Simple ASCII Art Gener

Here is how to build an ASCII Art Generator in Python with around 60 lines of code using only built-in Python features, no libraries needed. In this video you will learn how to store letter patterns in a dictionary, loop over characters to build multi-row text output, use Python's built-in ord() function to get ASCII values, and handle user input with a clean while loop. Let me know if you want the source code. I could share LETTERS = { 'A': [ " #### ", "# #", "# #", "# #", " #### " ], 'B': [ "#### ", "# #", "#### ", "# #", "#### " ], 'C': [ " #### ", "# ", "# ", "# ", " #### " ], 'D': [ "#### ", "# #", "# #", "# #", "#### " ], 'E': [ "####", "# ", "####", "# ", "####" ], 'F': [ "####", "# ", "####", "# ", "# " ], 'G': [ " #### ", "# ", "# ###", "# #", " #### " ], 'H': [ "# #", "# #", "####", "# #", "# #" ], 'I': [ "####", " # ", " # ", " # ", "####" ], 'J': [ " #", " #", " #", "# #", " #### " ], 'K': [ "# #", "# # ", "## ", "# # ", "# #" ], 'L': [ "# ", "# ", "# ", "# ", "####" ], 'M': [ "# #", "## ##", "# # #", "# #", "# #" ], 'N': [ "# #", "## #", "# # #", "# ##", "# #" ], 'O': [ " #### ", "# #", "# #", "# #", " #### " ], 'P': [ "#### ", "# #", "#### ", "# ", "# " ], 'Q': [ " #### ", "# #", "# #", "# # ", " #### " ], 'R': [ "#### ", "# #", "#### ", "# # ", "# # " ], 'S': [ " #### ", "# ", " #### ", " #", "#### " ], 'T': [ "####", " # ", " # ", " # ", " # " ], 'U': [ "# #", "# #", "# #", "# #", " #### " ], 'V': [ "# #", "# #", "# #", " ## ", " # " ], 'W': [ "# #", "# #", "# # #", "## ##", "# #" ], 'X': [ "# #", " # # ", " # ", " # # ", "# #" ], 'Y': [ "# #", " # # ", " # ", " # ", " # " ], 'Z': [ "####", " #", " # ", " # ", "####" ] } def generate_ascii_art(text): rows = ["" for _ in range(5)] for char in text.upper(): pattern = LETTERS.get(char, ["?????"] * 5) for i in range(5): rows[i] += pattern[i] + " " return "\n".join(rows) def char_to_ascii_values(text): return [ord(c) for c in text] def main(): print("ASCII Art Generator") while True: text = input("Enter text: ").strip() if not text: print("Please enter some text.\n") continue art = generate_ascii_art(text) print(f"ASCII Art:\n{art}\n") ascii_values = char_to_ascii_values(text) avg = sum(ascii_values) / len(ascii_values) print(f"ASCII Values: {ascii_values}") print(f"Average ASCII: {avg:.2f}\n") if input("another? (y/n): ").lower() != 'y': break if __name__ == "__main__": main()