Grid ASCII art code golf

Question

Challenge

Create the shortest program that meets the requirements

Requirements

1. The code must generate a 5x5 grid of 0s, like so:

   00000
   00000
   00000
   00000
   00000
   

2. The code must accept an input (column, row, character). The grid must change accordingly:

   Start:

   00000
   00000
   00000
   00000
   00000
   

   Input:

   (2,5,*)
   

   Output:

   0*000
   00000
   00000
   00000
   00000
   

   (Note: the bottom-left corner is position 1,1.)

3. The program must return an error message other than the grid if the row/column input is not 1,2,3,4, or 5. This can be any message of your choice (as long as it's not the grid), so 0 is an acceptable error-output.

4. The program must work with all printable ASCII characters (of a US keyboard).

THE WINNER

The winner will be the person who has the shortest code and fulfills all requirements. If more than one answer works and has the same (shortest) length, the person who answered first will be the winner.

Answer 1

Dyalog APL, 17 13 10 bytes

Prompts for an enclosed array containing (row, column) and then for a character. Gives INDEX ERROR on faulty input.

⊖⍞@⎕⊢5 5⍴0

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⊖ flip upside-down the result of

⍞ inputted-character

@ replacing the content at position

⎕ evaluated-input (enclosed row, column)

⊢ of

5 5⍴ 5×5 array of

0 zeros

Answer 2

Ruby, 157 149 bytes

g=(1..5).map{[0]*5}
loop{puts g.map(&:join).join ?\n
x=gets.match /\((.),(.),(.)\)/
a,b=x[1].hex,x[2].hex
1/0 if a<1||a>5||b<1||b>5
g[5-b][a-1]=x[3]}

Error on malformed input or out of bound position

Thanks to ConorO'Brien (8 bytes) and afuous (2 bytes) for helping saving bytes

Answer 3

Batch, 199 bytes

@echo off
if %1 gtr 0 if %1 lss 6 if %2 gtr 0 if %2 lss 6 goto g
if
:g
for /l %%j in (5,1,-1)do call:l %* %%j
exit/b
:l
set s=000000
if %2==%2 call set s=%%s:~0,%1%%%3%%s:~%1%%
echo %s:~1,5%

Errors out if the position is out of range.

Answer 4

PHP, 111 100 97 bytes

$s=str_repeat("00000\n",5);$s[($x=($a=$argv)[1])+29-6*$y=$a[2]]=$a[3];echo$x&&$y&&$x<6&$y<6?$s:E;

prints E if row/column out of range.
Run with php -r <code> <row> <column> <character>

Answer 5

Python, 66 bytes

lambda a,b,n,l='00000\n':6>b>0<a<6and(5-b)*l+l[:a-1]+n+l[a:]+~-b*l

Answer 6

Dyalog APL, 24 20 18 bytes

Saved 4 bytes thanks to Zgarb! Saved 2 bytes thanks to Adam!

a←5 5⍴0⋄a[⊂⎕]←⍞⋄⊖a

Prompts for input. See below for an explanation.

---

20 bytes

{a←5 5⍴0⋄a[⊂⍺]←⍵⋄⊖a}

Assign to a function and call it y x f 'c'. E.g.:

      f←{a←5 5⍴0⋄a[⊂⍺]←⍵⋄⊖a}

      5 2 f '*'
0 * 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0

      6 6 f '*'
INDEX ERROR                   
     ←{a←5 5⍴0 ⋄ a[⊂⍺]←⍵ ⋄ ⊖a}
               ∧              

      0 0 f '*'
INDEX ERROR                   
     ←{a←5 5⍴0 ⋄ a[⊂⍺]←⍵ ⋄ ⊖a}
               ∧   

Explanation

{a←5 5⍴0⋄a[⊂⍺]←⍵⋄⊖a}

{...} is a function with left argument ⍺ and right argument ⍵. ⋄ separates statements, so there are three statements:

a←5 5⍴0⋄a[⊂⍺]←⍵⋄⊖a

The first statement a←5 5⍴0 sets a to a 5 by 5 grid of 0s.

The second statement sets the member at coordinates dictated by ⍺ to ⍵ (that is, the character).

Finally, we perform ⊖ on a and return that, yielding the firsts of a reversed.

Answer 7

JavaScript (ES6), 73 76 bytes

Throws a TypeError if the column or the row is out of range.

