Greeting The User

Question

Create a program which when run displays the text below:

)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(
| Welcome User! |
)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(

Use any functions or language to answer this, have fun. Shortest code wins

Answer 1

Japt, 41 39 bytes

Saved 2 bytes thanks to @Shaggy

[U="){"-*-*-*^_"ê}("`| WelÖ  U r! |`U]·

Explanation:

[U="){"-*-*-*^_"ê}("`| WelÖ  U r! |`U]·
[                                    ]    // Create a new array
 U=                                       // Variable U =
   ")                                     //   ")
     {            }                       //   Evaluate everything in curley-brackets as code
      "-*-*-*^_"ê                         //   "-*-*-*^_" mirrored -> -*-*-*^_^*-*-*-
                  ("                      //   ("
                                          * Now we have [U=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("]
                    `| WelÖ  U r! |`      // "| Welcome User! |" decompressed by `...`
                                     U    // ")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("
                                          * Now we have [")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(","| Welcome User! |",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("]
                                      ·   // Split with new-lines

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Answer 2

Python 2, 54 bytes

print(")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n| Welcome User! |\n"*2)[:53]

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Answer 3

T-SQL, 60 bytes

PRINT')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(
| Welcome User! |
)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-('

SQL allows splitting string literals over lines, so those returns are counted.

Working on a procedural solution, but doubt I'll find one under 60.

New Edit: Found a simple REPLACE that ties the trivial solution:

PRINT REPLACE('1
| Welcome User! |
1',1,')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(')

Turns out that REPLACE will do an implicit conversion of a numeral to a string, so this lets me save 2 characters by eliminating the quotes around my replacement character.

Trying to put it into a variable is too long, due to the overhead of the DECLARE (69 bytes):

DECLARE @ CHAR(17)=')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-('PRINT @+'
| Welcome User! |
'+@

Answer 4

Python 2.7, 55 bytes

a="\n)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n"
print a+'| Welcome User! |'+a

Pretty simple. Includes leading and trailing newlines.

Answer 5

C (gcc), 78 75 bytes

main(i){for(;printf(")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(")&i--;puts("\n| Welcome User! |"));}

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Answer 6

Bubblegum, 43 bytes

00000000: d3d4 d502 c1b8 f838 30ad abc1 55a3 109e  .......80...U...
00000010: 9a93 9c9f 9baa 105a 9c5a a4a8 50c3 a589  .......Z.Z..P...
00000020: ae06 00bd 4d85 9835 0000 00              ....M..5...

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Answer 7

05AB1E, 31 29 26 bytes

-3 Bytes thanks to Emigna

")-*-*-*^_".∞D”|‡Ý‚Ý! |”s»

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Explanation

")-*-*-*^_".∞D”|‡Ý‚Ý! |”s»
")-*-*-*^_"                # Push )-*-*-*^_
           .∞              # Intersected mirror (results in )-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-( )
             D             # Duplicate top of stack
              ”|‡Ý‚Ý! |”   # Pushes | Welcome User! |
                        s  # Swap top items on stack
                         » # Join on newlines

Answer 8

JavaScript, 56 bytes

alert(`${s=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("}
| Welcome User! |
${s}`)

JavaScript (ES6), 50 48 bytes (function)

_=>(s=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(")+`
| Welcome User! |
`+s

-2 bytes thanks to Rick Hitckcock

Answer 9

Python 3, 62 bytes

print(")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n| Welcome User! |\n)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(")

Answer 10

C, 75 bytes

main(){char*S=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(";printf("%s\n| Welcome User! |\n%s",S,S);}

Answer 11

C# (.NET Core), 60 bytes

_=>")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n| Welcome User! |\n)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("

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Answer 12

Sed, 51

Two for the price of one:

s/^/)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(/p
x
s/^/| Welcome User! |/p
x

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s/^/)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n| Welcome User! |/p
s/\n.*//

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Answer 13

MATLAB / Octave, 53 bytes

a=')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(';disp([a;'| Welcome User! |';a])

Answer 14

Charcoal, 32 30 bytes

_^×*-³(⸿emocleW |‖Ｂ¬Ｊ¹¦¹ User!

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_^              Print("_^");
×*-³            Print(Times("*-", 3));
(⸿emocleW |     Print("(\remocleW |");

Prints the mirror image of the top left portion of the output.

‖Ｂ¬             ReflectButterfly(:¬);

Reflects down and to the left to create the top and bottom lines and the left of the middle line.

Ｊ¹¦¹            JumpTo(1, 1);
 User!          Print(" User!");

Fixes up the middle line.

Answer 15

Perl 5, 49 bytes

print$\=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(","
| Welcome User! |
"

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Uses the fact that $\ is implicitly printed after each print.

Answer 16

PHP, 50 bytes

<?=$a=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(","
| Welcome User! |
$a";

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Answer 17

Mathematica, 52 bytes

Column@{t=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(","| Welcome User! |",t}

Answer 18

Golang, 82 bytes

func main(){var a string=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n";Printf(a+"| Welcome User! |\n"+a)}

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Answer 19

Ruby, 49 bytes

$><<[")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("]*2*"
| Welcome User! |
"

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Answer 20

Minecraft Functions, 77 bytes

tellraw @a {"text":")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n| Welcome User! |\n)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("}

Answer 21

Braingolf, 55 bytes

22#)[#-#*]"^_^"[#*#-]#(V"
| Welcome User! |
"R!&@v&@R&@

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It's 2 bytes shorter than hardcoding the output.

