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#                 10-row School abacus
#                         by
#                      Michael H
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#       Description partially extracted from from wikipedia 
#
#  Around the world, abaci have been used in pre-schools and elementary
#
# In Western countries, a bead frame similar to the Russian abacus but
# with straight wires and a vertical frame has been common (see image).
# Helps schools as an aid in teaching the numeral system and arithmetic
#
#         |00000*****   |     row factor 1000000000
#         |00000*****   |     row factor 100000000
#         |00000*****   |     row factor 10000000 
#         |00000*****   |     row factor 1000000
#         |00000*****   |     row factor 100000
#         |00000*****   |     row factor 10000
#         |00000*****   |     row factor 1000
#         |00000****   *|     row factor 100     * 1
#         |00000***   **|     row factor 10      * 2
#         |00000**   ***|     row factor 1       * 3
#                                        -----------    
#                             Sum                123 
#
# Each row represents a different row factor, starting with x1 at the
# bottom, ascending up to x1000000000 at the top row.     
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# TASK:
# Define a procedure print_abacus(integer) that takes a positive integer
# and prints a visual representation (image) of an abacus setup for a 
# given positive integer value.
# 
# Ranking
# 1 STAR: solved the problem!
# 2 STARS: 6 < lines <= 9
# 3 STARS: 3 < lines <= 6
# 4 STARS: 0 < lines <= 3
#
#EXAMPLE:
print_abacus(12345678)
#>>>|00000*****   |
#>>>|00000*****   |
#>>>|00000****   *|
#>>>|00000***   **|
#>>>|00000**   ***|
#>>>|00000*   ****|
#>>>|00000   *****|
#>>>|0000   0*****|
#>>>|000   00*****|
#>>>|00   000*****|

def p_a(v, b="|00000*****|"):
    print "\n".join([b[:11-int(x)]+"  "+b[-1-int(x):] for x in "%010d"%(v)])

print '\n'.join([b[:11-int(x)] + '  ' + b[-1-int(x):] for x in ('%010d'%123) for b in ['|00000*****|']])

def p_a(value):
    print "\n".join(["|"+"00000*****"[:min(10,10-int(x))]+"   "+"00000"[:max(0, int(x)-5)]+"*****"[:int(x)]+"|" for x in "0"*(10-len(str(value)))+str(value)])