Generate information cards with titles

Question

You must take input in the form of

title|line1|line2|(...)|line[n]

And output an information card. It's hard to explain how to make the card, so here's a quick example:

Input

1234567890|12345|1234567890123|pie|potato|unicorn

Output

/===============\
|  1234567890   |
|===============|
| 12345         |
| 1234567890123 |
| pie           |
| potato        |
| unicorn       |
\---------------/

Detailed specifications:

The title must be centered (if there are an odd number of characters you can decide whether to put an extra space after or before it).
The remaining lines must be left-aligned.
All of them must have at least one space of padding before and after.
Each line must be the same length.
The lines must be the smallest length possible in order to fit all of the text.
The first and last character of each row (except for the first and last rows) must be a |.
There must be a /, a row of =s, and a \ in the line right before the title. (the first line)
There must be a |, a row of =s. and a | in the line right after the title. (the third line)
There must be a \, a row of -s, and a / in the last line.
For the example input provided, your program's output must exactly match the example output provided.
The input will always contain at least one |; your programs behaivior when a string like badstring is input does not matter.

This is code-golf so the shortest code in character count wins.

In python input() interprets the input as python code. Is it ok to use input and take the input in quotes, if so do we need to add 2 for the quotes? — user8777, Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 0:00
@LegoStormtroopr I suppose that's okay, but add +2 for quotes then — Doorknob, Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 1:27

Doorknob · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-25 12:02:09Z

4

Ruby, 153 147 140 characters

h,*d=s=gets.chop.split(?|)
puts"/%s\\
|%s|
|%s|"%[e=?=*k=2+l=s.map(&:size).max,h.center(k),e]
d.map{|x|puts"| %%-%ds |"%l%x}
$><<?\\+?-*k+?/

Double format string in the second-to-last line :D

edited Sep 25, 2013 at 12:02

answered Sep 24, 2013 at 2:20

Doorknob

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\$\begingroup\$ l=s.map(&:size).max saves 4 \$\endgroup\$
– Cary Swoveland
Commented Sep 24, 2013 at 5:28
\$\begingroup\$ Also no need for parentheses around k=l+2 (2 chars), center(k) (2 chars), k=2+l=s.... (2 chars). \$\endgroup\$
– Howard
Commented Sep 24, 2013 at 7:39
\$\begingroup\$ @Howard I fixed the first one, but I'm not sure where you're seeing the second or third ones...? \$\endgroup\$
– Doorknob
Commented Sep 24, 2013 at 12:15
\$\begingroup\$ "| %s |"%h.center(l) -> "|%s|"%h.center(k) which removes 2 spaces. And l=s.map(&:size).max;e=?=*k=l+2" -> e=?=*k=2+l=s.map(&:size).max \$\endgroup\$
– Howard
Commented Sep 24, 2013 at 17:13
\$\begingroup\$ @How Thanks, but the last one will break if the title is the longest word. Fixed the first. \$\endgroup\$
– Doorknob
Commented Sep 24, 2013 at 17:23

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:04:33Z

4

Python 2.7 - 168 = 166 + 2 for quotes.

This assumes we can accept the input with surrounding quotes, hence the possible +2. Either way +2 is better than the +4 required if you use raw_input() vs. just input().

b="|"
s=input().split(b)
w=max(map(len,s))
x=w+2
S="| %s |"
print"\n".join(["/"+"="*x+"\\",S%s[0].center(w),b+"="*x+b]+[S%i.ljust(w)for i in s[1:]]+["\\"+"-"*x+"/"])

Thanks to Volatility for the max(map(len,s)) tip. A very cool tip.

edit: Corrected top row problem.

And the above outputs this:

> python i.py
"1234567890|12345|1234567890123|pie|potato|unicorn"
/===============\
|   1234567890  |
|===============|
| 12345         |
| 1234567890123 |
| pie           |
| potato        |
| unicorn       |
\---------------/

edited Jun 17, 2020 at 9:04

CommunityBot

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answered Sep 24, 2013 at 4:05

user8777

2

\$\begingroup\$ This doesn't work in either Python 2 or 3. You should either change input to raw_input or use print as a function. Also, change len(max(s,key=len)) into max(map(len,s)) and get rid of the space before for i in s[1:] to save 5 chars \$\endgroup\$
– Volatility
Commented Sep 24, 2013 at 6:31
\$\begingroup\$ I've checked in the past using input() and assuming the text is entered as a string is usually permissable. I'll squeeze your other suggestions in later. Thanks :) \$\endgroup\$
– user8777
Commented Sep 24, 2013 at 6:57
2

\$\begingroup\$ @LegoStormtroopr If you assume the input in a slightly different format you should: 1) Ask if it is admissable to the OP, 2) State it somewhere. Also, when doing this, I think it would be correct to also provide a sample that uses the format explained in the question. \$\endgroup\$
– Bakuriu
Commented Sep 24, 2013 at 13:11
\$\begingroup\$ @Bakuriu Done!! \$\endgroup\$
– user8777
Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 1:41
\$\begingroup\$ I count 165 characters (+2=167 total). \$\endgroup\$
– Doorknob
Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 13:00

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Razetime · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-07 11:37:28Z

4

Charcoal, 66 bytes

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I wasn't getting a proper result with reflection, so I made the box manually.

