Chop up my ASCII art

Question

Let's say I've got some ASCII art:

          ___
        ,"---".
        :     ;
         `-.-'
          | |
          | |
          | |
       _.-\_/-._
    _ / |     | \ _
   / /   `---'   \ \
  /  `-----------'  \
 /,-""-.       ,-""-.\
( i-..-i       i-..-i )
|`|    |-------|    |'|
\ `-..-'  ,=.  `-..-'/
 `--------|=|-------'
          | |
          \ \
           ) ) hjw
          / /
         ( (

(Source)

But I want to focus on the cable of this joystick, because I actually want a picture of a garden path, leading up to a door.

 ,=.
-|=|-
 | |
 \ \
  ) )
 / /
( (

I could copy out line after line, I could use a text editor with block selection mode, or... I could write some code!

So, my code needs five arguments:

A piece of ASCII art, a newline separated string.
The X axis of the top-left corner (1-indexed, from left hand column, positive integer)
The Y axis of the top-left corner (1-indexed, from top row, positive integer)
Width of the resultant image (positive integer)
Height of the resultant image (positive integer)

Test Cases

ASCII image:

          ___
        ,"---".
        :     ;
         `-.-'
          | |
          | |
          | |
       _.-\_/-._
    _ / |     | \ _
   / /   `---'   \ \
  /  `-----------'  \
 /,-""-.       ,-""-.\
( i-..-i       i-..-i )
|`|    |-------|    |'|
\ `-..-'  ,=.  `-..-'/
 `--------|=|-------'
          | |
          \ \
           ) ) hjw
          / /
         ( (

Garden path

X: 10
Y: 15
Width: 5
Height: 7

Result:

 ,=.
-|=|-
 | |
 \ \
  ) )
 / /
( (

DB icon

X: 3
Y: 12
Width: 6
Height: 4

Output:

,-""-.
i-..-i
|    |
`-..-'

Alien Elder

X: 9
Y: 1
Width: 7
Height: 10

  ___
,"---".
:     ;
 `-.-'
  | |
  | |
  | |
.-\_/-.
|     |
 `---'

Signature

X: 16
Y: 19
Width: 3
Height: 1

hjw

Rules

Output can be given by any convenient method.
Either a full program or a function are acceptable.
Standard loopholes are forbidden.
This is code-golf so all usual golfing rules apply, and the shortest code (in bytes) wins.

Also, in testcase 1, Y should bew 15, and in TC 2, X should be 3 — TFeld, Oct 26, 2018 at 9:15
Can we assume the input is padded to a rectangle with spaces? — DLosc, Oct 26, 2018 at 9:23
That's exactly what I thought of when I saw that ascii art, a garden path. I didn't think of anything else at all... — Jo King, Oct 26, 2018 at 10:27
It seems many of the X and Y values are incorrect in the test cases (maybe some are 0 indexed?!) - at least: Y of Garden Path should be 15; X of DB Icon should be 3. — Jonathan Allan, Oct 26, 2018 at 10:44

dzaima · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-27 11:06:43Z

22

Canvas, 1 byte

＠

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It takes height, width, Y, X, and ASCII art as inputs, in that order.

Though almost everything about the ASCII art objects in Canvas is 0-indexed, ＠ is 1-indexed by some reason. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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answered Oct 26, 2018 at 11:39

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\$\begingroup\$ Expected answer from canvas :D (mb charcoal have something similar) \$\endgroup\$
– Dead Possum
Oct 26, 2018 at 11:44
\$\begingroup\$ What sorcery is this! \$\endgroup\$
– AJFaraday
Oct 29, 2018 at 9:18
\$\begingroup\$ @AJFaraday I mean, wouldn't you expect that a language specifically made for ASCII-art manipulation to not have a built-in to get a specific part of an ascii-art? :p \$\endgroup\$
– dzaima
Oct 29, 2018 at 9:36

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TFeld · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-26 09:17:20Z

7

Python 2, 64 62 bytes

lambda I,x,y,w,h:[l[x-1:][:w]for l in I.split('\n')[y-1:][:h]]

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If X and Y can be 0-indexed:

Python 2, 56 bytes

lambda I,x,y,w,h:[l[x:x+w]for l in I.split('\n')[y:y+h]]

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answered Oct 26, 2018 at 9:17

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Neil · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-26 12:20:31Z

4

Charcoal, 7 bytes

δＪθηＴζε

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δ

Print the ASCII art.

Ｊθη

Jump to the top left corner of the desired rectangle.

Ｔζε

Trim the canvas to the desired size.

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:04:33Z

Pip `-n`, 21 bytes

_@>--b@<dM(a^n--c+,e)

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Or, if 0-indexing is allowed...

