class _BBCode: def __getattr__(self, name): method = _Virtual(name) setattr(self, name, method) return method class _Virtual: def __init__(self, name): self.__name = name.upper() def __call__(self, string, *args): return '[{0}{1}]{2}[/{0}]'.format(self.__name, ('=' + ','.join(map(str, args))) if args else '', string) BBCode = _BBCode() ################################################################################ # EXAMPLE FOLLOWS BBCode.b('A bold sentence') '[B]A bold sentence[/B]' >>> BBCode.i('Italics') '[I]Italics[/I]' >>> BBCode.u('underline') '[U]underline[/U]' >>> 'I want one ' + BBCode.s('million') + ' billion dollars' 'I want one [S]million[/S] billion dollars' >>> BBCode.sub('sub') + 'marine' '[SUB]sub[/SUB]marine' >>> 'x' + BBCode.sup(2) 'x[SUP]2[/SUP]' >>> BBCode.big('big') '[BIG]big[/BIG]' >>> BBCode.big(BBCode.big('bigger')) '[BIG][BIG]bigger[/BIG][/BIG]' >>> BBCode.small('smaller text') '[SMALL]smaller text[/SMALL]' >>> BBCode.color('Green text', 'green') '[COLOR=green]Green text[/COLOR]' >>> BBCode.bgcolor('A background for text', 'lightgreen') '[BGCOLOR=lightgreen]A background for text[/BGCOLOR]' >>> BBCode.border('bordered', 'red') '[BORDER=red]bordered[/BORDER]' >>> BBCode.border('bordered', 'blue', 3) '[BORDER=blue,3]bordered[/BORDER]' >>> BBCode.border('bordered', 'green', 1, 'dotted') '[BORDER=green,1,dotted]bordered[/BORDER]' >>> BBCode.center('centered') '[CENTER]centered[/CENTER]' >>> BBCode.right('right aligned') '[RIGHT]right aligned[/RIGHT]' >>> BBCode.font('A different font', 'verdana') '[FONT=verdana]A different font[/FONT]' >>> BBCode.quote('Party time', 'Joe') '[QUOTE=Joe]Party time[/QUOTE]' >>> BBCode.quote('Party time') '[QUOTE]Party time[/QUOTE]' >>> print(BBCode.html(''' Steel Headquarters

Welcome

''')) [HTML] Steel Headquarters

Welcome

[/HTML] >>> BBCode.nocode('lets show someone how to make text bigger ' + BBCode.big('bigger text')) '[NOCODE]lets show someone how to make text bigger [BIG]bigger text[/BIG][/NOCODE]' >>> BBCode.code('''int x = y; x++;''') '[CODE]int x = y;\nx++;[/CODE]' >>> BBCode.url('Google', 'http://www.google.com/') '[URL=http://www.google.com/]Google[/URL]' >>> BBCode.url('http://www.google.com/') '[URL]http://www.google.com/[/URL]' >>> BBCode.img('http://www.google.com/logos/july4th09.gif') '[IMG]http://www.google.com/logos/july4th09.gif[/IMG]' >>> BBCode.email('Email me', 'user@example.com') '[EMAIL=user@example.com]Email me[/EMAIL]' >>> BBCode.email('user@example.com') '[EMAIL]user@example.com[/EMAIL]' >>> BBCode.flash('http://www.youtube.com/v/z7SeHqxOVYc', 250, 210) '[FLASH=250,210]http://www.youtube.com/v/z7SeHqxOVYc[/FLASH]' >>> BBCode.list(''.join(map(lambda item: '[*]' + item, ('Item 1', 'Item 2', 'Item 3')))) '[LIST][*]Item 1[*]Item 2[*]Item 3[/LIST]' >>> BBCode.list(''.join(map(lambda item: '[*]' + item, ('Item 1', 'Item 2', 'Item 3'))), 1) '[LIST=1][*]Item 1[*]Item 2[*]Item 3[/LIST]' >>> 'You may want to hide something from accidental viewing:' + BBCode.spoiler('or the secret may be spoiled') 'You may want to hide something from accidental viewing:[SPOILER]or the secret may be spoiled[/SPOILER]' >>> ################################################################################ # EXAMPLE PATCH class _Patch(_BBCode): def __init__(self, **kwargs): for key in kwargs: setattr(self, key, kwargs[key]) def bulleted(self, *items): return '[LIST]' + ''.join(map(lambda item: '[*]' + item, items)) + '[/LIST]' def numbered(self, *items): return '[LIST=1]' + ''.join(map(lambda item: '[*]' + item, items)) + '[/LIST]' ############################################# >>> BBCode = _Patch(SELF='[me]', RULE='[hr]') >>> BBCode.bulleted('Item 1', 'Item 2', 'Item 3') '[LIST][*]Item 1[*]Item 2[*]Item 3[/LIST]' >>> BBCode.numbered('Item 1', 'Item 2', 'Item 3') '[LIST=1][*]Item 1[*]Item 2[*]Item 3[/LIST]' >>> BBCode.SELF '[me]' >>> BBCode.RULE '[hr]' >>>