From 7997057de145b9900426379772f46718bd563529 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mrmcwethy <mrmcwethy@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 12:56:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] added examples folder and .py file

---
 examples/randomcolor.py | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 examples/randomcolor.py

diff --git a/examples/randomcolor.py b/examples/randomcolor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe86411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/randomcolor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import time
+import random
+import board
+import adafruit_dotstar as dotstar
+
+# One pixel connected internally on a GEMMA M0
+dots = dotstar.DotStar(board.APA102_SCK, board.APA102_MOSI, 1, brightness=0.2)
+
+# With a Dotstar Digital LEB Strip with 30 lights
+#dots = dotstar.DotStar(board.SCK, board.MOSI, 30, brightness=0.2)
+
+######################### HELPERS ##############################
+
+# a random color 0 -> 224
+def rndc():
+    return random.randrange(0, 7) * 32
+
+######################### MAIN LOOP ##############################
+n = len(dots)
+while True:
+    #fill each dot with a random color1
+    for dot in range(n):
+        dots[dot] = (rndc(), rndc(), rndc())
+
+    # show all dots in strip
+    dots.show()
+
+    time.sleep(.25)

From e64dd6febadc01988a6163f821201708cd8fd98b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mrmcwethy <mrmcwethy@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 09:08:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] improved code sample

---
 examples/randomcolor.py | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/randomcolor.py b/examples/randomcolor.py
index fe86411..a21f182 100644
--- a/examples/randomcolor.py
+++ b/examples/randomcolor.py
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
 ######################### HELPERS ##############################
 
 # a random color 0 -> 224
-def rndc():
+def random_color():
     return random.randrange(0, 7) * 32
 
 ######################### MAIN LOOP ##############################
-n = len(dots)
+n_dots = len(dots)
 while True:
-    #fill each dot with a random color1
-    for dot in range(n):
-        dots[dot] = (rndc(), rndc(), rndc())
+    #fill each dot with a random color
+    for dot in range(n_dots):
+        dots[dot] = (random_color(), random_color(), random_color())
 
     # show all dots in strip
     dots.show()