Be there, for the square

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Sometimes when you're lying in bed and reading a message, your phone screen will pop into landscape mode right in the middle of a sentence. Only being able to read left to right, you find yourself incapacitated, unable to process the text in front of you.



To ensure that this won't happen again, you decide to make every message readable from any angle, whether your phone screen is rotated or mirrored. To make this happen, each message is printed as a square, with each side of the square containing the message, either in the original order or in reverse.



  • For backwards compatibility, the top side of the square should be the original message.


  • To make each message square as compact as possible, the first and last character of the message should be a part of two sides of the square. This means that the top side reads normally, the bottom side is in reverse, the left side reads top-bottom, and the right side reads bottom-top.


Input



A single string, with 2 or more characters. You should not assume that the string only contains alphanumerical characters or similar.



Output



The Squarification™ of the string. It is permissible to leave some whitespace at the end of each line, and a single newline at the end of the output.



Examples



Input: 'ab'
ab
ba

Input: 'abc'

abc
b b
cba

Input: 'Hello, world!'
Hello, world!
e d
l l
l r
o o
, w

w ,
o o
r l
l l
d e
!dlrow ,olleH


This challenge looks like A cube of text, but I'm hoping that it's different enough that there will be some clever answers.



As this is code-golf, get ready to trim some bytes!






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  • Can the horizontal lines contain spaces between letters, as long as they align with margins? Example: the first line of output for abc would be a b c. Alternatively, can we output a list of lines? Nice challenge, btw
    – Mr. Xcoder
    40 mins ago











  • @Mr.Xcoder You may not have spaces in the middle of a line, so abc is always abc. EDIT: outputting a list of lines is allowed, just make sure that you have the joining in the footer so that answers can be verified easily.
    – maxb
    18 mins ago











  • Can we return a list of lines?
    – Jo King
    14 mins ago














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Sometimes when you're lying in bed and reading a message, your phone screen will pop into landscape mode right in the middle of a sentence. Only being able to read left to right, you find yourself incapacitated, unable to process the text in front of you.



To ensure that this won't happen again, you decide to make every message readable from any angle, whether your phone screen is rotated or mirrored. To make this happen, each message is printed as a square, with each side of the square containing the message, either in the original order or in reverse.



  • For backwards compatibility, the top side of the square should be the original message.


  • To make each message square as compact as possible, the first and last character of the message should be a part of two sides of the square. This means that the top side reads normally, the bottom side is in reverse, the left side reads top-bottom, and the right side reads bottom-top.


Input



A single string, with 2 or more characters. You should not assume that the string only contains alphanumerical characters or similar.



Output



The Squarification™ of the string. It is permissible to leave some whitespace at the end of each line, and a single newline at the end of the output.



Examples



Input: 'ab'
ab
ba

Input: 'abc'

abc
b b
cba

Input: 'Hello, world!'
Hello, world!
e d
l l
l r
o o
, w

w ,
o o
r l
l l
d e
!dlrow ,olleH


This challenge looks like A cube of text, but I'm hoping that it's different enough that there will be some clever answers.



As this is code-golf, get ready to trim some bytes!






code-golf string ascii-art







share|improve this question





















  • Can the horizontal lines contain spaces between letters, as long as they align with margins? Example: the first line of output for abc would be a b c. Alternatively, can we output a list of lines? Nice challenge, btw
    – Mr. Xcoder
    40 mins ago











  • @Mr.Xcoder You may not have spaces in the middle of a line, so abc is always abc. EDIT: outputting a list of lines is allowed, just make sure that you have the joining in the footer so that answers can be verified easily.
    – maxb
    18 mins ago











  • Can we return a list of lines?
    – Jo King
    14 mins ago












up vote
6
down vote

favorite









up vote
6
down vote

favorite











Sometimes when you're lying in bed and reading a message, your phone screen will pop into landscape mode right in the middle of a sentence. Only being able to read left to right, you find yourself incapacitated, unable to process the text in front of you.



To ensure that this won't happen again, you decide to make every message readable from any angle, whether your phone screen is rotated or mirrored. To make this happen, each message is printed as a square, with each side of the square containing the message, either in the original order or in reverse.



  • For backwards compatibility, the top side of the square should be the original message.


