somewhat fancy printing

matrix.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from sys import stdin, stdout, exit
from math import floor
from random import randint, choice
from time import sleep

def randChar():
	return unichr(65382 + randint(0, 55))

totalFrames, frameTime = 80, 0.05
lines = stdin.readlines()
if len(lines) == 0:
	exit(0)
totalLineTime = totalFrames / len(lines)
resolveDelay = int(floor(totalLineTime * 0.3))
lineTime = totalLineTime - resolveDelay

for lineRaw in lines:
	line = lineRaw.replace("\n", "").replace("\t", "        ")
	if len(line) == 0:
		stdout.write("\n")
		stdout.flush()
		continue

	charTime = lineTime / len(line)
	state, left = [False] * len(line), range(0, len(line))

	for i in range(0, resolveDelay):
		stdout.write("\r")
		for j in range(0, len(line)):
			stdout.write(randChar())
		stdout.flush()
		sleep(frameTime)

	timeToChar = charTime
	while len(left) > 0:
		if timeToChar == 0:
			ind = choice(left)
			left.remove(ind)
			state[ind] = True
			timeToChar = charTime
		else:
			timeToChar -= 1
		stdout.write("\r")
		for i in range(0, len(line)):
			if state[i]:
				stdout.write(line[i])
			else:
				stdout.write(randChar())
		stdout.flush()
		sleep(frameTime)

	stdout.write("\n")
	stdout.flush()