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<hppavilion[1]> le/rn Russell\'s Teapot//Russell\'s little Teapot / Short and stout / Orbits near Mars / Or thereabout. / If you see it / Let us know / If you don\'t / What does that show?
author HackBot
date Sat, 03 Jun 2017 08:14:52 +0000
parents 2b4df448ff87
children 8694b8aa2802
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#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
N = 350
name = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "/dev/stdin"
with open(name, "r") as f:
  data = ' \\ '.join(f.read().splitlines())
s = len(data)
mw = len(str(2*s/N))-1
mw += s > ((N-2)*9-18*mw+1)*((10**mw-1)/9)-mw
p=0
i=1
while (p<s):
  lw = N-mw-2-len(`i`)
  print data[p:p+lw]
  i+=1
  p+=lw