Day 1: cowsay alternative – kittysay
Alrighty, lets flex our AI muscle just a little today so we don’t tear our ACL when we run next. As you know from Zombieland, you gotta limber up first.
tools
ChatGPT-4
prompt
I need a python script to mimic cowsay, but I want it to print a cat.output
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
import textwrap
def create_kitty_speech(message):
message_lines = textwrap.wrap(message, width=40)
message_width = max(len(line) for line in message_lines)
# Create the top border
speech_bubble = f" {'_' * (message_width + 2)}\n"
# Add the message lines
for index, line in enumerate(message_lines):
if index == 0:
speech_bubble += f"< {line.ljust(message_width)} >\n"
elif index == len(message_lines) - 1:
speech_bubble += f"\\ {line.ljust(message_width)} /\n"
else:
speech_bubble += f"| {line.ljust(message_width)} |\n"
# Create the bottom border
speech_bubble += f" {'-' * (message_width + 2)}"
return speech_bubble
def print_kitty(message):
kitty_art = r'''
/\_/\
/ o o \
( " )
'''
print(create_kitty_speech(message))
print(kitty_art)
if __name__ == "__main__":
message = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
if not message:
print("Please provide a message to display.")
else:
print_kitty(message)
..and running it gives us…
$python3 kitty.py You have come a long way my friend
____________________________________
< You have come a long way my friend >
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/\_/\
/ o o \
( " )Good outcome for 30 Seconds of work. I feel so productive.