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I like ascii art and I get bored a lot, so I found some ascii characters and started to make random things, 8-bit mario castle, mazes, and arches. I found that the arches could easily be stacked in a neat way.

╔═══════╗
║╔═════╗║
║║╔═══╗║║
║║║╔═╗║║║
╨╨╨╨─╨╨╨╨

Challenge

Create a program, function, or any other standard format that accepts an integer that is greater than or equal to 0 (unless you are doing the bonus) and outputs ascii art with the amount of arches specified.

Test Cases

Input:

7

Output:

╔═════════════╗
║╔═══════════╗║
║║╔═════════╗║║
║║║╔═══════╗║║║
║║║║╔═════╗║║║║
║║║║║╔═══╗║║║║║
║║║║║║╔═╗║║║║║║
╨╨╨╨╨╨╨─╨╨╨╨╨╨╨

Alt:

+-------------+
|+-----------+|
||+---------+||
|||+-------+|||
||||+-----+||||
|||||+---+|||||
||||||+-+||||||
||||||| |||||||
---------------

Input:

1

Output:

╔═╗
╨─╨

Alt:

+-+
| |
---
  • If the integer is 0 then don't output anything
  • This question will be in utf-8, each character will count as a "byte"
  • This is so the shortest answer wins.
  • You have the option of using +-+ instead of ╔═╗, --- instead of ╨─╨, and | instead of

Bonus (not decided whether to allow this on the alternate version because it wouldn't be as hard)

-10% if the program supports negative numbers and flips the arches like so

╥╥╥╥─╥╥╥╥
║║║╚═╝║║║
║║╚═══╝║║
║╚═════╝║
╚═══════╝
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    \$\begingroup\$ AFAIK those are not ASCII characters. unicode-art \$\endgroup\$
    – flawr
    Commented Jan 10, 2016 at 23:45
  • \$\begingroup\$ welp, @flawr you are right. What now... \$\endgroup\$
    – Hasan
    Commented Jan 10, 2016 at 23:48
  • \$\begingroup\$ The world is going to collapse! Don't worry, perhaps just mention that they are not part of standard ASCII, but the ascii-art tag still applies (the unicode-tag was a joke.) \$\endgroup\$
    – flawr
    Commented Jan 10, 2016 at 23:50
  • \$\begingroup\$ That looks like extended ASCII, though, so you're probably okay. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 10, 2016 at 23:51
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    \$\begingroup\$ @ՊՓԼՃՐՊՃՈԲՍԼ There's no standard version of extended ASCII en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_ASCII The closest thing there is is codepage 437 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 which was standard in the USA and many other countries but I find when I copy and paste this into a codepage 437 editor and back into windows it "interprets" as arches with +---+ at the top, sides of | and a bottom of ----- which looks fine to me. Juanpotato, if you want to use non-ascii characters, please indicate the encoding in the question. As it stands I'm voting to close as unclear. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 0:13

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Python 2, 106 bytes (94 chars)

n=input();j=1
exec"s=j/2*'║';print s+'╔'+'═'*(2*n-j)+'╗'+s;j+=2;"*n
if n:t='╨'*n;print t+'─'+t

Pretty straightforward. Prints line by line with a changing number of horizontal and vertical bars. The last line is printed separately.

I feel like I'm missing some optimizations. The fact that the chars are multiple bytes means you can't do something like '║╨'[n>0], so I didn't find a good way to print the last line in the loop. It's ugly that there's so much manipulation going on with the counter. I'd like update strings directly, like s+='║', but the index is also used for horizontal bars.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ You can now use +-| to build the arches, see op for examples. \$\endgroup\$
    – Hasan
    Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 2:05
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    \$\begingroup\$ @JuanPotato OP stands for original poster. Do you mean the question? \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 7:50
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    \$\begingroup\$ @flagasspam yes, I've just seen uses where it means original post \$\endgroup\$
    – Hasan
    Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 20:11
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Perl, 78 82 chars

$n='─';$_='══'x pop;while(s/══//){print"$s╔═$_╗$s\n";$s.="║";$n="╨$n╨"}$s&&print$n

Sadly, I couldn't figure out a way to take advantage of the bonus without increasing the size by more than 10%. I may yet prevail.

Ungolfed

Pretty straightforward, really. Builds up bottom line (╨$n╨) incrementally, while shortening top line (══) by two characters, ending when it can no longer be shortened, so I don't have to mess with counters.

