Text Animations

There’s a remarkable amount you can do with some simple text and a little Python know-how. Combining what you’ve already learned, we can create some interesting animation effects from the command line.

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Let’s begin with some example code that will display a large countdown from ten, then clear the screen and display a message. The code itself is quite simple, but lengthy. You will need to start by importing the OS and Time modules, then start creating functions that display the numbers (see image below) and so on to 10. It’ll take some time, but it’s worth it in the end. Of course, you can always take a different approach and design the numbers yourself. The next step of the process is to initialise the code settings and start the countdown: And finally, we can add a display for the message: The code in its entirety can be viewed from within our Code Repository: https://pclpublications.com/exclusives, where you’re free to…

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