print digital rain in python

To print digital rain in the terminal using Python, we can take the following steps:

  1. Import the necessary libraries.
  2. Set up the terminal display using the os and colorama libraries.
  3. Generate a random sequence of characters for the raindrops and store it in a list.
  4. Create a loop that iteratively prints the raindrops in each column of the terminal.
  5. Add a delay between iterations using the time library.

Here is the Python code to print digital rain:

main.py
import os
import sys
import time
import random
import colorama

# set up the terminal display
colorama.init(autoreset=True)
os.system('cls' if os.name == 'nt' else 'clear')

# generate a random sequence of characters for the raindrops
rain_chars = ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
raindrops = []
for _ in range(80):
    drop = ''
    for _ in range(25):
        drop += random.choice(rain_chars)
    raindrops.append(drop)

# print the raindrops in each column of the terminal
while True:
    for i in range(len(raindrops)):
        # move cursor to the top of the column
        sys.stdout.write('\x1b[1;%dH' % i)
        # print the raindrop
        sys.stdout.write(random.choice(colorama.Back.GREEN + colorama.Back.BLUE + colorama.Back.YELLOW) + raindrops[i][0])
        # shift the raindrop down one position
        raindrops[i] = raindrops[i][1:] + random.choice(rain_chars)
    # add a delay between iterations
    time.sleep(0.1)
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This code will create a random sequence of characters for the raindrops, and display them in different colors in the terminal. The raindrops will move down slowly from the top to the bottom of the screen. You can change the speed or the style of the raindrops by tweaking different parameters in the code.

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