bingo.py

import random
'''
generates a pdf with a bunch of randomized bingo cards using entries from bingo.txt
Having issues getting formatting to work exactly how I want, though,
and, of course, it'd be a lot more useful if it could run on windows without
depending on latex and tikz and everything else... >_<

making it a webapp would be nice, but that sounds like a lot of work. :P
'''

gamestream = open('bingo.txt', 'r')
gametitle=gamestream.readline()
events=gamestream.readlines()

pages=5 ## pages to print

print r'\documentclass[10pt, letterpaper]{article}'
print r'\usepackage{tikz}'
print r'\usepackage{fullpage}'

print r'\begin{document}'
print r'\pagestyle{empty}'
print r'\begin{center}'

for i in range(pages):
    random.shuffle(events)
    fields=events[0:12]+[r'YOU\\ SHOWED\\ UP']+events[12:24]

    print r'\Huge %(title)s \normalsize' % {'title': gametitle}
    print r''
    print r'\bigskip'
    print r''
    print r'\begin{tikzpicture}'
    print r'[bsquare/.style={rectangle,draw,minimum size=1.25in,text width=1.0in}]'

    for x in xrange(5):
        for y in xrange(5):
            print '\\node [bsquare] at (%(x)2f in,%(y)2f in)  {%(event)s };' % \
                {'x':x*1.25,'y':y*1.25,'event': fields[5*x+y]}

    print r'\end{tikzpicture}'
    print ''
    print r'\pagebreak'
    print ''

print r'\end{center}'
print r'\end{document}'