Added scattertext project

snowtext/README.md

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+# snowtext
+
+A python 3 module that prints scattered asterisks in place of spaces of a text that is divided into equal lines of custom length.
+Text symbol or string can be set, default is asterisk (`*`).

snowtext/run.py

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+# Author: Daniela Grothe
+# GitHub: https://github.com/DGrothe-PhD
+
+from snowtext import Scatter
+
+textsample = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequat. Quis aute iure reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint obcaecat cupiditat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."
+
+blindtext = Scatter(textsample)
+blindtext.TextCarpet(50)
+blindtext.scatter()

snowtext/snowtext.py

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+# Author: Daniela Grothe
+# GitHub: https://github.com/DGrothe-PhD
+
+# Replace blanks in a text with an asterisk, replace words of the text with blanks
+# to create a (pseudo-)random snow pattern
+
+class Scatter:
+	__piece = ["*"]
+	__textsample = ""
+	__lineslist = []
+	def __init__(self, tx):
+		self.__textsample = tx
+	def SetTextSample(self, tx):
+		self.__textsample = tx
+
+	#choose your own symbol or string to be scattered
+	def SetPrintableObject(self, p):
+		self.__piece.append(p)
+	def ClearPrintableObjects(self):
+		self.__piece = []
+
+	# Split (roughly all of) the text in portions (lines) of linelength (integer) characters
+	# note: TextCarpet ignores the last len(text) modulo linelength characters.
+	# For splitting readable text, use SplitToShort instead.
+	def TextCarpet(self, linelength):
+		self.__lineslist = []
+		for i in range(0,len(self.__textsample)//linelength):
+			self.__lineslist.append(self.__textsample[i*linelength:(i+1)*linelength])
+
+	def SplitToShort(self, tx, linelength):
+		self.__lineslist = []
+		for i in range(0,len(__textsample)//linelength):
+			self.__lineslist.append(self.__textsample[i*linelength:(i+1)*linelength])
+		self.__lineslist.append(self.__textsample[(i+1)*linelength+1:len(tx)])
+		return self.__lineslist
+	# 
+	def scatter(self):
+		foo = []
+		i=0
+		if len(self.__lineslist)<2:
+			pass#return "Too low number of lines or text too short."
+		for x in self.__lineslist:
+			if i<100: # don't generate too large output
+				buf= x.split()
+				a = ""
+				k = len(self.__piece)
+				for j in range(0,len(buf)):
+					a+= (" "*len(buf[j]))
+					a+=self.__piece[j%k]
+				foo.append(a)
+			i+=1
+		print("\n".join(foo))