From: JB Eriksson <mrkode@...>
Date: 2005-10-24T00:40:06+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Ducksay (#52)

------=_Part_21731_7601876.1130082002140
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline

my solution. not very OO at all, however. I just hope the formatting doesn'=
t
screw up on the animal template files...

 /Johan B Eriksson

-----------
cowsay.rb:
-----------
# Rubyquiz #52, Ducksay
# ascii animals talking using ascii comic balloons.
#
#
# I couldn't get commandline arguments working properly on my machine, so I
skipped it.
# Instead, change the variable values to suit your needs.
#
# This solution does not automatically wordwrap the sayings. Do it manually=
.



#templates are text files with ascii character and "#tail#" for
#the tail character, "#eye#" for one eye and "#eyes#" for two eyes.
#example templates are cow.txt, duck.txt and duck2.txt
template =3D "duck2.txt"
#edit saying as per your wishes
saying =3D "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought\nforth on thi=
s
continent a new nation,\nconceived in liberty and dedicated to
the\nproposition that all men are created equal."
#edit eye-style, "eyes" is for templates with two eyes, "eye" for one-eyed
templates
eyes =3D "oo"
eye =3D "o"
#tongue, two chars
tongue =3D "@ "

#"think" for think-cloud, atm, there's only think and the default ("say") a=
s
per cowsay.net <http://cowsay.net>
cloud_type =3D "say"

#If you want another style of cloud, add one here.
#Also, the clouds tail-style is decided here as well.
#Remember to escape special characters.
if cloud_type =3D=3D "think" then
cloud_oneline_left =3D "("
cloud_oneline_right =3D ")"
cloud_upper_left =3D "("
cloud_upper_right =3D ")"
cloud_middle_left =3D "("
cloud_middle_right =3D ")"
cloud_lower_left =3D "("
cloud_lower_right =3D ")"
tail =3D "o"
else
cloud_oneline_left =3D "<"
cloud_oneline_right =3D ">"
cloud_upper_left =3D "/"
cloud_upper_right =3D "\\"
cloud_middle_left =3D "|"
cloud_middle_right =3D "|"
cloud_lower_left =3D "\\"
cloud_lower_right =3D "/"
tail =3D "\\"
end

#The ducksay application

#prints out as many spaces as the first argument (an integer),
#then puts the string, which defaults to ""
def output_spaces (intnumber, string=3D"")
intnumber.times { print " " }
puts string
end
def output_chars (intnumber, string=3D" ")
intnumber.times { print string }
puts
end


#the balloon, and the saying
print " " #put start of the balloon at proper place
unless saying.include? ?\n then
#single line saying
output_chars(saying.length, "_")
puts " " + cloud_oneline_left + saying + cloud_oneline_right
print " " #put closing of balloon at proper place
output_chars(saying.length, "-")
puts
else
#multiple line saying
saying =3D saying.split("\n")
longest_line =3D 0
saying.each do |x|
longest_line =3D x.length if (x.length > longest_line)
end
output_chars(longest_line, "_")
#First line of the multi-line cloud
current_line =3D saying.shift
print_spaces =3D longest_line - current_line.length
print " " + cloud_upper_left + current_line
output_spaces(print_spaces, cloud_upper_right)
#The rest of the lines
while not saying.empty?
current_line =3D saying.shift
print_spaces =3D longest_line - current_line.length
if saying.empty? then
#When on the last line, "close" the cloud with cloud_lower_left and _right
chars
print " " + cloud_lower_left + current_line
output_spaces(print_spaces, cloud_lower_right)
else
#Put proper left and right chars for the cloud when in the "middle" of it
print " " + cloud_middle_left + current_line
output_spaces(print_spaces, cloud_middle_right)
end
end
print " " # put the clouds closing at proper place
output_chars(longest_line, "-")
end
#print out the template, aka, the ascii animal
#in the template files, "=C5" substitutes the tail, "=C4" one eye, and "=C4=
=C4" two
eyes
File.open(template) do |file|
while line =3D file.gets
#substitute the placeholder characters with the cloud tail and eye(s), then
print it out
line.gsub!("#tail#", tail)
line.gsub!("#eyes#", eyes)
line.gsub!("#eye#", eye)
line.gsub!("#tongue#", tongue)
puts line
end
end

-----------
cow.txt:
-----------
#tail# ^__^
#tail# (#eyes#)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
#tongue# ||----w |
|| ||
-----------
duck.txt:
-----------
#tail#
#tail# .~~.
'_-( #eyes# )
'-'=3D=3D(___/)
( ( . /
\ '- ' /


-----------
duck2.txt:
-----------
#tail#
` >(#eye#)____,
(` =3D~~/
^~^~^~^~^~`---'^~^~^~^~^~
-----------

------=_Part_21731_7601876.1130082002140--