/*input any string with supported characters and see the magic! supported chars:[a-z][0-9] and those symbols:\|!"%/()=?'^+][°#,.-;:_ code requires 2 inputs: first input is string to be converted in symbols followed by a formatting selector: i: italics b: bold u: underlined you can use 1, 2 or all of the formatting selectors! example input: Luca biu displays encoded "Luca" in bold, italics and underlined written by Luca Moisio Corsello enjoy :) p.s.: report any suggersion/error in comment section please:) */ #include #include #include #include using namespace std; string s, c, name, mode; int main() { map aaa; //map containinng the way every char is encoded into symbols aaa["a"] = " * \n * * \n *** \n* *\n* *"; aaa["b"] = "**** \n* *\n**** \n* *\n**** "; aaa["c"] = " ****\n* \n* \n* \n ****"; aaa["d"] = "**** \n* *\n* *\n* *\n****"; aaa["e"] = "*****\n* \n*** \n* \n*****"; aaa["f"] = "*****\n* \n*** \n* \n* "; aaa["g"] = " *** \n* \n* ** \n* * *\n *** "; aaa["h"] = "* *\n* *\n*****\n* *\n* *"; aaa["i"] = " *** \n * \n * \n * \n *** "; aaa["j"] = " ***\n * \n * \n * * \n * "; aaa["k"] = "** *\n * * \n ** \n * * \n** *"; aaa["l"] = "* \n* \n* \n* \n*****"; aaa["m"] = "* *\n** **\n* * *\n* *\n* *"; aaa["n"] = "* *\n** *\n* * *\n* **\n* *"; aaa["o"] = " *** \n* *\n* *\n* *\n *** "; aaa["p"] = "**** \n* *\n**** \n* \n* "; aaa["q"] = " *** \n* *\n* * *\n* **\n ****"; aaa["r"] = "**** \n* *\n**** \n* * \n* *"; aaa["s"] = " *** \n* \n *** \n *\n *** "; aaa["t"] = "*****\n * \n * \n * \n * "; aaa["u"] = "* *\n* *\n* *\n* *\n *** "; aaa["v"] = "* *\n* *\n* *\n * * \n * "; aaa["w"] = "* *\n* *\n* *\n* * *\n * * "; aaa["x"] = "* *\n * * \n * \n * * \n* *"; aaa["y"] = "* *\n * * \n * \n * \n * "; aaa["z"] = "*****\n * \n * \n * \n*****"; aaa["1"] = " *\n **\n * *\n *\n *"; aaa["2"] = " *** \n* *\n * \n * \n*****"; aaa["3"] = " *** \n* *\n * \n* *\n *** "; aaa["4"] = " * \n ** \n * * \n*****\n * "; aaa["5"] = "**** \n* \n**** \n *\n**** "; aaa["6"] = " *** \n* \n**** \n* *\n *** "; aaa["7"] = " ****\n * \n *** \n * \n* "; aaa["8"] = " *** \n* +\n *** \n* *\n *** "; aaa["9"] = " *** \n* *\n ****\n *\n *** "; aaa["0"] = " *** \n* *\n* *\n* *\n *** "; aaa["|"] = " * \n * \n * \n * \n * "; aaa["|"] = " * \n * \n \n *** \n *** "; aaa["\""] = " * * \n * * \n * * \n \n "; aaa["\\"] = "* \n * \n * \n * \n *"; aaa["%"] = "** *\n* * \n * \n * * \n **"; aaa["/"] = "* \n * \n * \n * \n *"; aaa["("] = " \n* \n* \n* \n * "; aaa[")"] = " * \n *\n *\n *\n * "; aaa["="] = " \n*****\n \n*****\n "; aaa["?"] = " *** \n* *\n * \n * \n * "; aaa["^"] = " * \n * * \n* *\n \n "; aaa["'"] = " * \n * \n * \n \n "; aaa["["] = "*** \n* \n* \n* \n*** "; aaa["]"] = " ***\n *\n *\n *\n ***"; aaa["+"] = " * \n * \n*****\n * \n * "; aaa["°"] = " *** \n * * \n *** \n \n "; aaa["#"] = " * * \n*****\n * * \n*****\n * * "; aaa["_"] = " \n \n \n \n*****"; aaa["-"] = " \n \n *** \n \n "; aaa[","] = " \n \n **\n **\n * "; aaa[";"] = " **\n \n **\n **\n * "; aaa["."] = " \n \n \n **\n **"; aaa[":"] = " **\n **\n \n **\n **"; getline(cin, name); //get first input (code also accept spaces) cin >> mode; //get formatting selectors cout << "you asked to print '" << name << "' with the following formatting:" << endl; //following 4 if sentencesdisplay the formatting you have chosen if (mode.find("b") != std::string::npos) { cout << "-bold" << endl; } if (mode.find("i") != std::string::npos) { cout << "-italics" << endl; } if (mode.find("u") != std::string::npos) { cout << "-underlined" << endl; } if (mode.find("n") != std::string::npos) { cout << "-none" << endl; } cout << endl << "here you go:" << endl; for (int p = 0; p < name.length(); p++) { //for loop to analyze and encode every char of provided text c = tolower(name[p]); //avoid uppercase for matching reasosn if (c == " ") { //handling spaces (omitted in output) continue; } s = aaa[c]; //following if apply selecting formatting to output if (mode.find("b") != std::string::npos) { //searches for b in formatting coice to apply bold replace(s.begin(), s.end(), '*', '@'); // replace all '*' with '@' to increase visibility and make text appear bold } if (mode.find("i") != std::string::npos) { //searches for i in formatting coice to apply italics for (int k = 24; k >= 0; k -= 6) { //this loops adds spaces before every line to make text appear in italics (one space less for every line from top to bottom) int j = (29 - k) / 5; //as there are newlines and every line of encoded char in the map is made up of 5 lines, we had to teach the code to put spaces after /n char of previous line and befor line encoding s.replace(k, 0, string(j, ' ')); } } if (mode.find("u") != std::string::npos) { //searches for u in formatting coice to apply underlined s.append("\n#####"); //underlined is just another line full of # at the bottom of every encode character to make text appear underlined } cout << endl << s << endl; //display encoded character } return 0; }

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