This Python module helps with converting Advent of Code ASCII art letters into plain characters. At the moment, it only supports 6-pixel-tall characters as seen in 2016 Day 8 and 2019 Days 8 and 11.
Support for 10-pixel-tall characters (2018 Day 10) is coming soon.
Put simply, it converts this to ABC:
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█ █ ███ ██This module can be installed from PyPI:
$ pip install advent-of-code-ocrUsing this module is pretty easy. By default, this module recognizes # as a filled pixel and . as an empty pixel. However, you can change this using the fill_pixel and empty_pixel keywork arguments respectively.
from advent_of_code_ocr import convert_6
print(convert_6(".##.\n#..#\n#..#\n####\n#..#\n#..#"))
# A
print(convert_6(" $$ \n$ $\n$ $\n$$$$\n$ $\n$ $", fill_pixel="$", empty_pixel=" "))
# ANote that letters must be separated by one or more columns of empty pixels, as they are displayed in Advent of Code answers that way.
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