still still working on sys.argv

colourTest.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+print(type(input('? ')))

pyMatrix.py

@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 import time
 import os
 
+colour = 92
+interval = 0.052
+spaceFreq = 0.8
+charRange = (32,126)
+
+colours = {
+    'light grey'	:'89',
+    'grey'		    :'90',
+    'red' 		    :'91',
+    'green'		    :'92',
+    'yellow'	    :'93',
+    'blue'		    :'94',
+    'pink'		    :'95',
+    'light blue'	:'96',
+    'white'		    :'97'
+}
+
 usage = '''Usage:
     -f '<filepath>' Read parameters from <filepath> (not currently implemented).
     -p 				Prompts for parameters.
@@ -22,16 +39,15 @@
         if arguments[i] == '-h':
             print(usage)
 
-        if arguments[i] == '-p':
+        elif arguments[i] == '-p':
             while not colourValid:
                 try:
-                    colour = raw_input('What colour would you like? (light grey, grey, red, green, blue, light blue, pink, white, or a colour escape code.) ').lower()
+                    colour = input('What colour would you like? (light grey, grey, red, green, blue, light blue, pink, white, or a colour escape code.) ').lower()
                     if type(colour) == 'str':
                     	colour = colours[colour]
 
                     elif type(colour) == 'int':
                     	colour = int(colour)
-
 
                     colourValid = True
 
@@ -40,60 +56,73 @@
 
             while not intervalValid:
                 try:
-                    interval = float(raw_input('What would you like the interval between lines to be? (seconds) (suggested: 0.052)'))
+                    interval = float(input('What would you like the interval between lines to be? (seconds) (suggested: 0.052)'))
                     intervalValid = True
 
                 except TypeError:
                     print('The interval must be a decimal number.')
 
             while not spaceFreqValid:
                 try:
-                    spaceFreq = float(raw_input('What would you like the of spaces to be? (suggested: 0.8) '))
+                    spaceFreq = float(input('What would you like the of spaces to be? (suggested: 0.8) '))
                     spaceFreqValid = True
-
+
+                except TypeError:
+                	print('The frequency must be a decimal number')
+
+                    while not charRangeValid:
+                try:
+                    charRange = tuple(input('What would characters would you like to include? (all basic ASCII characters are (32,126))'))
+                    charRangeValid = True
+
                 except TypeError:
-                	print('The frequency must be a decimal number')#
-
-            while not charRangeValid:
-            	try:
-            		charRange = tuple(raw_input('What would characters would you like to include? (all basic ASCII characters are (32,126))'))
-            		charRangeValid = True
-
-            	except TypeError:
             		print('The character range should be to ASCII values, in a tuple')
-
-        if arguments[i] == '-c'
-
-
-colour = 92
-interval = 0.052
-spaceFreq = 0.8
-charRange = (32,126)
-
-colours = {
-    'light grey'	:'89',
-    'grey'		    :'90',
-    'red' 		    :'91',
-    'green'		    :'92',
-    'yellow'	    :'93',
-    'blue'		    :'94',
-    'pink'		    :'95',
-    'light blue'	:'96',
-    'white'		    :'97'
-}
+
+        elif arguments[i] == '-c':
+            colour = arguments[i + 1]
+            del arguments[i + 1]
+
+            try:
+                int(colour)
+
+            except ValueError:
+                try:
+                    colour = colours[colour]
+
+                except KeyError:
+                    print('Not ')
+
+            colourValid = True
+
+            except KeyError:
+                print('Not a valid colour.')
+
+        elif arguments[i] == '-i':
+            interval = arguments[i + 1]
+            del arguments[i + 1]
+
+        elif arguments[i] == '-s':
+            spaceFreq = arguments[i + 1]
+            del arguments[i + 1]
+
+        elif arguments[i]
+
 
 os.popen('clear')
 
 while True:
 	width = os.popen('stty size').read().split(' ')[1]
 	line = ""
+
 	for i in range(int(width)):
 		temp = random.randint(charRange)
 		line = line + str(chr(temp))
+
 	for i in range(int(int(width)/spaceFreq)):
 		point = random.randint(0,int(width)-1)
 		line = list(line)
 		line[point] = ' '
 		line = ''.join(line)
+
 	print("\033[" + str(colour) + 'm' + str(line) + "\033[0m")
 	time.sleep(interval)