xgirlsycups.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# xgirlsycups.py - See http://xkcd.com/467/
#
# Usage: $ xgirlsycups.py [ROWS] [COLUMNS] > xgirlsycups.p
#        gnuplot> load 'xgirlsycups.p'
#
# Requirements: curl
#
# By Mansour Moufid <mmoufid@connect.carleton.ca>
#   The author hereby dedicates any and all copyright interest in this 
#   code to the public domain.

import sys, os
import string

def do_help():
        print "Usage: xgirlsycups.py [<ROWS> <COLUMNS>]"
        print "See http://xkcd.com/467/"
        sys.exit(0)

def main():

#	Argument handling

	if len(sys.argv) == 2:
		do_help()
	else:
		rows = 8
		columns = 8

#	The matrix

	matrix = [ [ 3,     375,    9,  0,  0,  0, 0, 0, ], \
	           [ 7,    7503, 2007, 10,  5,  3, 6, 2, ], \
	           [ 9, 1929000,  247,  7, 14, 13, 2, 1, ], \
	           [ 7,    6335,  394, 34,  3,  2, 6, 0, ], \
	           [ 3,    3513,   34,  0, 63,  0, 0, 0, ], \
	           [ 1,       9,    5,  3,  0,  0, 3, 0, ], \
	           [ 3,    1461,    1,  1,  1,  0, 0, 0, ], \
	           [ 2,      19,    4,  2,  0,  0, 0, 0, ], ]

	for i in range(rows):
		for j in range(columns):
			try:
				pout, pin = os.popen2( "curl -s -A \"Mozilla/4.0\" \"http://www.google.ca/search?&q=\\\"" + str(i) + "+girl" + (i!=1)*"s" + "+" + str(j) + "+cup" + (j!=1)*"s" + "\\\"\" | tr ['<'] ['\\n'] | grep -a -A 5 \"Results\" | tail -1 | awk -F '>' '{print $2}' | tr -d [',']" )
			except IOError:
				sys.exit(1)
			try:
				matrix[i][j] = int( pin.read() )
			except ValueError:
				matrix[i][j] = 0
			pout.close()
			pin.close()

#	Generate Gnuplot script

	print "set terminal png nocrop enhanced font \"/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraBd.ttf\" 12 size 640,480"
	print "set output 'xgirlsycups.png'"
	print
	print "set title \"GOOGLE RESULTS FOR '<X> GIRLS <Y> CUPS'\""
	print "set xlabel \"CUPS\""
	print "set ylabel \"GIRLS\""
	print
	print "unset key"
	print "set tic scale 0"
	print "set palette model RGB defined (0 \"dark-red\", 50 \"dark-orange\", 75 \"orange\", 95 \"yellow\", 100 \"white\")"
	print "set cbrange [0:100]"
	print "unset cblabel"
	print "unset cbtics"
	print
	print "set xrange [-0.5:" + str(rows)    + ".5]"
	print "set yrange [-0.5:" + str(columns) + ".5]"
	print
	print "set view map"
	print "splot '-' matrix with image"

	for i in range(rows):
		for j in range(columns):
			sys.stdout.write("%i " % matrix[i][j])
		sys.stdout.write("\n")

	print "e"
	print "e"

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()