def generate_random_sticks(width, height, num):
    from random import randint                 
    from StringIO import StringIO              
    res = []                                   
    for i in range(num):                       
        res.append(';'.join(map(str,[randint(0,width), randint(0,height), randint(0,width), randint(0,height)])))
    return StringIO('\n'.join(res))                                                                              

def draw_sticks(sticks, file):
    import Image, ImageDraw   
    magn = 50                 
    max_x = max(x for pair in map(lambda s: (s[0][0], s[1][0]), sticks) for x in pair)
    max_y = max(x for pair in map(lambda s: (s[0][1], s[1][1]), sticks) for x in pair)
    im = Image.new("RGB",map(int,(max_x*magn, max_y*magn)), (255,255,255))
    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
    for s in sticks:
        draw.line(map(lambda x: x*magn, s[0]+s[1]),fill=(0,0,0))
    im.save("/tmp/sticks.png")
    im.show()