This isn't rocket science

Question

Write a program or function that takes in a single-line string. You can assume it only contains printable ASCII. Print or return a string of an ASCII art rocket such as

  |
 /_\
 |E|
 |a|
 |r|
 |t|
 |h|
 |_|
/___\
 VvV

with the input string written from top to bottom on the fuselage. In this case the input was Earth. The height of the rocket (including flames) is always the length of the string plus five.

Each line in the output may have up to two trailing spaces and there may be a single optional trailing newline. The shortest code in bytes wins.

More Examples:

[empty string]

  |
 /_\
 |_|
/___\
 VvV

a

  |
 /_\
 |a|
 |_|
/___\
 VvV

|0

  |
 /_\
 |||
 |0|
 |_|
/___\
 VvV

\/\

  |
 /_\
 |\|
 |/|
 |\|
 |_|
/___\
 VvV

 _ _ [note trailing space]

  |
 /_\
 | |
 |_|
 | |
 |_|
 | |
 |_|
/___\
 VvV

    [4 spaces]

  |
 /_\
 | |
 | |
 | |
 | |
 |_|
/___\
 VvV

SPACEY

  |
 /_\
 |S|
 |P|
 |A|
 |C|
 |E|
 |Y|
 |_|
/___\
 VvV

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Answer 1

Excel VBA, 142 179 175 160 155 bytes

Instruction:

Set the worksheet of Excel where cell A1 is input and column C as the output. Set the text alignment in column C to center. Write and run the following code in the Immediate Window:

[C1]="|":[C2]="/_\":T=[A1]&"_":For i=1To Len(T):Cells(i+2,3)="|"&Mid(T,i,1)&"|":Next:Cells(i+2,3)="/__\":Cells(i+3,3)="VvV":[C:C].HorizontalAlignment=-4108

Ungolfed the code:

Sub R()
    [C1] = "|"
    [C2] = "/_\"
    T = [A1]&"_"
    
    For i = 1 To Len(T)
        Cells(i + 2, 3) = "|" & Mid(T, i, 1) & "|"
    Next
    
    Cells(i + 2, 3) = "/__\"
    Cells(i + 3, 3) = "VvV"
    [C:C].HorizontalAlignment = -4108   'Set the text alignment in column C to center
End Sub

Output:

Note: The font and the color are just a personal choice.

---

15 bytes saved due to edc65's suggestion. Thanks.

5 bytes saved due to Taylor Raine's suggestion. Thanks.

Answer 2

Perl 6, 75 bytes

"  |\n /_\\".say;" |$_|".say for slurp.chomp.comb;" |_|\n/___\\\n VvV".say;

Answer 3

JavaScript (ES6), 54

Straightforward

x=>`  |
 /_\\
 |${[...x+'_'].join`|
 |`}|
/___\\
 VvV`

Test

f=x=>`  |
 /_\\
 |${[...x+'_'].join`|
 |`}|
/___\\
 VvV`

function update() {
  O.textContent=f(I.value)
}

update()

<input id=I value='hello' oninput='update()'><pre id=O></pre>

Answer 4

Actually, 40 bytes

"/___\
 VvV",'_o"|
 |"j'|o" |"+"  |
 /_\

Yes, those newlines are supposed to be there.

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Explanation:

Newlines are represented by \n for easier formatting

"/___\\n VvV",'_o"|\n |"j'|o" |"+"  |\n /_\
"/___\\n VvV"                                create the bottom of the rocket
             ,'_o                            get input, append a "_" (for the last section before the jets)
                 "|\n |"j                    insert "|\n |" between every pair of characters
                         '|o                 append "|"
                            " |"+            prepend " |"
                                 "  |\n /_\  create the nose cone

Answer 5

C, 83, 82 bytes

F(char*c){for(puts("  |\n /_\\");*c;printf(" |%c|\n",*c++));puts(" |_|\n/___\\\n VvV");}

Test main:

int main() {
  F("");
  F("a");
  F("|0");
  F("\\/\\");
  F(" _ _ ");
  F("    ");
  F("SPACEY");
}

Answer 6

Python 2, 93 66 62 61 bytes

A FGITW. Can probably be heavily golfed. Suggestions welcome.

Edit: 27 bytes thanks to Mego. 4 bytes thanks to TheBikingViking. 1 byte thanks to user3030010.

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lambda x:r"""  |
 /_\
 |%s|
/___\
 VvV"""%"|\n |".join(x+"_")

Answer 7

PHP, 73 72 69 62 bytes

  |
 /_\
 |<?=join('|
 |',str_split($argv[1]._))?>|
/___\
 VvV

Takes the string to print on the fuselage as the first argument from the command line when the script is called.