  • To make each message square as compact as possible, the first and last character of the message should be a part of two sides of the square. This means that the top side reads normally, the bottom side is in reverse, the left side reads top-bottom, and the right side reads bottom-top.


Input



A single string, with 2 or more characters. You should not assume that the string only contains alphanumerical characters or similar.



Output



The Squarification™ of the string. It is permissible to leave some whitespace at the end of each line, and a single newline at the end of the output.



Examples



Input: 'ab'
ab
ba

Input: 'abc'

abc
b b
cba

Input: 'Hello, world!'
Hello, world!
e d
l l
l r
o o
, w

w ,
o o
r l
l l
d e
!dlrow ,olleH


This challenge looks like A cube of text, but I'm hoping that it's different enough that there will be some clever answers.



As this is code-golf, get ready to trim some bytes!






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share|improve this question













Sometimes when you're lying in bed and reading a message, your phone screen will pop into landscape mode right in the middle of a sentence. Only being able to read left to right, you find yourself incapacitated, unable to process the text in front of you.



To ensure that this won't happen again, you decide to make every message readable from any angle, whether your phone screen is rotated or mirrored. To make this happen, each message is printed as a square, with each side of the square containing the message, either in the original order or in reverse.



  • For backwards compatibility, the top side of the square should be the original message.


  • To make each message square as compact as possible, the first and last character of the message should be a part of two sides of the square. This means that the top side reads normally, the bottom side is in reverse, the left side reads top-bottom, and the right side reads bottom-top.


Input



A single string, with 2 or more characters. You should not assume that the string only contains alphanumerical characters or similar.



Output



The Squarification™ of the string. It is permissible to leave some whitespace at the end of each line, and a single newline at the end of the output.



Examples



Input: 'ab'
ab
ba

Input: 'abc'

abc
b b
cba

Input: 'Hello, world!'
Hello, world!
e d
l l
l r
o o
, w

w ,
o o
r l
l l
d e
!dlrow ,olleH


This challenge looks like A cube of text, but I'm hoping that it's different enough that there will be some clever answers.



As this is code-golf, get ready to trim some bytes!






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  • Can the horizontal lines contain spaces between letters, as long as they align with margins? Example: the first line of output for abc would be a b c. Alternatively, can we output a list of lines? Nice challenge, btw
    – Mr. Xcoder
    40 mins ago











  • @Mr.Xcoder You may not have spaces in the middle of a line, so abc is always abc. EDIT: outputting a list of lines is allowed, just make sure that you have the joining in the footer so that answers can be verified easily.
    – maxb
    18 mins ago











  • Can we return a list of lines?
    – Jo King
    14 mins ago
















  • Can the horizontal lines contain spaces between letters, as long as they align with margins? Example: the first line of output for abc would be a b c. Alternatively, can we output a list of lines? Nice challenge, btw
    – Mr. Xcoder
    40 mins ago











  • @Mr.Xcoder You may not have spaces in the middle of a line, so abc is always abc. EDIT: outputting a list of lines is allowed, just make sure that you have the joining in the footer so that answers can be verified easily.
    – maxb
    18 mins ago











  • Can we return a list of lines?
    – Jo King
    14 mins ago















Can the horizontal lines contain spaces between letters, as long as they align with margins? Example: the first line of output for abc would be a b c. Alternatively, can we output a list of lines? Nice challenge, btw
– Mr. Xcoder
40 mins ago





Can the horizontal lines contain spaces between letters, as long as they align with margins? Example: the first line of output for abc would be a b c. Alternatively, can we output a list of lines? Nice challenge, btw
– Mr. Xcoder
40 mins ago













@Mr.Xcoder You may not have spaces in the middle of a line, so abc is always abc. EDIT: outputting a list of lines is allowed, just make sure that you have the joining in the footer so that answers can be verified easily.
– maxb
18 mins ago





@Mr.Xcoder You may not have spaces in the middle of a line, so abc is always abc. EDIT: outputting a list of lines is allowed, just make sure that you have the joining in the footer so that answers can be verified easily.
– maxb
18 mins ago













