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<html lang="en"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/><title>Home · cowsay.jl</title><script data-outdated-warner src="assets/warner.js"></script><link rel="canonical" href="https://MillironX.github.io/cowsay.jl/"/><link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lato-font/3.0.0/css/lato-font.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/juliamono/0.039/juliamono-regular.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.3/css/fontawesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.3/css/solid.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.3/css/brands.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/KaTeX/0.13.11/katex.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><script>documenterBaseURL="."</script><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/require.js/2.3.6/require.min.js" data-main="assets/documenter.js"></script><script src="siteinfo.js"></script><script src="../versions.js"></script><link class="docs-theme-link" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="assets/themes/documenter-dark.css" data-theme-name="documenter-dark" data-theme-primary-dark/><link class="docs-theme-link" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="assets/themes/documenter-light.css" data-theme-name="documenter-light" data-theme-primary/><script src="assets/themeswap.js"></script></head><body><div id="documenter"><nav class="docs-sidebar"><div class="docs-package-name"><span class="docs-autofit"><a href>cowsay.jl</a></span></div><form class="docs-search" action="search/"><input class="docs-search-query" id="documenter-search-query" name="q" type="text" placeholder="Search docs"/></form><ul class="docs-menu"><li class="is-active"><a class="tocitem" href>Home</a><ul class="internal"><li><a class="tocitem" href="#Usage"><span>Usage</span></a></li></ul></li><li><a class="tocitem" href="cows/">Available Cowfiles</a></li></ul><div class="docs-version-selector field has-addons"><div class="control"><span class="docs-label button is-static is-size-7">Version</span></div><div class="docs-selector control is-expanded"><div class="select is-fullwidth is-size-7"><select id="documenter-version-selector"></select></div></div></div></nav><div class="docs-main"><header class="docs-navbar"><nav class="breadcrumb"><ul class="is-hidden-mobile"><li class="is-active"><a href>Home</a></li></ul><ul class="is-hidden-tablet"><li class="is-active"><a href>Home</a></li></ul></nav><div class="docs-right"><a class="docs-edit-link" href="https://github.com/MillironX/cowsay.jl/blob/master/docs/src/index.md#" title="Edit on GitHub"><span class="docs-icon fab"></span><span class="docs-label is-hidden-touch">Edit on GitHub</span></a><a class="docs-settings-button fas fa-cog" id="documenter-settings-button" href="#" title="Settings"></a><a class="docs-sidebar-button fa fa-bars is-hidden-desktop" id="documenter-sidebar-button" href="#"></a></div></header><article class="content" id="documenter-page"><h1 id="Cowsay.jl"><a class="docs-heading-anchor" href="#Cowsay.jl">Cowsay.jl</a><a id="Cowsay.jl-1"></a><a class="docs-heading-anchor-permalink" href="#Cowsay.jl" title="Permalink"></a></h1><p>A Julia package that lets you use <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowsay">cowsay</a> in your Julia programs!</p><h2 id="Usage"><a class="docs-heading-anchor" href="#Usage">Usage</a><a id="Usage-1"></a><a class="docs-heading-anchor-permalink" href="#Usage" title="Permalink"></a></h2><article class="docstring"><header><a class="docstring-binding" id="Cowsay.cowsay" href="#Cowsay.cowsay"><code>Cowsay.cowsay</code></a> — <span class="docstring-category">Function</span></header><section><div><pre><code class="language-julia hljs">cowsay(message::AbstractString; kwargs...)</code></pre><p>Print an ASCII picture of a cow saying <code>message</code></p><p><strong>Arguments</strong></p><ul><li><code>message::AbstractString</code>: Tell the cow what to say</li></ul><p><strong>Keywords</strong></p><ul><li><code>cow=default</code>: Specify a particular function handle to print the ASCII art. See below for more details on what constitutes a valid function handle.</li><li><code>eyes::AbstractString="oo"</code>: A two-character string to be drawn in for the eyes. Not all cowfiles support this, though.</li><li><code>tongue::AbstractString=" "</code>: A two-character string to be drawn in for the tongue. Not all cowfiles support this.</li></ul><hr/><p><strong>Making a cow function</strong></p><p>The original cowsay used Perl scripts (called 'cowfiles') to allow for creating more ASCII cow art. Cowsay.jl uses Julia functions, instead. In order to be usable by <code>Cowsay.cowsay</code>, a cow function <strong>must</strong></p><ol><li><p>Take the correct arguments</p><p>The function must take three (3) <a href="https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/functions/#Keyword-Arguments">keyword arguments</a> of the form</p><ul><li><code>eyes::AbstractString="oo"</code></li><li><code>tongue::AbstractString=" "</code></li><li><code>thoughts::AbstractString="\"</code></li></ul><p>When drawing the cow artwork, you may then use the variables <code>eyes</code> in place of the eyes, <code>tongue</code> in place of the tongue, and <code>thoughts</code> in place of the speech ballon trail. Use of these variables in constructing the cow is optional (but makes the use of your cow function far more fun), but all three arguments must be present in the signature, regardless.</p></li><li><p>Return a string</p><p>The cow artwork must be returned from the function as a string. This is distinctly different from how the original cowsay modified the <code>$the_cow</code> variable.</p></li></ol><p><strong>Helpful hints for making cow functions</strong></p><ol><li>Include one function per file, with the extension <code>.cow.jl</code></li><li>Do not indent within a <code>.cow.jl</code> file to better see the artwork</li><li>Make use of string literals (<code>"""</code>) and string interpolation (<code>$</code>) to build the cow art</li><li>Be sure to escape backslashes (<code>\</code>) and dollar signs (<code>$</code>) within your artwork</li><li>Split the <code>eyes</code> variable to get individual left- and right-eye when creating large cow functions</li><li>Have fun!</li></ol></div><a class="docs-sourcelink" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/MillironX/cowsay.jl/blob/1c3998c7d142e87173384b17fc9137ae8497dc1f/src/Cowsay.jl#L38-L93">source</a></section></article></article><nav class="docs-footer"><a class="docs-footer-nextpage" href="cows/">Available Cowfiles »</a><div class="flexbox-break"></div><p class="footer-message">Powered by <a href="https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl">Documenter.jl</a> and the <a href="https://julialang.org/">Julia Programming Language</a>.</p></nav></div><div class="modal" id="documenter-settings"><div class="modal-background"></div><div class="modal-card"><header class="modal-card-head"><p class="modal-card-title">Settings</p><button class="delete"></button></header><section class="modal-card-body"><p><label class="label">Theme</label><div class="select"><select id="documenter-themepicker"><option value="documenter-light">documenter-light</option><option value="documenter-dark">documenter-dark</option></select></div></p><hr/><p>This document was generated with <a href="https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl">Documenter.jl</a> version 0.27.10 on <span class="colophon-date" title="Tuesday 23 November 2021 23:29">Tuesday 23 November 2021</span>. 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