Week 1 Homework for Salim

Students/salim/draw_box.py

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+def print_grid(size, boxes):
+
+    # adjust wrong inputs
+    size, boxes = adjust_inputs(size, boxes)
+
+    # rows of grid
+    row_count = 0
+    for i in range(size):
+
+        # if row is a solid line
+        if row_count % (size / boxes) == 0:
+
+            print_row(width=size, row_type='solid', boxes=boxes)
+
+        # if row is a non-solid line
+        else:
+
+            print_row(width=size, row_type='non-solid', boxes=boxes)
+
+        # increment row_count
+        row_count += 1
+
+
+def print_row(width, row_type, boxes):
+
+    # set row type
+    if row_type == 'solid':
+        outside = '+'
+        inside = '-'
+    elif row_type == 'non-solid':
+        outside = '|'
+        inside = ' '
+
+    # columns of row
+    col_count = 0
+    for ii in range(width):
+
+        # if middle of row
+        if col_count < (width - 1):
+
+            if col_count % (width / boxes) == 0:
+                print outside,   # include commas to keep text on same line
+            else:
+                print inside,   # include commas to keep text on same line
+
+        # if end of row
+        else:
+
+            if col_count % (width / boxes) == 0 or boxes == 1:
+                print outside
+            else:
+                print inside
+
+        # increment col_count
+        col_count += 1
+
+
+def adjust_inputs(size, boxes):
+
+    # if size input is even, change to next biggest odd number
+    if size % 2 == 0:
+        size_result = size + 1
+    else:
+        size_result = size
+
+    # min of boxes value 1 and boxes value not greater than size_result
+    if boxes <= 1:
+        boxes_result = 1
+    elif boxes > size_result:
+        boxes_result = size_result
+    else:
+        boxes_result = boxes
+
+    return size_result, boxes_result