 $n = '─'; # Bottom line
 $_ = '══'x pop; # "Top" line, length from commandline argument
 while (s/══//) { # Shorten top line by two characters
     print "$s╔═$_╗$s\n"; # Print current line with $s (sides)
     $s .= "║";           # Append vertical bar to sides
     $n  = "╨$n╨";        # Widen bottom line
 }
 $s && print $n; # Print bottom line if input is not 0
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  • \$\begingroup\$ I think this prints a single for n = 0, but it should print nothing. \$\endgroup\$
    – lynn
    Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 1:41
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Mauris I just ran it and you are correct \$\endgroup\$
    – Hasan
    Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 2:08
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    \$\begingroup\$ @Mauris Dang! You're absolutely right. My original version was fine, but somewhere along the line I lost the check. Fixed, at the cost of 4 chars. Thanks for spotting that. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 5:59
  • \$\begingroup\$ I know this is old, but to add to @Abigail's comment, you can save bytes using -n too: Try it online! \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jul 11, 2018 at 15:38
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CJam, 59 bytes

qi:Lg"^Za"a{_0=1'Z3*tsa\{'[2*\*}%+}L(*'rL*a2*N*a+9462ff+N**

Try it here!

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  • \$\begingroup\$ You can now use +-| to build the arches, see op for examples. \$\endgroup\$
    – Hasan
    Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 2:08
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Bash, 124 bytes (112 characters)

printf -vh %$1s
b=${h// /╨}
h=${h// /═}
for((n=$1;n--;)){
echo $v╔$h${h:1}╗$v
h=${h#?}
v+=║
}
(($1))&&echo $b─$b

Sample run:

bash-4.3$ bash ascii-arch.sh 7
╔═════════════╗
║╔═══════════╗║
║║╔═════════╗║║
║║║╔═══════╗║║║
║║║║╔═════╗║║║║
║║║║║╔═══╗║║║║║
║║║║║║╔═╗║║║║║║
╨╨╨╨╨╨╨─╨╨╨╨╨╨╨

bash-4.3$ bash ascii-arch.sh 1
╔═╗
╨─╨

bash-4.3$ bash ascii-arch.sh 0
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Japt -R, 29 bytes

Uses + & -. Sacrificed 4 bytes to handle the bloody input validation!

©Æ'+²¬q-p´UÑÄÃpS û| p-pNÑÄ)ªP

Try it


Explanation

                                  :Implicit input of integer U
©                                 :Logical AND with U
 Æ                                :Map the range [0,U)
  '+                              :  Literal "+"
    ²                             :  Repeat twice
     ¬                            :  Split
      q                           :  Join with
       -                          :   Literal "-"
        p                         :   Repeat
         ´U                       :    Decrement U
           Ñ                      :    Multiply by 2
            Ä                     :    Add 1
             Ã                    :End mapping
              pS                  :Push a space
                 û|               :Centre pad each element with "|" to the length of the longest element
                    p     )       :Push
                     -            : Literal "-"
                      p           : Repeat
                       N          :  The array of inputs (which will be cast to an integer if we perform a mathematical operation on it)
                        ÑÄ        :  Multiply by 2 and add 1
                           ª      :Logical OR
                            P     :The empty string
                                  :Implicitly join with newlines and output
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  • \$\begingroup\$ fails on the input 0 \$\endgroup\$
    – dzaima
    Commented Jul 11, 2018 at 10:06
  • \$\begingroup\$ @dzaima, what do you mean? How can you have an arch of size 0? \$\endgroup\$
    – Shaggy
    Commented Jul 11, 2018 at 10:15
  • \$\begingroup\$ If the integer is 0 then don't output anything from the challenge :/ \$\endgroup\$
    – dzaima
    Commented Jul 11, 2018 at 10:16
  • \$\begingroup\$ @dzaima, Oh, I missed that. Thanks. First of all: Boo-urns to input validation! Secondly, Japt can't output nothing - I could output 0, false or an empty string at a cost of some bytes but I don't know if any of those would be acceptable except, maybe, the empty string, which would cost me 5 bytes (0 would only cost me 1). \$\endgroup\$
    – Shaggy
    Commented Jul 11, 2018 at 10:19
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JavaScript (ES6), 101 characters

f=(n,i=0)=>n?i-n?(b="║"[r="repeat"](i))+`╔${"═"[r]((n-i)*2-1)}╗${b}
`+f(n,i+1):(g="╨"[r](n))+"─"+g:""

Explanation

Recursive function that prints each line

f=(n,i=0)=>              // f = recursive function, i = current line (default = 0)
  n?                     // if n != 0
    i-n?                 // if we are not in the last line, print the line
      (b="║"[r="repeat"](i))+`╔${"═"[r]((n-i)*2-1)}╗${b}
`+f(n,i+1)               // add the output of the next line
    :(g="╨"[r](n))+"─"+g // if we ARE in the last line, print the last line
  :""                    // print nothing if n = 0

