Cowsay.jl

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< Cowsay for Juila! >
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A talking cow library for Julia, based on the Fedora release of cowsay.

Installation

You can install straight from the Julia REPL. Press ] to enter pkg mode, then:

add Cowsay

Usage

Complete usage info can be found in the documentation. Cowsay.jl exports two functions: cowsay and cowthink, which print an ASCII cow saying or thinking a message without text wrapping, respectively.

julia> using Cowsay
julia> cowsay("Bessie the heifer\nthe queen of all the cows.")
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/ Bessie the heifer:         \
\ the queen of all the cows. /
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julia> cowthink("The farmers who have no livestock,\ntheir lives simply aren't the best")
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( The farmers who have no livestock, )
( their lives simply aren't the best )
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There are also plenty of unexported Cowfiles that you can use to customize your art.

julia> cowsay("This heifer must be empty\n'Cuz she ain't puttin' out", cow=Cowsay.udder)
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/ This heifer must be empty  \
\ 'Cuz she ain't puttin' out /
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You can also change the eyeballs and tongue of your cow.

julia> cowsay("You better watch your step\nwhen you know the chips are down!", tongue=" U", eyes="00")
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/ You better watch your step        \
\ when you know the chips are down! /
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