Pip `-n`, 17 bytes:

_@>b@<dM(a^nc+,e)

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Explanation

Takes all five arguments as command-line args.

                   a-e are the 5 cmdline args; n is newline
         a^n       Split a on newlines
              ,e   Range(e)
            c+     Add c to each element
        (       )  Use the resulting range(c,c+e) to slice into the list of lines
       M           To each line, map this function:
_                   The line
 @>b                Slice, keeping indices b and greater
    @<d             Slice, keeping indices less than d
                   Print, joining on newlines (-n flag)

The above solutions also assume the input is a perfect rectangle--i.e., the lines are all the same length. Otherwise, 2 extra bytes are needed (use -l instead of -n):

(Z(a^nZDsb+,d)c+,e)      0-indexed, 19 bytes
(Z(a^nZDs--b+,d)--c+,e)  1-indexed, 23 bytes

Emigna · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-26 09:51:25Z

3

05AB1E, 21 19 bytes

UV¶¡εXG¦}Y£}sG¦}s£»

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Or if 0-indexing is allowed:

05AB1E, 18 bytes

UV¶¡εX.$Y£}sF¦}s£»

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edited Oct 26, 2018 at 9:51

answered Oct 26, 2018 at 9:26

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\$\begingroup\$ 12 if you can take in [X1, X2] and [Y1, Y2] as v³ŸNåiy²ŸèJ= \$\endgroup\$
– Magic Octopus Urn
Oct 26, 2018 at 13:14

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:04:33Z

3

Japt `-R`, 13 11 bytes

·tWÉY ®tVÉX

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2 bytes saved thanks to Kamil Drakari

9 bytes if not for the unnecessary requirement that solutions use 1-based indexing.

·tWY ®tVX

Explanation

                :Implicit input of string U and integers V=X, W=Y, X=Width & Y=Height
·               :Split U on newlines
 t              :Slice
  WÉ            : From 0-based index W-1
    Y           : To length Y
      ®         :Map
       t        :  Substring
        VÉ      :   From 0-based index V-1
          X     :   To length X
                :Implicitly join with newlines and output

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answered Oct 26, 2018 at 10:07

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\$\begingroup\$ In my testing, you can save 2 bytes by switching the slice to t, and another 2 bytes by 0 indexing. It might be worth waiting on the second one since OP hasn't clarified whether 0 indexing is acceptable, or fixed the test cases. \$\endgroup\$
– Kamil Drakari
Oct 26, 2018 at 14:40
\$\begingroup\$ Nice one, @KamilDrakari - completely forgot the t method works on arrays, too. \$\endgroup\$
– Shaggy
Oct 26, 2018 at 16:44

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Shieru Asakoto · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-29 01:04:16Z

3

JavaScript (Node.js), 70 69 bytes

-1 Thanks @Shaggy for the splice() idea.

(a,x,y,w,h)=>a.split`
`.map(q=>q.substr(x-1,w)).splice(--y,h).join`
`

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The ASCII art given is annoying tbh

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answered Oct 26, 2018 at 10:13

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1

\$\begingroup\$ 69 bytes \$\endgroup\$
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Oct 26, 2018 at 16:52

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Galen Ivanov · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-26 13:12:44Z

2

J, 45 bytes

f=:4 :0
'a b c d'=.x-#:10
y{~<(a+i.b);c+i.d
)

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Notes: J accepts up to 2 arguments, left and right. The right argument is the ASCII art string, the left one - a list of U H X W values

I simulate the newline and the function call has a code to convert the string to an array.

answered Oct 26, 2018 at 13:12

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DJMcMayhem · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-26 15:47:06Z

2

V, 16 bytes

ÀGÀ|<C-v>@cl@djyHVGp

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Input is expected to be padded with spaces to be a perfect rectangle. Also, the 'Y' input comes before the 'X'.

Hexdump:

00000000: c047 c07c 1640 636c 4064 6a79 4856 4770  .G.|.@cl@djyHVGp

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ErikF · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-29 23:04:55Z

2

C (gcc), 118 109 bytes

The input can contain jagged lines: newlines are printed if they exist in the y-range.

Thanks to ceilingcat for the suggestion.

f(s,x,y,w,h,a,b,c)char*s;{for(b=1,a=0;*s;a=c?!b++:a,s++)((c=*s==10)|++a>=x&a-x<w)&b>=y&b-y<h-c&&putchar(*s);}

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Erik the Outgolfer · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-26 12:55:31Z

1

Jelly, 11 bytes

Ỵṫ€¥ṫḣ€ḣ4ƭ/

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Takes the ASCII-art as a Python multi-line r-string (so as to avoid problems with backslashes).

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totallyhuman · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-26 13:14:59Z

1

Haskell, 61 bytes

(x#y)w h=unlines.map(take w.drop(x-1)).take h.drop(y-1).lines

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Takes arguments in order: x, y, w, h, s.

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answered Oct 26, 2018 at 13:09

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\$\begingroup\$ 58 bytes: Try it online! \$\endgroup\$
– Laikoni
Oct 26, 2018 at 17:38

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Digital Trauma · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-26 18:02:17Z

1

Bash + coreutils, 37

cut -b$1-$[$1+$3-1]|tail +$2|head -$4

Interestingly, GNU tail 8.28 (on Ubuntu 18.04) allows +NUM format, whereas GNU tail 8.29 on TIO requires 2 extra bytes for this -n+NUM.

