colouring strings

[newbieAuggie2019]

I didn't change the links. :)

Oh, dear! I must have gone completely bonkers by now ...

Here it is. Windows 10 Command Prompt:

https://prnt.sc/p7pc9d

Thanks again!

Finally, I managed to do it too!

By the way, I tried to use f-strings in the following little program (in the end, I commented those two lines out after so many trials and errors: invalid syntax, can't assign to literal ... ). The program works, but I wanted to apply f-strings to the coding. What am I doing wrong?:

# strings_compared_EXTRA_01.py
#

import sys
from termcolor import colored, cprint

# str1 = "dangerous", "RED", attrs=["bold", "underline"]
# cprint(f'\nThis is  {str1} ... for my mental health!\n\n')

cprint('\nThis is ', end='')
cprint('dangerous', 'green', attrs=['bold', 'underline'], end='')
cprint('... for my mental health!', end='\n\n')

It works, but I wanted to make it better:

I've been trying to work with more complex strings, like quotations:

# compare_complex_strings_04_for_cmder_FINAL.py
#

import sys
from termcolor import colored, cprint

name = "\u001b[33;1m\u001b[46;1m\u001b[1mAlbert Einstein\u001b[0m"
age = 76
quote1 = '\u001b[44;1m\u001b[1m\u001b[1m\u201cImagination is more important than knowledge.   \n\
Knowledge is limited.                            \n\
Imagination encircles the world.\u201d                \u001b[0m'
quote2 = '\u001b[44;1m\u001b[1m\u001b[1m\u201cTry not to become a man of success,             \n\
but rather try to become a man of value.\u201d        \u001b[0m'
quote3 = '\u001b[44;1m\u001b[1m\u001b[1m\u201cThe important thing is to not stop questioning. \n\
Curiosity has its own reason for existing.\u201d      \u001b[0m'


print("\n\n\u001b[4m\u001b[35;1mThis is printing strings with f-formatting:\u001b[0m")
print(f"""
{name} \u001b[32;1mwas a very famous scientist of the 20th century.
He was {age} when he died in 1955.

Many quotes have been attributed to him, for instance:\u001b[0m

{quote1}

\u001b[32;1mThis one also:\u001b[0m

{quote2}

\u001b[32;1mAnd even this one:\u001b[0m

{quote3}
""")

producing the following output:


Even with Chinese characters and the pronunciation indicated in pinyin:

# compare_complex_strings_03_for_cmder_FINAL.py
#


import timeit
import datetime
import sys
from termcolor import colored, cprint

name = "\u001b[33;1m\u001b[46;1m\u001b[1mJackie Chan\u001b[0m"
age = 65
famous_Chinese_proverb = "\u001b[44;1m\u001b[1m\u001b[1m\u201cA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.\u201d \n"
Chinese = "\u001b[44;1m\u001b[1m\u001b[1m(Chinese: 千里之行，始於足下).                             \u001b[0m\n\
                     "
pinyin = "\u001b[44;1m\u001b[1m\u001b[1m(pinyin: Qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐyú zú xià).                   \u001b[0m\n\
                                             "
literally = "\u001b[44;1m\u001b[1m\u001b[1m(literally: \u201cA journey of a thousand Chinese               \n\
miles (li) starts beneath one\'s feet\u201d).                    \u001b[0m\n"
birthday_str = '1954/04/07' # Birthday: 7 of April, 1954.
year, month, day = (int(x) for x in birthday_str.split('/'))
ans = datetime.date(year, month, day)
birthday = ans.strftime("%A %d of %B, %Y")

print("\n\n\u001b[4m\u001b[35;1mThis is printing strings with f-formatting:\u001b[0m")
print(f"""
\u001b[32;1mA famous Chinese proverb says:\u001b[0m\n\n\
{famous_Chinese_proverb}
{Chinese}
{pinyin}                  
{literally}\u001b[0m\n 

{name}\u001b[32;1m is a well-known Chinese actor.
Next year he is {age+1} years old.\n 
He was born on {birthday}.\u001b[0m
""")

producing the following output:

Well, I find it too bothersome for what I think it's not a complicated output, and the attribute of 'italic' seems to be impossible in a computer running on a Windows operating system.

All the best,