Improvements:

1. Saved a byte by replacing \n with a real LF newline in the first argument of join.
2. Saved three more bytes by appending the rocket base with a single underscore to the input
3. Thanks to Ismael Miguel: Saved 7 more bytes by taking advantage of the fact that PHP used to be the "Hypertext preprocessor" so you can output as much text as you want and start the code somewhere in the middle.

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This was fun! :-)

Sample calls:

php rocket.php ""
php rocket.php EARTH
php rocket.php "This is a very long rocket"

Answer 8

Haskell, 58 bytes

f s="  |\n /_\\\n |"++((:"|\n |")=<<s)++"_|\n/___\\\n VvV"

Answer 9

brainfuck, 179 bytes

>-[-[-<]>>+<]>-..[->+>++++<<]>>----.<<++++++++++.>.>>>+[-[--<]>>--]<.[-<+<++>>]<<+.---.<,[<<<.>.>.>.<.>,]<<<.[->>>+<<<]>.>.>>+++.<<.>.>>.<...---.<.<<.>>>------.[-<<<+<+>>>>]<<<.<.

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Answer 10

Ruby, 57 55 bytes

-2 bytes by @ValueInk
-5 bytes by assuming that there is no newline in the input, as suggested by @manatwork. Newline-less input can be provided for example with echo -n, like echo -n hey | ruby rocket.rb.

puts'  |
 /_\
 |'+gets.chars*'|
 |'+'|
 |_|
/___\
 VvV'

Old version, assumes newline in input:

Ruby, 62 60 bytes

puts'  |
 /_\
 |'+gets.chop.chars*'|
 |'+'|
 |_|
/___\
 VvV'

Answer 11

V, 41, 39 bytes

ys$_òlé
òÎá|I |
Hr/$r\YO  |GpX2á_o VvV

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Note that for some reason, the online interpreter was producing unexpected results, so I pushed a debug version to the online interpreter that runs a lot slower. It should produce the correct results now.

Since this program contains unprintable characters, here is a hexdump:

0000000: 7973 245f f26c e90a f2ce e17c 4920 7c0a  ys$_.l.....|I |.
0000010: 4872 2f24 725c 594f 2020 7c1b 4770 5832  Hr/$r\YO  |.GpX2
0000020: e15f 6f20 5676 56                        ._o VvV

Answer 12

Jelly, 37 36 bytes

;”_⁾ |;ЀŒB;“/___\“ VvV”“  |“ /_\”;Y

Same score as existing entry, but uses a fun new feature - ŒB, the vectorised version of ŒḄ, known as bounce. Bouncing is running through a list to its end and then back x[:-1]+x[::-1] e.g.: bounce("codegolf") == "codegolflogedoc".

-1 byte thanks to Dennis (use the vectorised version of bounce)

How?

;”_⁾ |;ЀŒB;“/___\“ VvV”“  |“ /_\”;Y - argument: a string, S
                        “  |“ /_\”   - the top of the rocket ["  |", " /_\"] 
;”_                                  - concatenate to make S=S+"_"
   ⁾ |;                              - concatenate to make c=" |"+c
       Ѐ                            - map over right argument i.e. for c in S
         ŒB                          - bounce! With vectorisation c[:-1]+c[::-1]
                                       e.g. " |B" -> " |B| "
           ;                         - concatenate with
            “/___\“ VvV”             - the bottom of the rocket ["/___\", " VvV"]
                                  ;  - concatenate the top with everything else
                                   Y - join with line feeds

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Answer 13

Retina, 44 37 bytes

7 bytes thanks to Martin Ender.

$
_
.
¶ |$0|
$
¶/___\¶ VvV
^
  |¶ /_\

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Answer 14

Pyke, 40 37 35 bytes

(Updated to work with latest version)

\_+2" ||
"m:"/___\
 VvV"+R"  |
 /_\

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Answer 15

PowerShell v2+, 59 55 51 bytes

"  |
 /_\"
$args|% t*y|%{" |$_|"}
" |_|
/___\
 VvV"

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Abuses the default Write-Output at end of execution to stick a newline between each element, since these are all just literal strings on the pipeline. The only "tricky" bit is a loop through each element of the input $args as a char-array to get the body of the rocket.

Uses literal newlines as pointed out by ConnorLSW to save some bytes.
-4 more bytes thanks to Veskah.

Answer 16

05AB1E, 50 47 43 37 bytes

I'_J"  |
 /_\"svy" |ÿ|"}"/___\
 VvV"»

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Saved 9 bytes thanks to Adnan.

Answer 17

PowerShell, 70 bytes

"  |`n /_\`n$(([char[]]$a|%{" |$_|"})-join("`n"))`n |_|`n/___\`n VvV 

Set $a to input.

