Unit VI: Graphics Programming: Drawing with turtle graphics:

Turtle is a special feathers of Python. Using Turtle, we can easily draw in a drawing
board.
First we import the turtle module. Then create a window, next we create turtle object
and using turtle method we can draw in the drawing board.

Some turtle method

METHOD PARAMETER DESCRIPTION

Turtle() None It creates and returns a new turtle object

forward() amount It moves the turtle forward by the specified amount

backward() amount It moves the turtle backward by the specified amount

right() angle It turns the turtle clockwise

left() angle It turns the turtle counter clockwise

penup() None It picks up the turtle’s Pen

pendown() None Puts down the turtle’s Pen

up() None Picks up the turtle’s Pen

down() None Puts down the turtle’s Pen

color() Color name Changes the color of the turtle’s pen

fillcolor() Color name Changes the color of the turtle will use to fill a polygon
heading() None It returns the current heading

position() None It returns the current position

goto() x, y It moves the turtle to position x,y

begin_fill() None Remember the starting point for a filled polygon

end_fill() None It closes the polygon and fills with the current fill color

dot() None Leaves the dot at the current position

stamp() None Leaves an impression of a turtle shape at the current location

shape() shapename Should be ‘arrow’, ‘classic’, ‘turtle’ or ‘circle’

Example code
# import turtle library

import turtle

my_window = turtle.Screen()

my_window.bgcolor("blue") # creates a graphics window

my_pen = turtle.Turtle()

my_pen.forward(150)

my_pen.left(90)

my_pen.forward(75)

my_pen.color("white")

my_pen.pensize(12)

Output
Draw a Square
Example code
# import turtle library

import turtle

my_pen = turtle.Turtle()

for i in range(4):

my_pen.forward(50)

my_pen.right(90)

turtle.done()

Output

Draw a star
Example code
# import turtle library

import turtle

my_pen = turtle.Turtle()

for i in range(50):

my_pen.forward(50)

my_pen.right(144)

turtle.done()

Output

Draw a Hexagon
Example code
# import turtle library

import turtle

polygon = turtle.Turtle()

my_num_sides = 6

my_side_length = 70

my_angle = 360.0 / my_num_sides

for i in range(my_num_sides):

polygon.forward(my_side_length)

polygon.right(my_angle)
turtle.done()

Output

Draw a square inside another square box.

Example code
# import turtle library

import turtle

my_wn = turtle.Screen()

my_wn.bgcolor("light blue")

my_wn.title("Turtle")

my_pen = turtle.Turtle()

my_pen.color("black")

def my_sqrfunc(size):

for i in range(4):

my_pen.fd(size)

my_pen.left(90)

size = size - 5

my_sqrfunc(146)

my_sqrfunc(126)

my_sqrfunc(106)
my_sqrfunc(86)

my_sqrfunc(66)

my_sqrfunc(46)

my_sqrfunc(26)

Output

Drawing of another pattern

Example code
# import turtle library

import turtle

my_wn = turtle.Screen()

turtle.speed(2)

for i in range(30):

turtle.circle(5*i)

turtle.circle(-5*i)

turtle.left(i)

turtle.exitonclick()

Output
Drawing of another pattern
Example code
# import turtle library

import turtle

colors = [ "red","purple","blue","green","orange","yellow"]

my_pen = turtle.Pen()

turtle.bgcolor("black")

for x in range(360):

my_pen.pencolor(colors[x % 6])
 my_pen.width(x/100 + 1)

my_pen.forward(x)

my_pen.left(59)

Output

Some useful links related to graphics (turtle):

https://docs.python.org/3/library/turtle.html

https://opentechschool.github.io/python-beginners/en/simple_drawing.html

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/turtle-programming-python/
 File Handling in python
Printing to the Screen
The simplest way to produce output is using the print statement where you can pass
zero or more expressions separated by commas. This function converts the
expressions you pass into a string and writes the result to standard output as follows −
Live Demo

#!/usr/bin/python

print "Python is really a great language,", "isn't it?"

This produces the following result on your standard screen −
Python is really a great language, isn't it?