Can we return a list of lines?
– Jo King
14 mins ago




Can we return a list of lines?
– Jo King
14 mins ago










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05AB1E, 12 bytes



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g # length of input
 ÐD # quadruplicate
 ) # wrap in a list 
 # these are the string lengths we'll print
 s # push input
 ûû # palendromize twice
 # this is the string we'll print
 Ž9¦S # push [2,4,6,0]
 # these are the directions we'll print
 Λ # paint on the canvas





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  • This is just bizarre, very impressive!
    – maxb
    16 mins ago










  • @maxb: Will be interesting to see if Charcoal can do even shorter :)
    – Emigna
    14 mins ago










  • Wouldn't Canvas also be suitable for something like this? I haven't coded anything in it myself, but from the other answers I've seen in Canvas it seems to be perfect for printing stuff
    – maxb
    12 mins ago

















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Python 3, 78 76 Bytes



-2 bytes thanks to maxb!



lambda x:[x]+[x[i]+" "*(len(x)-2)+x[~i]for i in range(1,len(x)-1)]+[x[::-1]]


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  • Outputting a list of lines is allowed! Also, -i-1 can be written as ~i to save two bytes.
    – maxb
    11 mins ago

















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JavaScript (Node.js), 122 bytes





f=s=>o=s+"n";for(i=1,n=s.length;i<n-1;i++)o+=s[i]+' '.repeat(n-2)+s[n-i-1]+"n";o+=s.split``.reverse().join``;return o;


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  • s[n+~i] saves 1 byte over n-i-1.
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JavaScript (Node.js), 101 99 bytes





x=>(i=0,j=l=x.length-1,y=[...x]).map(_=>i++?--j?x[i-1].padEnd(l)+x[j]:y.reverse().join``:x).join`
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    05AB1E, 12 bytes



    gÐD)sûûŽ9¦SΛ


    Try it online!



    Explanation



    g # length of input
     ÐD # quadruplicate
     ) # wrap in a list 
     # these are the string lengths we'll print
     s # push input
     ûû # palendromize twice
     # this is the string we'll print
     Ž9¦S # push [2,4,6,0]
     # these are the directions we'll print
     Λ # paint on the canvas





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    • This is just bizarre, very impressive!
      – maxb
      16 mins ago










    • @maxb: Will be interesting to see if Charcoal can do even shorter :)
      – Emigna
      14 mins ago










    • Wouldn't Canvas also be suitable for something like this? I haven't coded anything in it myself, but from the other answers I've seen in Canvas it seems to be perfect for printing stuff
      – maxb
      12 mins ago














    up vote
    2
    down vote














    05AB1E, 12 bytes



    gÐD)sûûŽ9¦SΛ


    Try it online!



    Explanation



    g # length of input
     ÐD # quadruplicate
     ) # wrap in a list 
     # these are the string lengths we'll print
     s # push input
     ûû # palendromize twice
     # this is the string we'll print
     Ž9¦S # push [2,4,6,0]
     # these are the directions we'll print
     Λ # paint on the canvas





    share|improve this answer






















    • This is just bizarre, very impressive!
      – maxb
      16 mins ago










    • @maxb: Will be interesting to see if Charcoal can do even shorter :)
      – Emigna
      14 mins ago










    • Wouldn't Canvas also be suitable for something like this? I haven't coded anything in it myself, but from the other answers I've seen in Canvas it seems to be perfect for printing stuff
      – maxb
      12 mins ago












    up vote
    2
    down vote










    up vote
    2
    down vote










    05AB1E, 12 bytes



    gÐD)sûûŽ9¦SΛ


    Try it online!



    Explanation



    g # length of input
     ÐD # quadruplicate
     ) # wrap in a list 
     # these are the string lengths we'll print
     s # push input
     ûû # palendromize twice
     # this is the string we'll print
     Ž9¦S # push [2,4,6,0]
     # these are the directions we'll print
     Λ # paint on the canvas





    share|improve this answer















    05AB1E, 12 bytes



    gÐD)sûûŽ9¦SΛ


    Try it online!



