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Author: MaximilianLloyd

.gitignore

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+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+debug/
+target/
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
+# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
+Cargo.lock
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
+*.pdb

Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "ascii-lua-table"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]

README.md

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+## Ascii Lua table
+
+Very small project generate a lua table from a string.
+
+
+## Usage
+
+Copy the ascii art to art.txt and run the following
+
+```bash
+cat animal.txt | cargo run .
+```
+

art.txt

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+        __      _
+        \.'---.//|
+         |\./|  \/
+        _|.|.|_  \
+       /(  ) ' '  \
+      |  \/   . |  \
+jrjc   \_/\__/| |
+        V  /V / |
+          /__/ /
+          \___/\

cargo

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+Hello form input run .

src/main.rs

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+use std::io::{self, Read};
+
+fn read_std_in() -> io::Result<String> {
+    let mut buffer = String::new();
+    let stdin = io::stdin();
+    let mut handle = stdin.lock();
+
+    handle.read_to_string(&mut buffer)?;
+
+    Ok(buffer)
+}
+
+fn find_longest_line(input: &str) -> &str {
+    return input.lines().max_by_key(|line| line.len()).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn str_to_lua_table(s: &str) -> String {
+    let mut result = String::new();
+    let mut first = true;
+
+    let longest_line = find_longest_line(s);
+    let longest_line_len = longest_line.len();
+
+    for line in s.lines() {
+        if first {
+            first = false;
+        } else {
+            result.push_str(", \n");
+        }
+
+        let line_len = line.len();
+
+        let diff = longest_line_len - line_len;
+
+        let to_push: String;
+
+        let newline = line.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("\"", "\\\"");
+
+        if line_len < longest_line_len {
+            let padding = " ".repeat(diff);
+
+            to_push = format!("\"{}{}\"", newline, padding)
+        } else {
+            to_push = format!("\"{}\"", newline)
+        }
+
+        // transform to escaped lua string but keep quotes on the end
+
+        result.push_str(&to_push);
+        println!("Diff: {}", diff);
+    }
+
+    return format!("{{{}}}", result)
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let input = read_std_in();
+
+    match input {
+        Ok(s) => {
+            let lua_table = str_to_lua_table(&s);
+            print!("Lua table:\n{}\n", lua_table);
+        },
+        Err(e) => println!("Error: {}", e),
+    }
+}