(c,r,C,a=[...`00000
`.repeat(5)])=>(a[29+c-r*6]=C,c<1|r<1|c>5|r>5||a).join``

Demo

let f =

(c,r,C,a=[...`00000
`.repeat(5)])=>(a[29+c-r*6]=C,c<1|r<1|c>5|r>5||a).join``

console.log(f(2,5,'*'));

Answer 8

C#, 199 Bytes

Based on Pete Arden's answer

string g(int c, int r, char a){if(c<1|c>5|r<1|r>5)return "Index Error";var b="00000";var d=new[]{b,b,b,b,b};c--;d[r-1]=new string('0',c)+a+new string('0',4-c);return string.Join("\r\n",d.Reverse());}

Ungolfed:

public static string G(int c, int r, char a)
    {
        if (c < 1 || c > 5 || r < 1 || r > 5) return "Index Error"; // Check it's not out of range
        var b = "00000";
        var d = new [] { b, b, b, b, b };                           // Generate display box, and fill with the default character
        c--;                                                        // Convert the X to a 0 based index
        d[r - 1] = new string('0',c) + a + new string('0',4-c);     // Replace the array's entry in y coordinate with a new string containing the new character
        return string.Join("\r\n", d.Reverse());                    // Reverse the array (so it's the right way up), then convert to a single string
    }

Answer 9

Jelly, 28 bytes

This feels way too long...

Ṫ0ẋ24¤;ṙÑs5UY
’ḅ5
Ṗḟ5R¤
-ÑÇ?

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How?

Ṫ0ẋ24¤;ṙÑs5UY - Link 1, make grid: [row, column, character] e.g. [5,2,'*']
Ṫ             - tail: character                                  '*'
     ¤        - nilad followed by link(s) as a nilad  
 0            -     zero
  ẋ           -     repeated
   24         -     24 times                                     [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
      ;       - concatenate:                                     "000000000000000000000000*"
        Ñ     - call next link (2) as a monad                    21
       ṙ      - rotate left by                                   "000*000000000000000000000"
         s5   - split into chunks of length 5                    ["000*0","00000","00000","00000","00000"]
           U  - upend (reveres each)                             ["0*000","00000","00000","00000","00000"]
            Y - join with line feeds                              0*000
              - implicit print                                    00000
                                                                  00000
’ḅ5 - Link 2, position: [row, column]                             00000
’   - decrement                                                   00000
 ḅ5 - convert from base 5

Ṗḟ5R¤ - Link 3, input error checking: [row, column, character]
Ṗ     - pop: [row, column]
 ḟ    - filter out values in
  5R¤ - range(5): [1,2,3,4,5] - any values not in this remain giving a truthy result

-ÑÇ? - Main link: [row, column, character]
   ? - ternary if:
  Ç  -    last link (3) as a monad
-    -    -1 (if truthy - the error identification)
 Ñ   - next link (1) as a monad (if falsey - the grid)

Answer 10

05AB1E, 27 22 bytes

Returns no grid when row/column > 5.

‚6‹Pi25L²<5*¹+Q5äR»1³‡

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Previous version

‚6‹Pi26G¾5²<*¹+NQi\³}})5äR»

Answer 11

JavaScript (ES6), 89 bytes

f=(X,Y,Z,x=5,y=5)=>x+y>1?(x?X+x-6|Y-y?0:Z:`
`)+f(X,Y,Z,x?x-1:5,y-!x):X<1|X>5|Y<1|Y>5?e:""

Because I love recursion. Throws a ReferenceError on invalid coordinates.

Answer 12

Excel VBA, 67 Bytes

Outputs to the range A1:E5 on the activesheet of the vba project, exits with

Run-time error '1004':

Application-defined or object-defined error

when an invalid input is provided.

Code:

Sub a(c,r,x)
c=IIf(r<1Or c>5,-1,c)
[A1:E5]=0
Cells(6-r,c)=x
End Sub

Usage:

a 4,5,"#"

Output (from example above):

    A   B   C   D   E
1   0   0   0   #   0
2   0   0   0   0   0
3   0   0   0   0   0
4   0   0   0   0   0
5   0   0   0   0   0

Answer 13

Mathematica, 38 bytes

(x=Table[0,5,5];x[[-#2,#]]=#3;Grid@x)&

Answer 14

Brain-Flak 415 Bytes

Includes +3 for -c

([][()()()]){{}}{}({}<(({}<(({})<>)<>>)<>)<>([((((()()()){}){}){}){}]{}<([((((()()()){}){}){}){}]{})>)(()()()()()){({}[()]<(({})){{}(<({}[()])>)}{}({}<(({})){{}(<({}[()])>)}{}>)>)}{}({}{}){<>{{}}<>{}}<>>)<>(()()()()()){({}[()]<(((((((((()()()){}){}){}){})))))((()()()()()){})>)}{}{}<>({}<()((((((()()()){}){}()){}){}()[{}])({})({})({})({}){}{}[((((()()()){}){}){}){}()]){({}[()]<<>({}<>)>)}{}<>{}>)<>{({}<>)<>}<>

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Takes the character to insert first, then the row then column without spaces.

