# File: stringio-example-3.py

import StringIO
import string, sys

stdout = sys.stdout

sys.stdout = file = StringIO.StringIO()

print """
According to Gbaya folktales, trickery and guile
are the best ways to defeat the python, king of
snakes, which was hatched from a dragon at the
world's start. -- National Geographic, May 1997
"""

sys.stdout = stdout

print string.upper(file.getvalue())

## $ python stringio-example-3.py
## ACCORDING TO GBAYA FOLKTALES, TRICKERY AND GUILE
## ARE THE BEST WAYS TO DEFEAT THE PYTHON, KING OF
## SNAKES, WHICH WAS HATCHED FROM A DRAGON AT THE
## WORLD'S START. -- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, MAY 1997