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#19 Digital Clock

This program displays a digital clock with the current time. Rather than render numeric characters directly, the sevseg.py module from Project 64, “Seven-Segment Display Module,” generates the drawings for each digit. This program is similar to Project 14, “Countdown.”

The Program in Action

When you run digitalclock.py, the output will look like this:

 __   __       __   __       __   __
|  | |__|  *   __|  __|  *   __| |__
|__|  __|  *   __|  __|  *   __| |__|

Press Ctrl-C to quit.

How It Works

The digital clock program looks similar to Project 14, “Countdown.” Not only do they both import the sevseg.py module, but they must split up the multiline strings ...