Greeting The User

Question

Create a program which when run displays the text below:

)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(
| Welcome User! |
)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(

Use any functions or language to answer this, have fun. Shortest code wins

Answer 1

Java 8, 62 bytes

x->"".format("%s| Welcome User! |\n%<s",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n")

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Or as full program (110 bytes):

interface A{static void main(String[]a){System.out.printf("%s| Welcome User! |\n%<s",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n");}}

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Surprised there wasn't a Java answer yet.

Answer 2

C, 65 66 bytes

main(){printf("%s| Welcome User! |\n%1$s",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n");}

Yes, there are other C solutions, also coming in at about 66 bytes.

Ungolfed

main()
{
    printf("%s| Welcome User! |\n%1$s",
          ")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n"
          );
}

GCC produces a warning for the missing printf prototype.

The %1$s says use argument 1 (again) for the second string argument.

In real-life programs, it can also be used to pass in precision/width arguments into a printf. This avoids having to use a printf to create the format string for the real printf.

Answer 3

PowerShell, 47 bytes

($z=')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(')
"| Welcome User! |
$z"

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Ran into the problem everyone else is running into: there's not enough meat to justify trying to encode the top line's pattern. A fancier join method also turned out to cost one more byte

Answer 4

Vyxal J, 174 bits^v1, 21.75 bytes

`)-*-*-*^_`øM:`| ÷… ƛ⁼! |`$

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Most likely golfable.

`)-*-*-*^_`                 # literal string
           øM               # flip brackets (`[]()`=>`][)(`) and palindromise
              `| ÷… ƛ⁼! |`  # the compressed string `| Welcome User! |`
             :            $ # put the first string on the top of the stack to wrap it around ^
                            # J flag joins by newlines

Answer 5

Retina, 42 bytes

A¶| Welcome User! |¶A
A
)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(

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Answer 6

bash, 52 bytes

f=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("
echo "$f
| Welcome User! |
$f"

Answer 7

Kotlin, 88 bytes

fun main(a:Array<String>){val s=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(";print("$s\n| Welcome User! |\n$s")}"

Answer 8

PHP, 56 52 bytes

<?=$s=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n","| Welcome User! |\n$s";

• 4 bytes saved thanks to manatwork

Answer 9

TCL, 73 bytes 54 bytes

set a )-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-( set b "| Welcome User! |" puts " $a\n $b\n $a"

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puts "[set a )-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(]
| Welcome User! |
$a"

Thanks @sergiol for the suggestion!

Answer 10

Stax, 25 bytes

æu√hy╘£.ÅJnc¡┐ßD.P☻Θ╖>╘rÇ

Run and debug it

Answer 11

Wren, 64 bytes

Fn.new{"1| Welcome User! |
1".replace("1",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(
")}

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Explanation

Fn.new{                           // New anonymous function
       "1| Welcome User! |
1"                                // Create the string "| Welcome User! |"
  .replace("1",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(
")}                               // Prepend & append the string ")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n"

Answer 12

C (gcc), 63 bytes

f(){printf("%s| Welcome User! |\n%1$s",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n");}

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Three bytes shorter than all the previous solutions because new rules allow functions.

Answer 13

C# (Visual C# Interactive Compiler), 57 bytes

Write("{0}\n| Welcome User! |\n{0}",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(");

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Answer 14

C++ (gcc), 127 107 bytes

#include <iostream>
int main(){std::string a="\n)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n";std::cout<<a;std::cout<<"| Welcome User! |";std::cout<<a;}

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Lowered to 107 by noodle man

#include <iostream>
int main(){std::string a="\n)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n";std::cout<<a<<"| Welcome User! |"<<a;}

Answer 15

PHP, 55 bytes

$a=')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(';
echo <<<S
$a
| Welcome User! |
$a
S;

Answer 16

><>, 76 61 bytes

!v"(-*-*-*^_"~! |
 >~")"a"| !resU emocleW |v"61pa10.
l?!;o >

Answer 17

VBA, 48 Bytes

Anonymous VBE immediate window function that takes no input and outputs a greeting to the user via the immediate window

a=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(":?a:?"| Welcome User! |":?a

Answer 18

Golang, 67 Bytes

func n(){a:=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n";Print(a+"| Welcome User! |\n"+a)}

Prints with a trailing newline.

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Answer 19

Canvas, 29 bytes

-*３×^_＋)×│| Welcome User! |┌）

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Answer 20

JavaScript (Node.js), 58 bytes

(u=')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(')=>[u,'| Welcome User! |',u].join`
`

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I am sure I can golf if down , but later

Answer 21

Runic Enchantments, 46 bytes

>")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(":$ak"| Welcome User! |"ak@

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It will appear to process until it times out, due to the two ^ commands which spawn IPs that do nothing (necessitating the explicit entry >). I am disapointed that this is 2 bytes shorter than the multiple IP method. Constructing the first and last lines using multiplication/duplication turns out to be even more expensive as well (50 bytes). :(

Answer 22

R, 61 bytes

r=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n";cat(r,"| Welcome User! |\n",r,sep="")

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Has a trailing newline. I couldn't see if that was approved or not, so I just rolled with it.

Answer 23

PowerShell, 48 bytes

$a=')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(';$a;"| Welcome User! |";$a

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PowerShell, 54 bytes

$a=')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(';write $a;"| Welcome User! |";$a

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Old - 68 bytes

Write-Host ")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(`n| Welcome User! |`n)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("