Exercise 09-42:

Modify Program 9.20 so that it uses the name of the image to be generated from the command line.

Answer:

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# Python From Scratch
# Author: Nilo Ney Coutinho Menezes
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# File: chapter 09/exercise-09-42.py.py
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import sys

# Check if filename was provided as argument
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print("Usage: python exercise-09-42.py filename.bmp")
    sys.exit(1)

filename = sys.argv[1]


def bytes_little_endian(number, nbytes=4, signed=False):
    """Converts an integer to a sequence of bytes using little endian encoding.
    If signed is passed, reserves a bit to represent the sign."""
    return number.to_bytes(nbytes, "little", signed=signed)


def padding(value, size=4):
    """Calculates the next multiple for size"""
    if remainder := value % size:
        return value + size - remainder
    return value


# Letter to color conversion table
# in RGB format (red, green, blue)
# Each color can range from 0 to 255.
letter_to_color = {
    " ": (0, 0, 0),  # black
    "r": (255, 0, 0),  # red
    "g": (0, 255, 0),  # green
    "b": (0, 0, 255),  # blue
}
# Drawing that we will transform into an image
drawing = [
    "  rrrr r r bbbbb b    b   ggggg   g    g  r",
    "  r  r r r   b   b    b  g     g  gg   g  r",
    "  r  r r r   b   b    b  g r r g  g g  g  r",
    "  rrr   r    b   bbbbbb  g     g  g  g g  r",
    "  r     r    b   b    b  gr b rg  g  g g   ",
    "  r     r    b   b    b  g rrr g  g   gg  r",
    "  r     r    b   b    b   ggggg   g    g  r",
]
# Point multiplier
# Each point will be copied multiplier times in the image
# If equal to 4, each point generates a 4x4 point block
multiplier = 32

# Check if all lines have the same size
drawing_width = len(drawing[0])

for line, z in enumerate(drawing):
    if len(z) != drawing_width:
        raise ValueError(
            f"Lines must have the same size. Line with different width: {line} instead of {len(z)}"
        )

# Calculate data based on multiplier
expanded_drawing = []
for line in drawing:
    new_line = []
    for letter in line:
        new_line.append(letter * multiplier)
    for _ in range(multiplier):
        expanded_drawing.append("".join(new_line))


width = len(expanded_drawing[0])  # Number of columns in the image
height = len(expanded_drawing)  # Number of lines in the image

# Check if letters represent colors
binary_data = []
for line in expanded_drawing:
    binary_line = []
    for character in line:
        # Invert byte order for BMP RGB format
        binary_line.append(bytes(letter_to_color[character][::-1]))
    binary_data.append(b"".join(binary_line))

# Add padding
width_bytes = width * 3
width_with_padding = padding(width_bytes)
if width_bytes != width_with_padding:
    for p, d in enumerate(binary_data):
        binary_data[p] = b"".join(
            [binary_data[p], bytes(width_with_padding - width_bytes)]
        )

# Calculate image size in bytes with padding
size = padding(width * 3) * height

bmp_header = [
    b"BM",  # Identifier
    bytes_little_endian(54 + size),  # Image size in bytes
    bytes(4),  # 4 bytes 0x00
    bytes_little_endian(54),  # Header size
]

dib_header = [
    bytes_little_endian(40),  # DIB header size
    bytes_little_endian(width),
    bytes_little_endian(
        -height, signed=True
    ),  # Negative height to build image from top to bottom
    bytes_little_endian(1, 2),  # Color planes
    bytes_little_endian(24, 2),  # Bits per pixel
    bytes_little_endian(0),  # No compression
    bytes_little_endian(size),
    bytes_little_endian(2835),  # ceil(72 dpi x 39.3701 in/m) horizontal
    bytes_little_endian(2835),  # ceil(72 dpi x 39.3701 in/m) vertical
    bytes_little_endian(0),  # Number of colors in palette
    bytes_little_endian(0),  # Important colors
]

bmp_header_binary = b"".join(bmp_header)
dib_header_binary = b"".join(dib_header)
binary_data = b"".join(binary_data)

# Verify binary header sizes
assert len(bmp_header_binary) == 14
assert len(dib_header_binary) == 40
assert len(binary_data) == size

# Write the image
with open(filename, "wb") as f:
    f.write(bmp_header_binary)
    f.write(dib_header_binary)
    f.write(binary_data)

print(f"File {filename} generated. {width=} x {height=} {size=} bytes")
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