scaler.py

import matplotlib.image as mpimg
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.cm as cm
from datetime import timedelta


img = mpimg.imread("notch.png")
counts = [0 for i in range(9)]
materials = [
            "Cobblestone",
            "Compressed Cobblestone",
            "Double Compressed Cobblestone",
            "Triple Compressed Cobblestone",
            "Quadruple Compressed Cobblestone",
            "Quintuple Compressed Cobblestone",
            "Sextuple Compressed Cobblestone",
            "Septuple Compressed Cobblestone",
            "Octuple Compressed Cobblestone"
            ]
materials.reverse()
materials = map(lambda x: x.rjust(32),materials)

for r in range(len(img)):
    for c in range(len(img[0])):
        pixel = int(round(img[r][c]*8+1))
        counts[pixel-1] += 1
        img[r][c] = pixel

f = open("notch.txt","w")
for r in range(len(img)):
    for c in range(len(img[0])):
            f.write(str(int(img[r][c])))
    f.write("\n")
f.close()

cobble = 0
print "Required materials:"
for i,c in enumerate(counts):
    print " {}: {} ({} stacks + {})".format(materials[i],c,*divmod(c,64))
    cobble += c*(9**(9-i))
print
t = timedelta(seconds=(cobble/(20.0*64)))
if t.days > 1:
    time = ["days", t.days]
elif t.hours > 1:
    time = ["hours", t.hours]
elif t.minutes > 1:
    time = ["minutes", t.minutes]
else:
    time = ["seconds", t.seconds]

print "    Total number of Cobblestone required: %d (will take %.1f %s at 64 cobblestone/tick)." % (cobble, time[1], time[0])

img = (1/9.0)*img
plt.imshow(img, cmap=cm.Greys_r)
plt.show()