Test

Test does not use default parameter for browser compatibility.

var solution = f=(n,i)=>n?(i|=0)-n?(b="║"[r="repeat"](i))+`╔${"═"[r]((n-i)*2-1)}╗${b}
`+f(n,i+1):(g="╨"[r](n))+"─"+g:""
<input type="number" oninput="result.textContent=solution(+this.value)" />
<pre id="result"></pre>

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PHP (109 chars)

$s='';for($b=($n=$argv[1])?'─':'';$n--;){echo$s.'╔═'.str_repeat('══',$n)."╗$s\n";$s.='║';$b="╨{$b}╨";}echo$b;

Still need to get rid of that str_repeat but most alternatives won't handle mulyibyte chars.

$s = '';
// Initialise $b (bottom) to '─' or '' for n==0
for ($b = ($n = $argv[1]) ? '─' : ''; $n--;) {
    // Echo sides + arch + sides
    echo $s . '╔═' . str_repeat('══', $n) . "╗$s\n";
    // Growing sides
    $s .= '║';
    // Growing bottom
    $b = "╨{$b}╨";
}
// Show bottom
echo $b;
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0
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Retina, 79 chars

.+
$0$*═$0$*═╗
^═
╔
+`(║*)╔═(═+)═╗║*$
$0¶$1║╔$2╗║$1
(\S+)$
$0¶$1
T`═╔╗║`─╨`\S+$

Try it online.

This uses a new feature in Retina that replaces a decimal number \d+ with a list of that many characters $0$*═.

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0
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Swift (209 bytes)

Probably Swift is not the best language for this, this is my first time trying to do a code golf challenge:

func *(l:String,r: Int)->String{return r>0 ?l+(l*(r-1)):""}
let n=Int(readLine()!)!
for i in 0...(n-1){let a=("║"*i)+"╔═";let b=a+("══"*(n-1-i))+"╗"+("║"*i);print(b)};print("╨"*n+"─"+"╨"*n)
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0
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Ruby, 90 bytes (74 characters)

->n{n.times{|i|puts ?║*i+?╔+?═*((n-i)*2-1)+?╗+?║*i}>0&&puts(?╨*n+?─+?╨*n)}

Sample run:

2.1.5 :001 > ->n{n.times{|i|puts ?║*i+?╔+?═*((n-i)*2-1)+?╗+?║*i}>0&&puts(?╨*n+?─+?╨*n)}[7]
╔═════════════╗
║╔═══════════╗║
║║╔═════════╗║║
║║║╔═══════╗║║║
║║║║╔═════╗║║║║
║║║║║╔═══╗║║║║║
║║║║║║╔═╗║║║║║║
╨╨╨╨╨╨╨─╨╨╨╨╨╨╨
 => nil 

2.1.5 :002 > ->n{n.times{|i|puts ?║*i+?╔+?═*((n-i)*2-1)+?╗+?║*i}>0&&puts(?╨*n+?─+?╨*n)}[1]
╔═╗
╨─╨
 => nil 

2.1.5 :003 > ->n{n.times{|i|puts ?║*i+?╔+?═*((n-i)*2-1)+?╗+?║*i}>0&&puts(?╨*n+?─+?╨*n)}[0]
 => false 
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Haskell, 151 162 bytes

r=replicate
c=concat
f n=putStr$unlines[c[r i '║',"╔",r(2*(n-i)-1)'═',"╗",r i '║']|i<-[0..n-1]]++c[r n '╨',r(signum n)'─',r n '╨']
main=readLn>>=f

Edit: I forgot to deal with 0 as input

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𝔼𝕊𝕄𝕚𝕟, 54 chars / 95 bytes

⩥ïⓜᵖ⟮ ⍘|ď⟯$+`+⦃⟮⍘-ď (ï⟯-$)*2-1)}+`+Ⅰ$;ï⅋ᵖⅠï+⬭+Ⅰï,Ⅱ*2+1

Try it here (Firefox only).