Most of this is just error handling. Brain-Flak doesn't have a good way to check if values are in a range. For errors, it either outputs nothing, or just the character that was supposed to be inserted. Solving the actual problem only takes 211 bytes:

<>(()()()()()){({}[()]<(((((((((()()()){}){}){}){})))))((()()()()()){})>)}{}{}<>({}<()((((((()()()){}){}()){}){}()[{}])({})({})({})({}){}{}[((((()()()){}){}){}){}()]){({}[()]<<>({}<>)>)}{}<>{}>)<>{({}<>)<>}<>

Answer 15

C#, 208 Bytes

Golfed:

string G(int c,int r,char a){if(c<1||c>5||r<1||r>5)return"Index Error";var b="00000";var d=new string[]{b,b,b,b,b};d[r-1]=d[r-1].Substring(0,c-1)+a+d[r-1].Substring(c);return string.Join("\r\n",d.Reverse());}

Ungolfed:

public string G(int c, int r, char a)
{
  if (c < 1 || c > 5 || r < 1 || r > 5) return "Index Error";
  var b = "00000";
  var d = new string[] { b, b, b, b, b };
  d[r - 1] = d[r - 1].Substring(0, c - 1) + a + d[r - 1].Substring(c);
  return string.Join("\r\n", d.Reverse());
}

Testing:

Console.Write(G(6, 6, '*')); //Index Error

Console.Write(G(1, 4, '#'));

00000
#0000
00000
00000
00000

Console.Write(G(5, 5, '@'));

0000@
00000
00000
00000
00000

Console.Write(G(1, 1, '}'));

00000
00000
00000
00000
}0000

Answer 16

QBIC, 53 50 bytes

EDIT: Now that I know that I don't have to show the starting grid, I've swapped out the user inputs _!_!_? for command line parameters ::;, saving 3 bytes.

[5|?@00000|]::;~(b>5)+(c>5)>1|_Xd\$LOCATE 6-c,b|?B

Original version: This halts between printing the 0-grid and taking the coordinates for the substitution, showing the 0-grid.

[5|?@00000|]_!_!_?~(b>5)+(c>5)>1|_Xd\$LOCATE 6-c,b|?B

Prints 5 strings of 5 0's, asks user for 2 numerical inputs and 1 string input, checks if the numbers are < 5 and uses QBasic's LOCATE function to substitute the right character.

Answer 17

WinDbg, 95 bytes

j(0<(@$t0|@$t1))&(6>@$t0)&(6>@$t1)'f8<<16 L19 30;eb2000018+@$t0-@$t1*5 @$t2;da/c5 8<<16 L19';?0

Almost half of it just verifying the indexes are in range... Input is done by setting the psuedo-registers $t0, $t1, and $t2 (where $t2 holds the ascii value of the char to replace). For example, (2,5,*) like the example would be:

0:000> r$t0=2
0:000> r$t1=5
0:000> r$t2=2a

Prints 0 on error.

How it works:

j (0<(@$t0|@$t1)) & (6>@$t0) & (6>@$t1)  * If $t0 and $t1 are both positive and less than 6
'
    f 8<<16 L19 30;                      * Put 19 (0n25) '0's (ascii 30) at 2000000 (8<<16)
    eb 2000018+@$t0-@$t1*5 @$t2;         * Replace the specified cell with the new char
    da /c5 8<<16 L19                     * Print 19 (0n25) chars in rows of length 5
';
    ?0                                   * ...Else print 0

Sample Output:

0:000> r$t0=2
0:000> r$t1=5
0:000> r$t2=2a
0:000> j(0<(@$t0|@$t1))&(6>@$t0)&(6>@$t1)'f8<<16 L19 30;eb2000018+@$t0-@$t1*5 @$t2;da/c5 8<<16 L19';?0
Filled 0x19 bytes
02000000  "0*000"
02000005  "00000"
0200000a  "00000"
0200000f  "00000"
02000014  "00000"


0:000> r$t0=-2
0:000> j(0<(@$t0|@$t1))&(6>@$t0)&(6>@$t1)'f8<<16 L19 30;eb2000018+@$t0-@$t1*5 @$t2;da/c5 8<<16 L19';?0
Evaluate expression: 0 = 00000000


0:000> r$t0=4
0:000> r$t1=2
0:000> r$t2=23
0:000> j(0<(@$t0|@$t1))&(6>@$t0)&(6>@$t1)'f8<<16 L19 30;eb2000018+@$t0-@$t1*5 @$t2;da/c5 8<<16 L19';?0
Filled 0x19 bytes
02000000  "00000"
02000005  "00000"
0200000a  "00000"
0200000f  "000#0"
02000014  "00000"