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I thought doing this all in sed might be shorter, but at 50 bytes its not:

sed -nr "$2,$[$2+$4-1]s/.{$[$1-1]}(.{,$3}).*/\1/p"

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:04:33Z

K4, 31 bytes

Solution:

{[a;x;y;w;h]a .-1+(y;x)+!:'h,w}

Examples:

q)ASCII:("          ___";"        ,\"---\".";"        :     ;";"         `-.-'";"          | |";"          | |";"          | |";"       _.-\\_/-._";"    _ / |     | \\ _";"   / /   `---'   \\ \\";"  /  `-----------'  \\";" /,-\"\"-.       ,-\"\"-.\\";"( i-..-i       i-..-i )";"|`|    |-------|    |'|";"\\ `-..-'  ,=.  `-..-'/";" `--------|=|-------'";"          | |";"          \\ \\";"           ) ) hjw";"          / /";"         ( (")
q)k){[a;x;y;w;h]a .-1+(y;x)+!:'h,w}[ASCII;10;15;5;7]
" ,=. "
"-|=|-"
" | | "
" \\ \\ "
"  ) )"
" / / "
"( (  "
q)k){[a;x;y;w;h].[a;-1+(y;x)+!:'h,w]}[ASCII;3;12;6;4]
",-\"\"-."
"i-..-i"
"|    |"
"`-..-'"
q)k){[a;x;y;w;h].[a;-1+(y;x)+!:'h,w]}[ASCII;9;1;7;10]
"  ___  "
",\"---\"."
":     ;"
" `-.-' "
"  | |  "
"  | |  "
"  | |  "
".-\\_/-."
"|     |"
" `---' "
q)k){[a;x;y;w;h].[a;-1+(y;x)+!:'h,w]}[ASCII;16;19;3;1]
"hjw"

Explanation:

Take the 1-indexed input, generate the x/y coordinates and index into ascii art.

{[a;x;y;w;h]a .-1+(y;x)+!:'h,w} / the solution
{[a;x;y;w;h]                  } / lambda taking 5 inputs, a(scii), x, y, w(idth), h(eight)
                           h,w  / concatenate height and width, e.g. 7 5
                        !:'     / range til each, e.g. (0 1 2 3 4 5 6;0 1 2 3 4)
                  (y;x)+        / add list y x to it, e.g. (15 16 17 18 19 20 21;10 11 12 13 14)
               -1+              / subtract 1, e.g. (14 15 16 17 18 19 20;9 10 11 12 13)
            a .                 / index into a at these coordinates

J.Doe · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-27 12:12:41Z

1

R, 62 bytes

Perhaps surprisingly short solution to a text challenge in R, because we don't need to actually read the whole text into a matrix.

function(x,y,w,h)write(substr(readLines()[y+1:h-1],x,x+w-1),1)

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torcado · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-10 01:08:52Z

\/\/>, 123 bytes

j:j8+}j+}j}pppp80x
{:}i:0(?v:a=?x@s1+:
~~~~1+0!/000y
yp:qqqq~
q{y?=p:+1q:}}g$q:pp:
1}x}p}ap:q~q+1{{y!?:-
ys{{
~!u.*2(0:;!?h

Input consists of a single line of space-delimited input variables x, y, w, and h, followed by the ascii art on the next line onward.

Explanation

This code uses \/\/>'s ability to self-modify by placing the ascii art in the code itself, which ends up looking like this:

code

It then grabs the characters in the specified rectangle off of the code and outputs it.

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Chop up my ASCII art

Test Cases

Garden path

DB icon

Alien Elder

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Rules

16 Answers 16

Canvas, 1 byte

Python 2, 64 62 bytes

Python 2, 56 bytes

Charcoal, 7 bytes

Pip `-n`, 21 bytes

Pip `-n`, 17 bytes:

Explanation

05AB1E, 21 19 bytes

05AB1E, 18 bytes

Japt `-R`, 13 11 bytes

Explanation

JavaScript (Node.js), 70 69 bytes

J, 45 bytes

V, 16 bytes

C (gcc), 118 109 bytes

Jelly, 11 bytes

Haskell, 61 bytes

Bash + coreutils, 37

K4, 31 bytes

R, 62 bytes

\/\/>, 123 bytes

Explanation

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16 Answers 16

Canvas, 1 byte

Python 2, 64 62 bytes

Python 2, 56 bytes

Charcoal, 7 bytes

Pip -n, 21 bytes

Pip -n, 17 bytes:

Explanation

05AB1E, 21 19 bytes

05AB1E, 18 bytes

Japt -R, 13 11 bytes

Explanation

JavaScript (Node.js), 70 69 bytes

J, 45 bytes

V, 16 bytes

C (gcc), 118 109 bytes

Jelly, 11 bytes

Haskell, 61 bytes

Bash + coreutils, 37

K4, 31 bytes

R, 62 bytes

\/\/>, 123 bytes

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