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def makeNewsTickerTape(dir):
news1, news2, news3 = getNews()
makeTickerTape(news1, news2, news3, dir)

def makeTickerTape(str1, str2, str3, dir):
for frame in range(100,200):
canvas: makePicture(getMediaPath("640x480.jpg")
addText(canvas, 600-((frame-99)3), 100, str1)
addText(canvas, 600-((frame-99)3), 200, str2)
addText(canvas, 600-((frame-99)3), 300, str3)

import urllib

def getNews():

newsWebpage = "http://news.com.com"
#Location for output text file (change)
outputFileLocation = r"C:\\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\JES\\TopNewsStories.txt"

#The actual grabbing of the webpage and storing its information in info
info = grabWebpage(newsWeb)
#The finding of information on the Yahoo webpage
breakdownTopStories(info, outputFileLocation)


def grabWebpage(webpageLocation):
webpageConnection = urllib.urlopen(webpageLocation)
webpageInfo = webpageConnection.read()
webpageConnection.close()
return webpageInfo

def breakdownTopStories(htmlInfo, outputFileLocation):

#Opens the output file and prepares it from w-riting t-ext
outputFile = open(outputFileLocation, "wt")

#What we will want to find to get everyting started.
startPhrase = '
  • Senate passes scaled-back copyright measure  #What we will want to find the location of in order to stop the while loop.
    stopPhrase = '
  • Store trots out Treo Monday, November 22, 2004


    • #Finding our starting and stopping point.
    #Starting point is stored in index becuase we will be updating
    index = htmlInfo.find(startPhrase)
    stoppingPoint = htmlInfo.find(stopPhrase,index)

    #While we havent reached or passed by our stopping point, do all that is below.
    while(index = stoppingPoint):

    # Find a Row of Data
    dataRow = htmlInfo.find("",index)

    #Find Date
    start = htmlInfo.find('align="right',dataRow)
    dateStart = htmlInfo.find(">",start)+1
    dateEnd = htmlInfo.find("",dateStart)
    #Write the date and add a tab to the end
    outputFile.write(htmlInfo[dateStart:dateEnd]+"\t")

    #Find Open
    start = htmlInfo.find('align="right',dateEnd)
    openStart = htmlInfo.find(">",start)+1
    openEnd = htmlInfo.find("",openStart)
    #Write the opening price and add a tab to the end
    outputFile.write(htmlInfo[openStart:openEnd]+"\t")

    #Find High
    start = htmlInfo.find('align="right',openEnd)
    highStart = htmlInfo.find(">",start)+1
    highEnd = htmlInfo.find("",highStart)
    #Write the daily high and add a tab to the end
    outputFile.write(htmlInfo[highStart:highEnd]+"\t")

    #Find Low
    start = htmlInfo.find('align="right',highEnd)
    lowStart = htmlInfo.find(">",start)+1
    lowEnd = htmlInfo.find("",lowStart)
    #Write the daily low and add a tab to the end
    outputFile.write(htmlInfo[lowStart:lowEnd]+"\t")

    #Find Close
    start = htmlInfo.find('align="right',lowEnd)
    closeStart = htmlInfo.find(">",start)+1
    closeEnd = htmlInfo.find("",closeStart)
    #Write the dailt close and add a tab to the end
    outputFile.write(htmlInfo[closeStart:closeEnd]+"\t")

    #Find REMOVEDlume
    start = htmlInfo.find('align="right',closeEnd)
    volumeStart = htmlInfo.find(">",start)+1
    volumeEnd = htmlInfo.find("",volumeStart)
    #Write the volume traded and add a tab to the end
    outputFile.write(htmlInfo[volumeStart:volumeEnd]+"\t")

    #Find Adj Close
    start = htmlInfo.find('align="right',volumeEnd)
    adjCloseStart = htmlInfo.find(">",start)+1
    adjCloseEnd = htmlInfo.find("",adjCloseStart)
    #Write the adjREMOVEDted closing price and add a newline to the end
    outputFile.write(htmlInfo[adjCloseStart:adjCloseEnd]+"\n")

    #Update
    index = adjCloseEnd + 1

    #Close the output File
    outputFile.close()

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