0:000> r$t1=f
0:000> j(0<(@$t0|@$t1))&(6>@$t0)&(6>@$t1)'f8<<16 L19 30;eb2000018+@$t0-@$t1*5 @$t2;da/c5 8<<16 L19';?0
Evaluate expression: 0 = 00000000

Answer 18

Haskell, 77 bytes

r=[1..5]
(x#y)c|x>0,x<6,y>0,y<6=unlines[[last$'0':[c|i==x,j==6-y]|i<-r]|j<-r]

Usage example:

*Main> putStr $ (2#5) '*'
0*000
00000
00000
00000
00000

If x and y are within range, outer and inner loop through [1..5] and take the char c if it hits the given x and y and a 0 otherwise. If x or y is not in range, a Non-exhaustive patterns exception is raised.

Answer 19

Octave 49 bytes

@(c,r,s)char(accumarray([6-r c],s+0,[5 5],[],48))

Answer 20

Java, 99 bytes

(i,j,k)->{int[]b=new int[]{60,60,60,60,60};int[][]a=new int[][]{b,b,b,b,b};a[i-1][5-j]=k;return a;}

Answer 21

><> (Fish), 36 bytes (non-competing)

1-$p;
00000
00000
00000
00000
00000

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This is run by placing the parameters on the stack like [chr, y, x]. One of the zeros at the bottom is actually changed into chr by the instruction p. There are probably better ways to do this, but I thought this was a unique and entertaining situation where this ><> feature is useful.

Explanation

This program simply subtracts 1 from x (as in ><>, 0 would actually be the first column), swaps x with y, then changes the codebox point x, y into chr via p. y doesn't need 1 subtracted from it, as the code is already all offset by 1!

Non-competing explanation

This is non-competing because it doesn't actually produce output. I just found this extremely amusing. If this is considered valid output, please let me know!

It's also non-competing because y can be 0, but I believe that's the only issue with the answer. I'll fix if this is considered valid output, but otherwise, it just makes the answer less entertaining...

Answer 22

Vim, 60 47 42 76 keystrokes

Input is in the format (on the first line):

25*

With the cursor starting at the beginning

"ax"bxx:if<C-r>a<1||<C-r>a>5||<C-r>b<1||<C-r>b>5
^
endif
6i0<ESC>Y5pG:norm <C-r>al<C-r>bkr<C-r>-
Hqqxjq5@qdd

If the input is invalid, then throws: E492: Not an editor command: ^

The cide that produces the output is only 42 bytes, but in order to create an error, my bytecount is drastically increased.

Answer 23

Bash, 59 bytes

Golfed

printf '00000%0.s\n' {1..5}|sed "$1 s/./$3/$2"|grep -z "$3"

$1, $2 - row, column, $3 - replacement char, error is reported via exit code

Test

>./box 2 2 "*"
00000
0*000
00000
00000
00000
>echo $?
0

>./box 6 2 '*'     
>echo $?
1

Answer 24

Java 8, 194 192 bytes

interface M{static void main(String[]a){String r="";int i=0,j,z=new Byte(a[0]),y=new Byte(a[1]);for(;++i<6;r+="\n")for(j=0;++j<6;r+=6-i==y&j==z?a[2]:0);System.out.print(z>0&z<7&y>0&y<7?r:0);}}

Try it here with correct input.
Try it here with incorrect input.

This would be 116 114 bytes instead as function instead of full program:

(a,b,c)->{String r="";for(int i=0,j;++i<6;r+="\n")for(j=0;++j<6;r+=b==6-i&a==j?c:0);return a>0&a<7&b>0&b<7?r:"0";}

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Explanation:

interface M{                  // Class
  static void main(String[]a){//  Mandatory main-method
    String r="";              //   Result-String, starting empty
    int i=0,j,                //   Index-integers
        z=new Byte(a[0]),     //   First input converted to integer
        y=new Byte(a[1]);     //   Second input converted to integer
    for(;++i<6;               //   Loop (1) from 1 to 6 (inclusive)
        r+="\n")              //     After every iteration: Append a new-line to the result
      for(j=0;++j<6;          //    Inner loop (2) from 1 to 6 (inclusive)
        r+=6-i==y             //     If the second input equals `6-1`,
           &j==z?             //     and the first input equals `j`:
            a[2]              //      Append the third input to the result-String
           :                  //     Else:
            0                 //      Append a zero to the result-String
      );                      //    End of inner loop (2)
                              //   End of inner loop (1) (implicit / single-line body)
    System.out.print(         //   Print:
     z>0&z<7&y>0&y<7?         //    If the coordinates are valid (1-6):
      r                       //     Print the result `r`
     :                        //    Else:
      0);                     //     Print 0 as error instead
  }                           //  End of main-method
}                             // End of class