
    choice = raw_input("enter your choice: ").lower()
    if choice == 'n':
        guess_number()
    elif choice == 'm':
        calendar_now()
    # more elif here ...
    elif choice == 'q':
        print
        print "thanks for using my program!"
        break
    else:
        print "enter the correct choice!"
    print

# check if a phrase is a palindrome
 
def isPalindrome(phrase):
    """
    take a phrase and convert to all lowercase letters
    if it matches the reverse spelling then it is a palindrome
    """
    phrase_letters = [c for c in phrase.lower() if c.isalpha()]
    print phrase_letters # test
    return (phrase_letters == phrase_letters[::-1])
 
 
#phrase = "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!"
phrase = "Madam in Eden I'm Adam"
if isPalindrome(phrase):
    print '"%s" is a palindrome' % phrase
else:
    print '"%s" is not a palindrome' % phrase

# load given picture from web page and save it
# (you have to be on the internet to do this)
 
import urllib2
import webbrowser
import os
 
# find yourself a picture on a web page you like
# (right click on the picture, look under properties and copy the address)
picture_page = "http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logo.gif"
 
#webbrowser.open(picture_page)  # test
 
# open the web page picture and read it into variable
opener1 = urllib2.build_opener()
page1 = opener1.open(picture_page)
my_picture = page1.read()
 
# open file for binary write and save picture
# picture_page[-4:] extracts extension eg. .gif
# (most image file extensions have three letters, otherwise modify)
filename = "my_image" + picture_page[-4:]
print filename  # test
fout = open(filename, "wb") 
fout.write(my_picture)
fout.close()
 
# was it saved correctly?
# test it out ...
webbrowser.open(filename)