Print multiline text horizontally

Question

In my python program I defined a dictionary.

And assigned big block letters made with # symbols to it.

I need to display letters horizontally like this

  #    ###     ###
 # #   #  #   #
#####  ###   #
#   #  #  #   #
#   #  ###     ###

My Code is supposed to take an input and print the big letters corresponding the input if input is abc so output should be like above.

Code

dic ={}

dic['A'] = '''
  #  
 # # 
#####
#   #
#   #'''
dic['B'] = '''
###  
#  # 
###  
#  # 
###  '''
dic['C'] = '''
  ### 
 #   
#    
 #   
  ###'''

word = input('Input : ').upper()

for i in word :
    s = dic[i].split('\n')
    print(s[0],end='     ')
print('')
for j in word :
    print(s[1],end='     ')
print('')
for k in word :
    print(s[2],end='     ')
print('')
for m in word :
    print(s[3],end='     ')
print('')
for n in word :
    print(s[4],end='     ')

each letter already has line breaks, so it will never print horizontally. You need to process the whole string one line at a time. — tromgy, Dec 10 '21 at 12:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '21 at 12:50

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Store your letters in 2D array of char. Then merge all letters, you'll get one 2D array. Then print row by row your 2D array.

answered Dec 10 '21 at 12:50

LittlePanic404

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '21 at 15:50

Store the chars in lists like this:

chars = {}
chars['A'] = ['  #  ',
              ' # # ',
              '#####',
              '#   #',
              '#   #']

chars['B'] = ['### ',
              '#  #',
              '### ',
              '#  #',
              '### ']

chars['C'] = ['  ###',
              ' #   ',
              '#    ',
              ' #   ',
              '  ###']

word = input('Input : ').upper()
word_chars = [chars[i] for i in word]

Then use this function to combine the chars in word_chars:

def combineChars(chars: list[list[str]], spacing: str):
    lines = []
    for line_i in range(max([len(x) for x in chars])):
        line = []
        for char in chars:
            if len(char) > line_i:
                line.append(char[line_i])
        lines.append(spacing.join(line))
    return '\n'.join(lines)


print(combineChars(word_chars, '  '))  # in this case the chars
                                       # are 2 spaces apart 
#output:

  #    ###     ###
 # #   #  #   #
#####  ###   #
#   #  #  #   #
#   #  ###     ###

The second argument in combineChars(chars, spacing) is used for the spacing inbetween the chars.

There is also a short, but complicated form:

def combineChars(chars: list[list], spacing: str):
    return '\n'.join([spacing.join([char[line_i] for char in chars if len(char) > line_i]) for line_i in range(max([len(x) for x in chars]))])

`def combineChars(chars: list[list[str]], spacing: str): TypeError: 'type' object is not subscriptable` — ghost21blade, Dec 11 '21 at 05:01
Changing `combineChars(chars: list[list[str]], spacing: str):` to `combineChars(chars: str, spacing: str):` worked — ghost21blade, Dec 11 '21 at 05:06

Print multiline text horizontally

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