From: Ruby Quiz <james@...>
Date: 2005-10-21T21:45:40+09:00
Subject: [QUIZ] Ducksay (#52)

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by Jonas Pfenniger

	 __________________________________
	< Welcome to this week's Ruby Quiz >
	 ----------------------------------
	        \   ^__^
	         \  (oo)\_______
	            (__)\       )\/\
	                ||----w |
	                ||     ||

This week, we will make some ascii-art for fun.

Produce a script that generates funny talking animals. The executable
consists of three parts.

	Part One : The balloon
	=====================

The balloon is the surrounding part, in which the text will be shown.  You can
make it like you want.

Examples :

	One-liner
	 _______________
	< I love ruby ! >
	 ---------------
	 
	Multiple lines with text wrapping and carriage return
	 __________________________________________
	/ Q:How do you stop an elephant from       \
	| charging?                                |
	\ A:Take away his credit cards.            /
	 ------------------------------------------

	Part Two : The template
	=======================

To make it flexible, we'll need a template language that can combine the animal
and the text.  You'll have to think about how you want to make it flexible
enough.

Example :

	# thoughts is the balloon's tail
	def animal(thoughts = '\', eyes = 'oo', tongue='  ')
	  %[#{baloon}
	          #{thoughts}   ^__^
	         #{thoughts}  (#{eyes})\\_______
	            (__)\\       )\\/\\
	             #{tongue} ||----w |
	                ||     ||
	]
	end

	Part Three : The command-line arguments
	=======================================

There are no special arguments. I would suggest asking for a text input, but you
can also get the text from `fortune` or make it editable in place.  Optional
arguments can be given to change the selected template and some of its
variables like the eyes, the tongue, and the balloon's tail.

Use your imagination !

So that's it for the quiz. Extra points are given to the person who
provides a duck template.

	Credits
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	- cowsay : http://www.cowsay.net/