    Explanation



    g # length of input
     ÐD # quadruplicate
     ) # wrap in a list 
     # these are the string lengths we'll print
     s # push input
     ûû # palendromize twice
     # this is the string we'll print
     Ž9¦S # push [2,4,6,0]
     # these are the directions we'll print
     Λ # paint on the canvas






    share|improve this answer














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    answered 38 mins ago









    Emigna

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    • This is just bizarre, very impressive!
      – maxb
      16 mins ago










    • @maxb: Will be interesting to see if Charcoal can do even shorter :)
      – Emigna
      14 mins ago










    • Wouldn't Canvas also be suitable for something like this? I haven't coded anything in it myself, but from the other answers I've seen in Canvas it seems to be perfect for printing stuff
      – maxb
      12 mins ago
















    • This is just bizarre, very impressive!
      – maxb
      16 mins ago










    • @maxb: Will be interesting to see if Charcoal can do even shorter :)
      – Emigna
      14 mins ago










    • Wouldn't Canvas also be suitable for something like this? I haven't coded anything in it myself, but from the other answers I've seen in Canvas it seems to be perfect for printing stuff
      – maxb
      12 mins ago















    This is just bizarre, very impressive!
    – maxb
    16 mins ago




    This is just bizarre, very impressive!
    – maxb
    16 mins ago












    @maxb: Will be interesting to see if Charcoal can do even shorter :)
    – Emigna
    14 mins ago




    @maxb: Will be interesting to see if Charcoal can do even shorter :)
    – Emigna
    14 mins ago












    Wouldn't Canvas also be suitable for something like this? I haven't coded anything in it myself, but from the other answers I've seen in Canvas it seems to be perfect for printing stuff
    – maxb
    12 mins ago




    Wouldn't Canvas also be suitable for something like this? I haven't coded anything in it myself, but from the other answers I've seen in Canvas it seems to be perfect for printing stuff
    – maxb
    12 mins ago










    up vote
    2
    down vote













    Python 3, 78 76 Bytes



    -2 bytes thanks to maxb!



    lambda x:[x]+[x[i]+" "*(len(x)-2)+x[~i]for i in range(1,len(x)-1)]+[x[::-1]]


    Try it Online!






    share|improve this answer






















    • Outputting a list of lines is allowed! Also, -i-1 can be written as ~i to save two bytes.
      – maxb
      11 mins ago














    up vote
    2
    down vote













    Python 3, 78 76 Bytes



    -2 bytes thanks to maxb!



    lambda x:[x]+[x[i]+" "*(len(x)-2)+x[~i]for i in range(1,len(x)-1)]+[x[::-1]]


    Try it Online!






    share|improve this answer






















    • Outputting a list of lines is allowed! Also, -i-1 can be written as ~i to save two bytes.
      – maxb
      11 mins ago












    up vote
    2
    down vote










    up vote
    2
    down vote









    Python 3, 78 76 Bytes



    -2 bytes thanks to maxb!



    lambda x:[x]+[x[i]+" "*(len(x)-2)+x[~i]for i in range(1,len(x)-1)]+[x[::-1]]


    Try it Online!






    share|improve this answer














    Python 3, 78 76 Bytes



    -2 bytes thanks to maxb!



    lambda x:[x]+[x[i]+" "*(len(x)-2)+x[~i]for i in range(1,len(x)-1)]+[x[::-1]]


    Try it Online!







    share|improve this answer














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    • Outputting a list of lines is allowed! Also, -i-1 can be written as ~i to save two bytes.
      – maxb
      11 mins ago
















    • Outputting a list of lines is allowed! Also, -i-1 can be written as ~i to save two bytes.
      – maxb
      11 mins ago















    Outputting a list of lines is allowed! Also, -i-1 can be written as ~i to save two bytes.
    – maxb
    11 mins ago




    Outputting a list of lines is allowed! Also, -i-1 can be written as ~i to save two bytes.
    – maxb
    11 mins ago










    up vote
    1
    down vote














    JavaScript (Node.js), 122 bytes





    f=s=>o=s+"n";for(i=1,n=s.length;i<n-1;i++)o+=s[i]+' '.repeat(n-2)+s[n-i-1]+"n";o+=s.split``.reverse().join``;return o;


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    • s[n+~i] saves 1 byte over n-i-1.
      – Mr. Xcoder
      1 min ago














    up vote
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    down vote














    JavaScript (Node.js), 122 bytes





    f=s=>o=s+"n";for(i=1,n=s.length;i<n-1;i++)o+=s[i]+' '.repeat(n-2)+s[n-i-1]+"n";o+=s.split``.reverse().join``;return o;


    Try it online!






