Ten Row Abacus | Python Fiddle

def abaci(i):
    #converts a number 0-9 (in string form) to it's respective abaci value
    if i == "0":
        return "|00000*****   |"
    if i == "1":
        return "|00000****   *|"
    if i == "2":
        return "|00000***   **|"
    if i == "3":
        return "|00000**   ***|"
    if i == "4":
        return "|00000*   ****|"
    if i == "5":
        return "|00000   *****|"
    if i == "6":
        return "|0000   0*****|"
    if i == "7":
        return "|000   00*****|"
    if i == "8":
        return "|00   000*****|"
    if i == "9":
        return "|0   0000*****|"

def tenrow(i):
    #Converts an integer to a string and adds 0's to the start of the string, making it 10 digits. ie. 1 becomes '0000000001'
    #TODO: Throw error if user enters string longer than 10 digits
    zeros = 10 - len(str(i))
    return "0" * zeros + str(i)

def print_abacus(int):
    #Prints out the abacus line by line
    for x in range(10):
        print abaci(tenrow(int)[x])

#print tenrow(1)

#print abaci(str(9))

print "Abacus 0"
print_abacus (0)

print "Abacus 12345678"
print_abacus (12345678)

print "Abacus 1337"
print_abacus (1337)

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