Reading Keyboard Input

Python provides two built-in functions to read a line of text from standard input, which
by default comes from the keyboard. These functions are −

 raw_input
 input

The raw_input Function

The raw_input([prompt]) function reads one line from standard input and returns it as a
string (removing the trailing newline).
#!/usr/bin/python

str = raw_input("Enter your input: ")

print "Received input is : ", str
This prompts you to enter any string and it would display same string on the screen.
When I typed "Hello Python!", its output is like this −
Enter your input: Hello Python
Received input is : Hello Python

The input Function

The input([prompt]) function is equivalent to raw_input, except that it assumes the input
is a valid Python expression and returns the evaluated result to you.
#!/usr/bin/python

str = input("Enter your input: ")

print "Received input is : ", str
This would produce the following result against the entered input −
Enter your input: [x*5 for x in range(2,10,2)]
Recieved input is : [10, 20, 30, 40]

Opening and Closing Files

Until now, you have been reading and writing to the standard input and output. Now,
we will see how to use actual data files.
Python provides basic functions and methods necessary to manipulate files by default.
You can do most of the file manipulation using a file object.

The open Function

Before you can read or write a file, you have to open it using Python's built-
in open() function. This function creates a file object, which would be utilized to call
other support methods associated with it.
Syntax
file object = open(file_name [, access_mode][, buffering])
Here are parameter details −
 file_name − The file_name argument is a string value that contains the name of the file that
you want to access.
 access_mode − The access_mode determines the mode in which the file has to be
opened, i.e., read, write, append, etc. A complete list of possible values is given below in
the table. This is optional parameter and the default file access mode is read (r).
 buffering − If the buffering value is set to 0, no buffering takes place. If the buffering value is
1, line buffering is performed while accessing a file. If you specify the buffering value as an
integer greater than 1, then buffering action is performed with the indicated buffer size. If
negative, the buffer size is the system default(default behavior).
Here is a list of the different modes of opening a file −

Sr.No. Modes & Description

1
r
Opens a file for reading only. The file pointer is placed at the beginning of the file. This is the
default mode.
2
rb
Opens a file for reading only in binary format. The file pointer is placed at the beginning of
the file. This is the default mode.

3
r+
Opens a file for both reading and writing. The file pointer placed at the beginning of the file.

4
rb+
Opens a file for both reading and writing in binary format. The file pointer placed at the
beginning of the file.

5
w
Opens a file for writing only. Overwrites the file if the file exists. If the file does not exist,
creates a new file for writing.

6
wb
Opens a file for writing only in binary format. Overwrites the file if the file exists. If the file
does not exist, creates a new file for writing.

7
w+
Opens a file for both writing and reading. Overwrites the existing file if the file exists. If the
file does not exist, creates a new file for reading and writing.

8
wb+
Opens a file for both writing and reading in binary format. Overwrites the existing file if the
file exists. If the file does not exist, creates a new file for reading and writing.

9
a
Opens a file for appending. The file pointer is at the end of the file if the file exists. That is,
the file is in the append mode. If the file does not exist, it creates a new file for writing.

10
ab
Opens a file for appending in binary format. The file pointer is at the end of the file if the file
exists. That is, the file is in the append mode. If the file does not exist, it creates a new file
for writing.
11
a+
Opens a file for both appending and reading. The file pointer is at the end of the file if the file
exists. The file opens in the append mode. If the file does not exist, it creates a new file for
reading and writing.

12
ab+
Opens a file for both appending and reading in binary format. The file pointer is at the end of
the file if the file exists. The file opens in the append mode. If the file does not exist, it
creates a new file for reading and writing.

The file Object Attributes

Once a file is opened and you have one file object, you can get various information
related to that file.
Here is a list of all attributes related to file object −

Sr.No. Attribute & Description

1
file.closed
Returns true if file is closed, false otherwise.

2
file.mode
Returns access mode with which file was opened.

3
file.name
Returns name of the file.

4
file.softspace
Returns false if space explicitly required with print, true otherwise.

Example
Live Demo

#!/usr/bin/python

# Open a file
fo = open("foo.txt", "wb")
print "Name of the file: ", fo.name
print "Closed or not : ", fo.closed
print "Opening mode : ", fo.mode
print "Softspace flag : ", fo.softspace
This produces the following result −
Name of the file: foo.txt
Closed or not : False
Opening mode : wb
Softspace flag : 0

The close() Method

The close() method of a file object flushes any unwritten information and closes the file
object, after which no more writing can be done.
Python automatically closes a file when the reference object of a file is reassigned to
another file. It is a good practice to use the close() method to close a file.
Syntax
fileObject.close()

Example
Live Demo

#!/usr/bin/python

# Open a file
fo = open("foo.txt", "wb")
print "Name of the file: ", fo.name

# Close opend file

fo.close()
This produces the following result −
Name of the file: foo.txt

Reading and Writing Files

The file object provides a set of access methods to make our lives easier. We would
see how to use read() and write() methods to read and write files.

