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A Happy Ending

Generates Text art in the style of Philippe Decrauzat's D.T.A.B.T.W.H.A.H.E. 2010 currently exhibited at the MoMA NYC

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// Generate text from Philippe Decrauzat's D.T.A.B.T.W.H.A.H.E. 2010
let print (s:string) =
    [|
    for y in 0..s.Length-1 ->
        [|for x in 0..y-1 -> s.[x]
          for x in y..s.Length-1 -> s.[y]
        |]
        |> fun cs -> 
            System.String(cs) + 
            System.String(cs |> Array.rev |> Seq.skip 1 |> Seq.toArray) 
    |] 
    |> fun ys -> [|yield! ys; yield! (Array.rev ys |> Seq.skip 1)|] 
    |> String.concat "\r\n"
print "A HAPPY ENDING" 
|> printfn "%s"
val print : s:string -> string

Full name: Script.print
val s : string
Multiple items
val string : value:'T -> string

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.string

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type string = System.String

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.string
val y : int
property System.String.Length: int
val x : int
val cs : char []
namespace System
Multiple items
type String =
  new : value:char -> string + 7 overloads
  member Chars : int -> char
  member Clone : unit -> obj
  member CompareTo : value:obj -> int + 1 overload
  member Contains : value:string -> bool
  member CopyTo : sourceIndex:int * destination:char[] * destinationIndex:int * count:int -> unit
  member EndsWith : value:string -> bool + 2 overloads
  member Equals : obj:obj -> bool + 2 overloads
  member GetEnumerator : unit -> CharEnumerator
  member GetHashCode : unit -> int
  ...

Full name: System.String

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System.String(value: nativeptr<char>) : unit
System.String(value: nativeptr<sbyte>) : unit
System.String(value: char []) : unit
System.String(c: char, count: int) : unit
System.String(value: nativeptr<char>, startIndex: int, length: int) : unit
System.String(value: nativeptr<sbyte>, startIndex: int, length: int) : unit
System.String(value: char [], startIndex: int, length: int) : unit
System.String(value: nativeptr<sbyte>, startIndex: int, length: int, enc: System.Text.Encoding) : unit
module Array

from Microsoft.FSharp.Collections
val rev : array:'T [] -> 'T []

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Array.rev
module Seq

from Microsoft.FSharp.Collections
val skip : count:int -> source:seq<'T> -> seq<'T>

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Seq.skip
val toArray : source:seq<'T> -> 'T []

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Seq.toArray
val ys : System.String []
module String

from Microsoft.FSharp.Core
val concat : sep:string -> strings:seq<string> -> string

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.String.concat
val printfn : format:Printf.TextWriterFormat<'T> -> 'T

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.ExtraTopLevelOperators.printfn

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Link:http://fssnip.net/ii
Posted:10 years ago
Author:Phillip Trelford
Tags: art