ski-ramp.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# ski-ramp - print out the strings provided in a ski-ramp.
#
# Copyright (C) 2015 Michael Davies <michael@the-davies.net>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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#
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import argparse
import sys


def build_ski_ramp(strs, reverse=False):
    strs.sort(key=len, reverse=reverse)
    return '\n'.join(x for x in strs)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument("--descending",
                        help="print out the ski-ramp in descending order",
                        action='store_true', default=False)
    parser.add_argument("--skiier",
                        help="adds a skiier",
                        action='store_true', default=False)
    args, rest = parser.parse_known_args(sys.argv)
    if args.skiier:
        print("     _   ")
        print("  __(_)  ")
        print(" / / /\  ")
        print("/  `\\\\ | ")
        print("  \\\// | ")
        print("   \\\\   ")
        print("    \\\\  ")
    print build_ski_ramp(rest[1:], args.descending)