math381/homework

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from string import Template
import os
import sys
import datetime

def next_weekday(d, weekday):
    days_ahead = weekday - d.weekday()
    if days_ahead <= 0: # Target day already happened this week
        days_ahead += 7
    return d + datetime.timedelta(days_ahead)

i  = input("What number homework is it? ")
d = input("Is there a special due date? (if not leave empty) (e.g. September 12)? ")

if d == "": d = next_weekday(datetime.datetime.now(), 3).strftime("%B %-d")

s = {
    'number': i,
    'date': d
}

with open(f'hw/.template/template.tex', 'r') as f:
    src = Template(f.read())
    result = src.substitute(s)
    os.mkdir(f'hw/hw{i}')
    with open(f'hw/hw{i}/hw{i}.tex', 'w') as f:
        f.write(result)