diff --git a/make_qrcodes/make_qr.py b/make_qrcodes/make_qr.py
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+def make_qrcode(some_text, directory) :
+    '''this turns some text data into a qrcode'''
+    import qrcode
+    from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont 
+    from os import chdir, listdir
+    chdir(directory)
+    if type(some_text) != str :
+        print('input', some_text, 'is not a string')
+        raise TypeError
+    myfont = ImageFont.truetype('/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSansBold.ttf',40) 
+    qr = qrcode.QRCode(version=1, error_correction=qrcode.constants.ERROR_CORRECT_Q, box_size=10, border=1)
+    print('data=',some_text)
+    qr.add_data(some_text)
+    qr.make()
+    img = qr.make_image()
+    img_w, img_h = img.size
+    background = Image.new('RGB',(290,290),(255,255,255))
+    bg_w, bg_h = background.size
+    offset = ((bg_w - img_w) // 2, 0)
+    background.paste(img, offset)
+    I1 = ImageDraw.Draw(background)
+    I1.text((120,250),str(some_text),font=myfont,fill=0)
+    print(type(background))
+    background.save(some_text + '.jpg')
+    background.save(some_text + '.png')
+    return
+
+if __name__ == '__main__' :
+    for indx in range(100,400) :
+        name = str(indx).zfill(3)
+        make_qrcode(name, '/home/tomtaylor/exams_/qrcodes')