The write() Method

The write() method writes any string to an open file. It is important to note that Python
strings can have binary data and not just text.
The write() method does not add a newline character ('\n') to the end of the string −
Syntax
fileObject.write(string)
Here, passed parameter is the content to be written into the opened file.
Example
#!/usr/bin/python

# Open a file
fo = open("foo.txt", "wb")
fo.write( "Python is a great language.\nYeah its great!!\n")

# Close opend file

fo.close()
The above method would create foo.txt file and would write given content in that file
and finally it would close that file. If you would open this file, it would have following
content.
Python is a great language.
Yeah its great!!

The read() Method

The read() method reads a string from an open file. It is important to note that Python
strings can have binary data. apart from text data.
Syntax
fileObject.read([count])
Here, passed parameter is the number of bytes to be read from the opened file. This
method starts reading from the beginning of the file and if count is missing, then it tries
to read as much as possible, maybe until the end of file.
Example
Let's take a file foo.txt, which we created above.
#!/usr/bin/python

# Open a file
fo = open("foo.txt", "r+")
str = fo.read(10);
print "Read String is : ", str
# Close opend file
fo.close()
This produces the following result −
Read String is : Python is

File Positions
The tell() method tells you the current position within the file; in other words, the next
read or write will occur at that many bytes from the beginning of the file.
The seek(offset[, from]) method changes the current file position. The offset argument
indicates the number of bytes to be moved. The from argument specifies the reference
position from where the bytes are to be moved.
If from is set to 0, it means use the beginning of the file as the reference position and 1
means use the current position as the reference position and if it is set to 2 then the
end of the file would be taken as the reference position.
Example
Let us take a file foo.txt, which we created above.
#!/usr/bin/python

# Open a file
fo = open("foo.txt", "r+")
str = fo.read(10)
print "Read String is : ", str

# Check current position

position = fo.tell()
print "Current file position : ", position

# Reposition pointer at the beginning once again

position = fo.seek(0, 0);
str = fo.read(10)
print "Again read String is : ", str
# Close opend file
fo.close()
This produces the following result −
Read String is : Python is
Current file position : 10
Again read String is : Python is

Renaming and Deleting Files

Python os module provides methods that help you perform file-processing operations,
such as renaming and deleting files.
To use this module you need to import it first and then you can call any related
functions.
The rename() Method
The rename() method takes two arguments, the current filename and the new
filename.
Syntax
os.rename(current_file_name, new_file_name)

Example
Following is the example to rename an existing file test1.txt −
#!/usr/bin/python
import os

# Rename a file from test1.txt to test2.txt

os.rename( "test1.txt", "test2.txt" )

The remove() Method

You can use the remove() method to delete files by supplying the name of the file to be
deleted as the argument.
Syntax
os.remove(file_name)

Example
Following is the example to delete an existing file test2.txt −
#!/usr/bin/python
import os

# Delete file test2.txt

os.remove("text2.txt")

Directories in Python
All files are contained within various directories, and Python has no problem handling
these too. The os module has several methods that help you create, remove, and
change directories.

The mkdir() Method

You can use the mkdir() method of the os module to create directories in the current
directory. You need to supply an argument to this method which contains the name of
the directory to be created.
Syntax
os.mkdir("newdir")

Example
Following is the example to create a directory test in the current directory −
#!/usr/bin/python
import os

# Create a directory "test"

os.mkdir("test")

The chdir() Method

You can use the chdir() method to change the current directory. The chdir() method
takes an argument, which is the name of the directory that you want to make the
current directory.
Syntax
os.chdir("newdir")

Example
Following is the example to go into "/home/newdir" directory −
#!/usr/bin/python
import os

# Changing a directory to "/home/newdir"

os.chdir("/home/newdir")

The getcwd() Method

The getcwd() method displays the current working directory.
Syntax
os.getcwd()

Example
Following is the example to give current directory −
#!/usr/bin/python
import os

# This would give location of the current directory

os.getcwd()
The rmdir() Method
The rmdir() method deletes the directory, which is passed as an argument in the
method.
Before removing a directory, all the contents in it should be removed.
Syntax
os.rmdir('dirname')

Example
Following is the example to remove "/tmp/test" directory. It is required to give fully
qualified name of the directory, otherwise it would search for that directory in the
current directory.
#!/usr/bin/python
import os

# This would remove "/tmp/test" directory.

os.rmdir( "/tmp/test" )

some imp links for file handling:

https://www.javatpoint.com/python-files-io

https://www.guru99.com/reading-and-writing-files-in-python.html