Adam wrote: > "Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "BOOGIEMAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:22:43 GMT, Adam wrote: > >> > >>> Please help me. > >>> How do you clear the screen and then display a number with an enlarged > >>> font > >>> size (about 300). > >>> Adam. > >> > >> To clear screen in windows : > >> > >> #at the beggining of the program > >> import os > >> > >> #when you want to clear the screen > >> os.system("cls") > > > > Thanks > > I'll try that. > > Adam. > > > Unfortunately that didn't work. > Here's what I'm trying to do. > We are running a numbers game at our retirement village and using a roulette > wheel to generate the numbers. but this wheel is only about 12 in diameter > and is little more than a toy. So we came up with the idea of using a random > number generator to generate numbers from 0 to 36 and display them in large > figures on my laptop. This is for the benefit of those people who are hard > of hearing. They like to see what is happening. > I was an RPG programmer before retirement but am new to Python. So I used > the following code to generate the numbers but I don't know how to display > them in large figures (about 3 ins high) or get rid of the idle text. > > from random import randint > rand = randint(0,36) > print rand > > my os = XP > Can you help? > Adam.
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