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    • s[n+~i] saves 1 byte over n-i-1.
      – Mr. Xcoder
      1 min ago












    up vote
    1
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    up vote
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    JavaScript (Node.js), 122 bytes





    f=s=>o=s+"n";for(i=1,n=s.length;i<n-1;i++)o+=s[i]+' '.repeat(n-2)+s[n-i-1]+"n";o+=s.split``.reverse().join``;return o;


    Try it online!






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    JavaScript (Node.js), 122 bytes





    f=s=>o=s+"n";for(i=1,n=s.length;i<n-1;i++)o+=s[i]+' '.repeat(n-2)+s[n-i-1]+"n";o+=s.split``.reverse().join``;return o;


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    JS Guy

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    • s[n+~i] saves 1 byte over n-i-1.
      – Mr. Xcoder
      1 min ago
















    • s[n+~i] saves 1 byte over n-i-1.
      – Mr. Xcoder
      1 min ago















    s[n+~i] saves 1 byte over n-i-1.
    – Mr. Xcoder
    1 min ago




    s[n+~i] saves 1 byte over n-i-1.
    – Mr. Xcoder
    1 min ago










    up vote
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    JavaScript (Node.js), 101 99 bytes





    x=>(i=0,j=l=x.length-1,y=[...x]).map(_=>i++?--j?x[i-1].padEnd(l)+x[j]:y.reverse().join``:x).join`
    `


    Try it online!






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      JavaScript (Node.js), 101 99 bytes





      x=>(i=0,j=l=x.length-1,y=[...x]).map(_=>i++?--j?x[i-1].padEnd(l)+x[j]:y.reverse().join``:x).join`
      `


      Try it online!






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        JavaScript (Node.js), 101 99 bytes





        x=>(i=0,j=l=x.length-1,y=[...x]).map(_=>i++?--j?x[i-1].padEnd(l)+x[j]:y.reverse().join``:x).join`
        `


        Try it online!






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        JavaScript (Node.js), 101 99 bytes





        x=>(i=0,j=l=x.length-1,y=[...x]).map(_=>i++?--j?x[i-1].padEnd(l)+x[j]:y.reverse().join``:x).join`
        `


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            The season three cast—(Back row): Lane, Michel, Paris, Emily, Richard, Sookie, Miss Patty, Kirk; Front row: Jess, Luke, Lorelai, Rory, Dean This is a list of characters for the comedy-drama television series Gilmore Girls . Contents 1 Main characters 1.1 Lorelai Gilmore 1.2 Rory Gilmore 1.3 Sookie St. James 1.4 Lane Kim 1.5 Michel Gerard 1.6 Luke Danes 1.7 Emily Gilmore 1.8 Richard Gilmore 1.9 Paris Geller 1.10 Dean Forester 1.11 Jess Mariano 1.12 Kirk Gleason 1.13 Jason Stiles 1.14 Logan Huntzberger 2 Major recurring characters 2.1 Christopher Hayden 2.2 Jackson Belleville 2.3 Mrs. Kim 2.4 Tristin DuGray 2.5 Max Medina 2.6 Taylor Doose 2.7 Dave Rygalski 2.8 Marty 3 Recurring characters 3.1 Stars Hollow 3.2 Chilton 3.3 Yale 3.4 Other 4 Notable guest stars 5 Unseen characters 6 Notes 7 References Main characters Actor Character Appearances Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 A Year in the Life Lauren Graham Lorelai Gilmore...
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            Confectionery

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            Prepared foods made with a lot of sugar or other cabohydrates "Sweetmeat" redirects here. For the racehorse, see Sweetmeat (horse). Not to be confused with Sweetbread. This Kransekake is a traditional Scandinavian baker's confection. Confectionery is the art of making confections , which are food items that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates. Exact definitions are difficult. [1] In general, though, confectionery is divided into two broad and somewhat overlapping categories, bakers' confections and sugar confections. [2] Bakers' confectionery, also called flour confections , includes principally sweet pastries, cakes, and similar baked goods. Sugar confectionery includes candies ( sweets in British English), candied nuts, chocolates, chewing gum, bubble gum, pastillage, and other confections that are made primarily of sugar. In some cases, chocolate confections (confections made of chocolate) are treated as a separate category, as are sugar-free versions of ...
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