If it has to take input other than a variable it can be piped in:

"Hello World"|%{"  |`n /_\`n$(([char[]]$_|%{" |$_|"})-join("`n"))`n |_|`n/___\`n VvV "}

Example:

  |
 /_\
 |H|
 |e|
 |l|
 |l|
 |o|
 | |
 |W|
 |o|
 |r|
 |l|
 |d|
 |_|
/___\
 VvV 

Answer 18

Mathematica, 50 bytes

"  |
 /_\\
 |"<>(#<>"|
 |"&/@#)<>"_|
/___\\
 VvV"&

Anonymous function. Takes a list of characters as input and returns a string as output.

Answer 19

PHP, 108 100 88 bytes

-8 bytes thanks to business cat

-12 bytes thanks to YetiCGN

echo'  | 
 /_\\
';foreach(str_split($argv[1])as$c){echo" |$c|
";}echo' |_|
/___\\
 VvV';

pretty straightforward

Ideone

Answer 20

C#, 106 97 80 74 bytes

s=>$@"  |
 /_\
 |{string.Join("|\n |",s.ToCharArray())}|
 |_|
/___\
 VvV";

I don't have C# 6 to try the above but I believe it will work

Saved 7 bytes thanks to Kevin Cruijssen

Thanks to manatwork for pointing me in the right direction to save 17 bytes

Saved 6 bytes thanks to milk

Answer 21

C,  131 , 121 bytes

#define P printf
main(){char s[99],*p=s;gets(s);P("  |\n /_\\\n");while(*p)P(" |%c|\n",*p++);P(" |_|\n/___\\\n VvV\n");}

Answer 22

Java 10, 102 99 81 bytes

a->{var r="  |\n /_\\\n |";for(var c:a)r+=c+"|\n |";return r+"_|\n/___\\\n VvV";}

3 bytes saved thanks to @Jules.

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Explanation:

a->{                      // Method with character-array parameter and String return-type
  var r="  |\n /_\\\n |"; //  Result-String, starting with the top part:
                          //   |
                          //  /_\
                          //  |
  for(var c:a)            //  Loop over each character in the input-array:
    r+=c                  //   Append the character to the result-String,
        +"|\n |";         //   with trailing:
                          //    |
                          //  |
  return r                //  Return the result-String,
   +"_|\n/___\\\n VvV";}  //  appended with bottom part:
                          //   _|
                          // /___\
                          //  VvV

Answer 23

Pyth, 38 bytes

j++"  |
 /_\\"jR_B" |"+Q\_"/___\\
 VvV

Try it online. Test suite.

Answer 24

Jelly, 38 37 bytes

;”_“|“|¶”jЀ“  |¶“/_\¶”;K;“/___\¶ VvV

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Same idea as with my Pyth answer, but this can probably be golfed.

Answer 25

Gema, 50 characters

\A=  |\n\ /_\\\n
?=\ |?|\n
\Z=\ |_|\n/___\\\n\ VvV

Sample run:

bash-4.3$ echo -n gema | gema '\A=  |\n\ /_\\\n;?=\ |?|\n;\Z=\ |_|\n/___\\\n\ VvV'
  |
 /_\
 |g|
 |e|
 |m|
 |a|
 |_|
/___\
 VvV

Answer 26

BASH 84 70

Saved 14 thanks to manatwork

(cat&&echo _)|sed 's~.~ |&|\n~g;1s~^~  |\n /_\\\n~;$s~$~/___\\\n VvV~'

Over half of the bytes are for adding the nose, and engine.

Answer 27

MATLAB, 94 bytes

@(s)char(['  |';' /_\';arrayfun(@(x)[' |' x '|'],s,'UniformOutput',0)';' |_|';'/___\';' VvV'])

Anonymous function

Answer 28

GolfScript, 61 51 bytes

My first code golf, I hope it is good enough.

"  |
 /_\\
"\1/.,{" |"\(\"|
"\}\*" |_|
/___\\
 VvV"

Explanation

"  |\n /_\\\n"   # Push the rocket's head
\                # Swap the head with the user's string
1/               # The string is converted into an array
.,               # Push array length
{" |"\           # Push the rocket's body and swap
(\               # Array's first element cut out
"|\n"\           # Push rocket's body and swap
}\*              # Repeat for array length times
" |_|\n/___\\\n VvV" # Push rocket's bottom

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Answer 29

Vim, 41 39 bytes

Here the <End> is literally the "End" key.

i <End>_:s/./ |&|\r/g
/___\
 VvVggxo /_\

Unprintables so:

i <End>_^O:s/./ |&|\r/g
/___\
 VvV^[ggxo /_\^[

Answer 30

Lua, 83, 92 bytes

function f(x)return' |\n /_\\\n'..x:gsub('(.)',' |%1|\n')..' |_|\n/___\\\n VvV'end

print('  |\n /_\\\n'..(arg[1] and arg[1]:gsub('(.)',' |%1|\n') or '')..' |_|\n/___\\\n VvV')