{"id":1060,"date":"2018-10-22T10:13:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T10:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/python\/?page_id=1060"},"modified":"2021-04-29T05:46:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T05:46:23","slug":"ascii-art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/python\/ascii-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding ASCII art to your Python programs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Printing ASCII Art<\/h2>\n
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Printing ASCII Art<\/h3>\n

You can print ASCII art that is saved in a separate text file easily. It’s just 2 lines of code.<\/p>\n

Here the program would open the ASCII art saved into a file called bat.txt and print out.<\/p>\n

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f=<\/span> open<\/span> ('bat.txt'<\/span>,'r'<\/span>)\r\n\r\nprint<\/span>(''<\/span>.<\/span>join([line for<\/span> line in<\/span> f]))<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
You might want to create a Python procedure to make it even easier to print out lots of different ascii art files if you are using multiple ASCII art files in your program.<\/p>\n
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def<\/span> print_ascii<\/span>(fn):\r\n    f=<\/span> open<\/span>(fn,'r'<\/span>)\r\n    print<\/span>(''<\/span>.<\/span>join([line for<\/span> line in<\/span> f]))\r\n\r\nprint_ascii('bat.txt'<\/span>)\r\nprint_ascii('tree.txt'<\/span>)\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
You can now use this function anywhere in your code to load ascii art files. If you’ve saved your files to a subfolder then you will need to follow the instructions here.<\/a><\/p>\n
Warning – make sure you save your ASCII art in the same folder as your code.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>
Animated ASCII Art<\/h2>\n
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Animated ASCII Art Tutorial<\/h3>\n
If you want to add animated ASCII art to your programs then you can follow this tutorial here:<\/p>\n
Can’t access YouTube? Click here for the Google Drive Version<\/a><\/p>\n