View source for User:Maze/coolscale.py

= Code=

<pre>
#! /usr/bin/env python
# dirty coolscale generator, yes this could be written in far less lines,
# care-- and lazy++ :)
#
# - maze

import sys

if len(sys.argv) != 2 or not sys.argv[1].isdigit():
    print >>sys.stderr, '%s <rows>' % (sys.argv[0],)

rows = int(sys.argv[1])
bit  = float(0xff) / float(rows)

print '{|'
for x in xrange(0, rows):
    if x > 0:
        c = 0xff - (bit * x)
    else:
        c = 0xff
    if x == 0:
        d = 0x00
    elif x < (rows - 1):
        d = 0x00 + (bit * x)
    else:
        d = 0xff
    if x:
        print '|-'
    print '|style="background:#%02X00%02X;color:#FFF"|..' % (c, d)
print '|}'
</pre>

= Example =

<pre>
maze@yourbox ~# python coolscale.py 42
</pre>

{|
|style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#F80006;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#F2000C;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#EC0012;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#E60018;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#E0001E;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#DA0024;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#D4002A;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#CE0030;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#C80036;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#C2003C;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#BC0042;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#B60048;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#B0004E;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#AA0055;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#A3005B;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#9D0061;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#970067;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#91006D;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#8B0073;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#850079;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#7F007F;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#790085;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#73008B;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#6D0091;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#670097;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#61009D;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#5B00A3;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#5500AA;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#4E00B0;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#4800B6;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#4200BC;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#3C00C2;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#3600C8;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#3000CE;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#2A00D4;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#2400DA;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#1E00E0;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#1800E6;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#1200EC;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#0C00F2;color:#FFF"|..
|-
|style="background:#0600FF;color:#FFF"|..
|}