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Charcoal (Verbose), 385 bytes

Assign(Divide(InputString,"|"),i)
Assign(Add(max(Each(i,Length(k))),2),v)
Print("/")
Print(Times("=",v))
Print(:Down,"\\")
Print(:Down,Length(i)+1)
Print(:Left,"/")
Print(:Left, v)
Print(:Up, "\\")
Print(:Up,Length(i)+1)
Move(:DownRight)
Move(Minus(v,Length(AtIndex(i,0)))/2,:Right)
MultiPrint(AtIndex(i,0))
Move(Negate(2),1)
MultiPrint(Times("=",v))
Move(:DownRight)
Print(Slice(i,1))

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answered Sep 7, 2020 at 11:37

Razetime

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\$\begingroup\$ Nice answer! Unrelated: How many of you got my 1+ Christmas gift on 12/25/2020? \$\endgroup\$
– TwilightSparkle
Commented Jan 29, 2021 at 10:36
\$\begingroup\$ I don't remember getting one, I think \$\endgroup\$
– Razetime
Commented Jan 29, 2021 at 10:38
\$\begingroup\$ That's pretty sad, I worked hard on that one :( it's an 1+ chirstmas tree program I posted on twtxt :) \$\endgroup\$
– TwilightSparkle
Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 4:10
\$\begingroup\$ @null haven't checked twtxt in a while. I'll see it! \$\endgroup\$
– Razetime
Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 4:19
\$\begingroup\$ Tell Lyxal I'm back ;) \$\endgroup\$
– TwilightSparkle
Commented Jul 26, 2021 at 16:24

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:04:33Z

3

GolfScript, 97 characters

'|'/{'  ':!{1/*}:E~}%.{,}%$-1=:L'='*:§'/\\'E\(.,L\-)2/{!E}*L<'||':^E§^E@{!L*+L<^E}/L'-'*'\\/'E]n*

Example:

> 1234567890|12345|1234567890123|pie|potato|unicorn

/===============\
|   1234567890  |
|===============|
| 12345         |
| 1234567890123 |
| pie           |
| potato        |
| unicorn       |
\---------------/

edited Jun 17, 2020 at 9:04

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answered Sep 24, 2013 at 6:19

Howard

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\$\begingroup\$ § that's an interesting variable name. :P \$\endgroup\$
– Doorknob
Commented Feb 23, 2014 at 22:59

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Ry- · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-25 23:42:33Z

2

Haskell, 292

import Data.List.Split
z=replicate
l=length
p w s=' ':s++z(w-l s)' '
c w s=p w$z(div(w-l s-1)2)' '++s
t(i:s)=let r=z m;m=(+)1$maximum$map l(i:s)in"/="++r '='++"\\\n"++"|"++c m i++"|\n|="++r '='++"|\n"++concat['|':p m x++"|\n"|x<-s]++"\\-"++r '-'++"/"
main=do l<-getLine;putStrLn$t$splitOn"|"l

… I’m a little new to this one :D

edited Sep 25, 2013 at 23:42

answered Sep 25, 2013 at 23:16

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emanresu A · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-26 01:32:27Z

2

Vyxal, 60 bytes

\|/DvLG⇧D\=*\/p\\+,„h⋏\|pǏ,:\|$-Ǐ,‹£Ḣƛ¥↲ðp\|pǏ,;¥���\=*\\p\/+,

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Longer than I'd like...

answered Jun 26, 2021 at 1:32

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Kartik · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-26 16:14:28Z

1

C# 4.5 - 375 347 chars

;) [If someone is interested to see how C# differs from others]

var c = input.Split('|').ToList();
int l = c.Select(s => s.Length).Max() + 2;
Console.WriteLine("/{0}\\\r\n| {1} |\r\n|{0}|\r\n{2}\r\n\\{3}/\r\n", "=".PadRight(l, '='), c[0].PadLeft(c[0].Length + ((l - c[0].Length) / 2)-1).PadRight(l-2), string.Join("\r\n", c.Select(s => "| " + s.PadRight(l - 2) + " |").Skip(1)), "-".PadRight(l, '-'));

edited Sep 26, 2013 at 16:14

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answered Sep 24, 2013 at 19:32

vrluckyin

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6

\$\begingroup\$ You can save a LOT of characters by using one-char variable names and removing all that whitespace... \$\endgroup\$
– Doorknob
Commented Sep 24, 2013 at 23:31
1

\$\begingroup\$ I might be wrong but I always assume that a complete program is required unless the OP states that a code snippet is acceptable. This is a long way from a complete program. \$\endgroup\$
– Igby Largeman
Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 0:00
2