Explanation

⩥ïⓜᵖ⟮ ⍘|ď⟯$+`+⦃⟮⍘-ď (ï⟯-$)*2-1)}+`+Ⅰ$;ï⅋ᵖⅠï+⬭+Ⅰï,Ⅱ*2+1 // implicit: ï=input, $=mapped item
                                                       // PHASE 1
⩥ïⓜ                                                   // create a range to map over
    ᵖ                                                  // push to stack:
     ⟮ ⍘|ď⟯$                                            // | repeated $ times
           +`+⦃⟮⍘-ď (ï⟯-$)*2-1)}+`                      // & +[- repeated 2$-1 times]+
                                 +Ⅰ$;                  // & | repeated $ times
                                                       // PHASE 2
                                     ï⅋                // if ï>0
                                       ᵖ               // push to stack 2 items:
                                        Ⅰï+⬭+Ⅰï,      // | repeated $ times & [space] & | repeated $ times
                                                 Ⅱ*2+1 // and - repeated 2ï+1
                                                       // implicit stack output, newline-separated

NOTE: this makes use of good ol' copy blocks to get at the spots where ordinary variable declaring could not reach.

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0
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Sed, 97 bytes (81 characters)

(96 bytes (80 characters) code + 1 character command line option)

s/.(.*)/2&\13/
t
:
H
s/(.+)11(.+)/4\1\24/
t
y/1234/─╨╨╨/
H
g
s/\n//
y/1234/═╔╗║/

Input expected as unary integer.

Sample run:

bash-4.3$ sed -r 's/.(.*)/2&\13/;t;:;H;s/(.+)11(.+)/4\1\24/;t;y/1234/─╨╨╨/;H;g;s/\n//;y/1234/═╔╗║/' <<< '1111111'
╔═════════════╗
║╔═══════════╗║
║║╔═════════╗║║
║║║╔═══════╗║║║
║║║║╔═════╗║║║║
║║║║║╔═══╗║║║║║
║║║║║║╔═╗║║║║║║
╨╨╨╨╨╨╨─╨╨╨╨╨╨╨

bash-4.3$ sed -r 's/.(.*)/2&\13/;t;:;H;s/(.+)11(.+)/4\1\24/;t;y/1234/─╨╨╨/;H;g;s/\n//;y/1234/═╔╗║/' <<< '1'
╔═╗
╨─╨

bash-4.3$ sed -r 's/.(.*)/2&\13/;t;:;H;s/(.+)11(.+)/4\1\24/;t;y/1234/─╨╨╨/;H;g;s/\n//;y/1234/═╔╗║/' <<< ''

Sed, 105 bytes (75 characters)

(104 bytes (74 characters) code + 1 character command line option)

y/1/═/
s/.(.*)/╔&\1╗/
t
:
H
s/(.+)══(.+)/║\1\2║/
t
y/╔║╗═/╨╨╨─/
H
g
s/\n//

Input expected as unary integer.

Sample run:

bash-4.3$ sed -r 'y/1/═/;s/.(.*)/╔&\1╗/;t;:;H;s/(.+)══(.+)/║\1\2║/;t;y/╔║╗═/╨╨╨─/;H;g;s/\n//' <<< '1111111'
╔═════════════╗
║╔═══════════╗║
║║╔═════════╗║║
║║║╔═══════╗║║║
║║║║╔═════╗║║║║
║║║║║╔═══╗║║║║║
║║║║║║╔═╗║║║║║║
╨╨╨╨╨╨╨─╨╨╨╨╨╨╨

bash-4.3$ sed -r 'y/1/═/;s/.(.*)/╔&\1╗/;t;:;H;s/(.+)══(.+)/║\1\2║/;t;y/╔║╗═/╨╨╨─/;H;g;s/\n//' <<< '1'
╔═╗
╨─╨

bash-4.3$ sed -r 'y/1/═/;s/.(.*)/╔&\1╗/;t;:;H;s/(.+)══(.+)/║\1\2║/;t;y/╔║╗═/╨╨╨─/;H;g;s/\n//' <<< ''
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Canvas, 15 bytes

-*+∔]⤢:↷±n│L-×∔

Try it here!

Explanation:

{    ]            map over 1..input
 -*                 repeat "-" counter times
   +∔               append "+" to that
      ⤢           transpose
       :          create a duplicate of that
        ↷±        rotated 90°, then reversed horizontally
          n       overlap the 2
           |      and palindromize horizontally with 1 overlap
            L     get the with of that
             -×   repear "-" that many times
               ∔  and add vertically to the rest of the output
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Vyxal, 30 bytes

(\|n*\++⁰n--øm,)\|*ð+øm¶+⁰d›-,

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(              )               # Input times...
 \|n*                          # (iteration number) |s
     \++                       # With a plus appended
        ⁰n--                   # And (input - iteration number) minuses
            øm,                # Palindromed and outputted
                \|*            # Input |s
                   ð+          # Plus a space
                     øm        # Palindromised
                       ¶+      # Plus a newline
                         ⁰d›   # (2(iteration number) + 1)
                            -, # Minuses appended, and outputted
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