When thanking someone, you don't want to just send them an e-mail saying "Thanks!", you want to have something FLASHY:
Input: THANKS!!
Output:
TTT H H AAA N N K K SSS !!! !!!
T H H A A NNN K K S !!! !!!
T HHH AAA NNN KK SSS !!! !!!
T H H A A N N K K S
T H H A A N N K K SSS !!! !!!
Write a program to generate a banner. You only have to generate upper-case A-Z along with spaces and exclamation points (what is a banner without an exclamation point?). All characters are made up of a 3x5 grid of the same character (so the S is a 3x5 grid made of S). All output should be on one row (so no newlines). Here are all the letters you need:
Input: ABCDEFGHIJKL
Output:
AAA BBB CCC DD EEE FFF GGG H H III JJJ K K L
A A B B C D D E F G H H I J K K L
AAA BBB C D D EE FF G G HHH I J KK L
A A B B C D D E F G G H H I J J K K L
A A BBB CCC DD EEE F GGG H H III JJJ K K LLL
Input: MNOPQRSTUVWX
Output:
M M N N OOO PPP QQQ RR SSS TTT U U V V W W X X
MMM NNN O O P P Q Q R R S T U U V V W W X
M M NNN O O PPP Q Q RR SSS T U U V V WWW X
M M N N O O P QQQ R R S T U U V V WWW X
M M N N OOO P QQQ R R SSS T UUU V WWW X X
Input: YZ!
Output:
Y Y ZZZ !!!
Y Y Z !!!
YYY Z !!!
Y Z
YYY ZZZ !!!
The winner is the shortest source code. Source code should read input from stdin, output to stdout. You can assume input will only contain [A-Z! ]. If you insult the user on incorrect input, you get a 10 character discount =P.
I was going to require these exact 27 characters, but to make it more interesting, you can choose how you want them to look - whatever makes your code shorter! To prove that your letters do look like normal letters, show the output of the last three runs.