\$\begingroup\$ Brought it down to 305 simply by renaming variables and removing whitespace: var c=input.Split('|').ToList();int l=c.Select(s=>s.Length).Max()+2;Console.WriteLine("/{0}\\\r\n| {1} |\r\n|{0}|\r\n{2}\r\n\\{3}/\r\n","=".PadRight(l,'='),c[0].PadLeft(c[0].Length+((l-c[0].Length)/2)-1).PadRight(l-2),string.Join("\r\n",c.Select(s=>"| "+s.PadRight(-2)+" |").Skip(1)),"-".PadRight(l,'-')); \$\endgroup\$
– Doorknob
Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 1:58
\$\begingroup\$ Thanks Doorknob. Can't we recognize minimum functions calls instead of total chars? That helps us [includes solutions providers also]. Because after sometime [after a year], it would be hard to understand code written by me and that also helps others to understand code easily. \$\endgroup\$
– vrluckyin
Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 17:28
4

\$\begingroup\$ The whole point of code golf is to solve a task in the least amount of characters... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_golf \$\endgroup\$
– Doorknob
Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 21:08

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C5H8NNaO4 · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-30 07:46:41Z

1

Javascript, 373 364

l="length";m=" ";a="\\";b="/";c="|";p=m+c;v="join";u="concat";o=[];q=Array;i=prompt().split(c);j=i.slice().sort(function(d,e){return e[l]-d[l]})[0][l]+3;i=i.map(function(d,e){s=q(o[l]=0|(e?j-d[l]-1:(j-d[l])/2))[v](m);return(e?p:c+s+(d[l]&1?m:""))+d+(e?s:s+m)+p});x=q(o[l]=j)[v]("=");r=[b+x+a,i.shift(),c+x+c][u](i)[u](a+q(o[l]=j)[v]("-")+b);console.log(r[v]("\n"))

Output

/===============\
|  1234567890   | 
|===============|
| 12345         | 
| 1234567890123 | 
| pie           | 
| potato        | 
| unicorn       | 
\---------------/

_{Edit Notes:

Thanks @Doorknob!: -9 Characters =)}

edited Sep 30, 2013 at 7:46

answered Sep 25, 2013 at 12:13

C5H8NNaO4

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\$\begingroup\$ There should be a lot of space for golfing left \$\endgroup\$
– C5H8NNaO4
Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 12:13
2

\$\begingroup\$ Some things I see: o={length:0} --> o=[] (-8 chars), p="| " --> p=c+m (-1 char) \$\endgroup\$
– Doorknob
Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 12:19
\$\begingroup\$ @Doorknob Oh... thanks =), i just wonder right now why i added length at all, that makes no sense. \$\endgroup\$
– C5H8NNaO4
Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 12:23

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:04:33Z

Java - 549 492 468 453 432

class a{static<T>void p(T p){System.out.println(p);}public static void main(String[]a){String b="/=";int l=0,t,i;a=a[0].split("\\|");for(String s:a)l=(t=s.length())>l?t:l;for(t=0;t<l;t++)b+="=";b+="=\\";p(b);i=a[0].length();p(String.format("| %"+(l+i)/2+"s%"+(l-i)/2+"s |",a[0]," "));b="|=";for(t=0;t<l;t++)b+="=";b+="=|";p(b);for(t=1;t<a.length;t++)p(String.format("| %-"+l+"s |",a[t]));b="\\-";for(t=0;t<l;t++)b+="-";b+="-/";p(b);}}

With line breaks and tabs

class a{
    
    static<T>void p(T p){System.out.println(p);}

    public static void main(String[]a){
        a=a[0].split("\\|");
        String b="/=";
        int l=0,t,i;

        for(String s:a)l=(t=s.length())>l?t:l;
        
        for(t=0;t<l;t++)b+="=";
        b+="=\\";
        p(b);
        
        p(String.format("| %"+(l+i)/2+"s%"+(l-i)/2+"s |",a[0]," "));
        
        b="|=";
        for(t=0;t<l;t++)b+="=";
        b+="=|";
        p(b);
        
        for(t=1;t<a.length;t++)p(String.format("| %-"+l+"s |",a[t]));
        
        b="\\-";
        for(t=0;t<l;t++)b+="-";
        b+="-/";
        p(b);
    }
}

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Ruby, 153 147 140 characters

Python 2.7 - 168 = 166 + 2 for quotes.

Charcoal, 66 bytes

Charcoal (Verbose), 385 bytes

GolfScript, 97 characters

Haskell, 292

Vyxal, 60 bytes

C# 4.5 - 375 347 chars

Javascript, 373 364

Java - 549 492 468 453 432

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9 Answers 9

Ruby, 153 147 140 characters

Python 2.7 - 168 = 166 + 2 for quotes.

Charcoal, 66 bytes

Charcoal (Verbose), 385 bytes

GolfScript, 97 characters

Haskell, 292

Vyxal, 60 bytes

C# 4.5 - 375 347 chars

Javascript, 373 364

Java - 549 492 468 453 432

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