Questions tagged [ascii-art]
This challenge involves creating or parsing pictures using text characters as the paint. Typically this uses only 95 printable (from a total of 128) characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963.
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Print this diamond
This question has been spreading like a virus in my office. There are quite a variety of approaches:
Print the following:
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Bake a slice of Pi
Write a program or function that prints or outputs this exact text (consisting of 142 characters):
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In Honor of Adam West
Adam West passed away, and I'd like to honor his memory here on PPCG, though I doubt he knew of our existence. While there are many, many different things that this man is known for, none are more ...
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Do you want to code a snowman?
Here is a simple ASCII art snowman:
_===_
(.,.)
( : )
( : )
Let's make him some friends. This will be the general pattern for our ASCII art snowpeople:
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Minecraft Mirrored
This is Calvin. Just trying to get 20 rep so this user can chat in the PPCG Minecraft Server chatroom.
Write a program or function that takes in a positive integer.
If the integer is even (2, 4, 6, ....
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Very Simple Triangles
Write a program or function that takes in a positive integer (via stdin, command line, or function arg) and prints or returns a string of that many of these small triangles tiled together, alternating ...
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Will Jimmy fall off his platform?
Backstory
Meet my friend Jimmy:
/o\
Jimmy is a little character who likes to stand on platforms. Here's Jimmy safely standing on a platform:
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Chain reaction of bombs
Introduction:
Before the task, here is what every element does on the map:
Plain land (X): This does nothing.
Destroyed land (...
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Transform number into 7-segment display pattern [closed]
Given two arbitrary numbers A,B. Print number B as a Digital LED Pattern where A is the scale.
input:
1 2320451640799518
ouput:
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Find the shortest route on an ASCII road
You want to find the length shortest path between two points, on an 2d ASCII "map". The roads are made up of + characters, and the two endpoints are represented by <...
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Golf me an ASCII Alphabet
Don't you find that reading simple text isn't appealing enough? Try our
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5 Favorite Letters
The challenge is actually extremely simple. Pick 5 distinct letters (you can just pick the 5 that allow you the shortest code if you like) and output them to the console. However, the twist is that ...
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Print N Squared
Write a program or function that takes in a non-negative integer N from stdin or as a function argument. It must print or return a string of a hollow ASCII-art square whose sides are each made with N ...
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Render "Digital Clock Style" Numbers
Write the shortest program which will take a string of numbers (of up to at least 20 length) as input, and display the output using the standard digital clock style numbers. For instance for input 81,...
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