Explanation

22                         Push 2 2s to the stack
                             These are used for loop counting
  #)                       Push )
    [#-#*]                 Push -* 3 times, using one of the 2s
          "^_^"            Push ^_^
               [#*#-]      Push *- 3 times, using the remaining 2
                     #(    Push (
                       V   Create a new stack
                        "
| Welcome User! |
"                          Push \n| Welcome User! |\n to the new stack
 R!&@                      Return to main stack, print entire stack without popping
     v&@                   Switch to 2nd stack, pop and print stack
        R                  Return to main stack, pop and print stack

Answer 22

Batch, 70 bytes

@SET b=@ECHO )-*-*-*^^^^_^^^^*-*-*-(
%b%
@ECHO ^| Welcome User! ^|
%b%

I mostly enjoy this one because all the escape characters make the emoticon ^_^ look like an adorable Lovecraft abomination ^^^^_^^^^

Answer 23

><>, 56 54 bytes

/a"| !resU emocleW |>"01pa
 l?!;o
/"(-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-)"

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2 bytes saved by AGourd

Answer 24

V, 35 bytes

é)8a-*r(ãhR^_^Äo| Welcome User! |

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Hexdump:

00000000: e929 3861 2d2a 1b72 28e3 6852 5e5f 5e1b  .)8a-*.r(.hR^_^.
00000010: c46f 7c20 5765 6c63 6f6d 6520 5573 6572  .o| Welcome User
00000020: 2120 7c                                  ! |

Explanation:

é)                          " Insert a '('
  8a                        " Append 8 copies of the following: 
    -*<esc>                 "   '-*'
           r(               " Replace the last character on this line with '('
             ãh             " Move to the middle of this line
               R            " And write the following text over the existing text:
                ^_^<esc>    "   '^_^'
                        Ä   " Duplicate this line
o                           " On a new line:
 | Welcome User! |          "   Write the whole middle line

Answer 25

Pyth, 41 bytes

It's boring, but I just cant find a way to creat )-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-( or | Welcome User! | in less bytes than just copying the strings.

J")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("J"| Welcome User! |"J

Explanation:
J")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("                      # J = ")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("
                    J                     # Print J with new line
                     "| Welcome User! |"  # Print "| Welcome User! |" with new line
                                        J # Print J with new line

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Answer 26

///, 42 bytes

/#/)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(
/#| Welcome User! |
#

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Shorter than the Bubblegum solution!

Answer 27

Vim, 38 Bytes

i)^[8a-*^[r(9hR^_^^[Yo| Welcome User! |^[p

Shoutout to the homies in the comments

Original:

i)-\*^[vhyl2pa^_^\*-^[vhyl2pa(^[Vyo| Welcome User! |^[p

Where ^[ is the ESC key

Answer 28

Carrot, 51 bytes

)-*-*-*\^_\^*-*-*-(
^*1//.+/gS"
| Welcome User! |
"

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Explanation

)-*-*-*\^_\^*-*-*-(
^                            Give the stack-string this value ")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n"
 *1                          Append 1 duplicate of the stack-string to itself
                             stack-string: ")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("
//.+/g                       Get matches of /.+/g and set the stack-array to this result
                             stack-array: [")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("]
S"
| Welcome User! |
"                            Join the stack-array on "\n| Welcome User! |\n" and
                             set the stack-string to this result

Answer 29

bash, 52 bytes

f=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("
echo "$f
| Welcome User! |
$f"

Answer 30

C, 65 66 bytes

main(){printf("%s| Welcome User! |\n%1$s",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n");}

Yes, there are other C solutions, also coming in at about 66 bytes.

Ungolfed

main()
{
    printf("%s| Welcome User! |\n%1$s",
          ")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n"
          );
}

GCC produces a warning for the missing printf prototype.

The %1$s says use argument 1 (again) for the second string argument.

In real-life programs, it can also be used to pass in precision/width arguments into a printf. This avoids having to use a printf to create the format string for the real printf.

Answer 31

Java 8, 62 bytes

x->"".format("%s| Welcome User! |\n%<s",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n")

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Or as full program (110 bytes):

interface A{static void main(String[]a){System.out.printf("%s| Welcome User! |\n%<s",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n");}}

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Surprised there wasn't a Java answer yet.

Answer 32

Minecraft, 107 bytes

/tellraw @p ["",{"text":")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n"},{"text":"| Welcome User! |\n"},{"text":")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("}]

Answer 33

PowerShell, 47 bytes

($z=')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(')
"| Welcome User! |
$z"

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Ran into the problem everyone else is running into: there's not enough meat to justify trying to encode the top line's pattern. A fancier join method also turned out to cost one more byte

Answer 34

Retina, 42 bytes

A¶| Welcome User! |¶A
A
)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(

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Answer 35

PHP, 56 52 bytes

<?=$s=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n","| Welcome User! |\n$s";

• 4 bytes saved thanks to manatwork

Answer 36

SOGL V0.12, 27 bytes

↑αMΟ±.○h+‘╬1"→ū↑, ¶‘θ⁾@∑32ž

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I have no idea why I still haven't added a capitalize 1st letter of each word function... Here it uses a 4-byte replacement

Answer 37

TCL, 73 bytes 54 bytes

set a )-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-( set b "| Welcome User! |" puts " $a\n $b\n $a"

---

puts "[set a )-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(]
| Welcome User! |
$a"

Thanks @sergiol for the suggestion!

Answer 38

Braingolf, 48 bytes

")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("!&@"
| Welcome User! |
"@19&@

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Explanation

")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("        push the string ")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(" as characters
                   !&@     print all the characters on the stack without popping
                      "
| Welcome User! |          push the string "\n| Welcome User! |\n"
"
 @19                       pop and print 19 characters on the stack
    &@                     print all the characters on the stack

Answer 39

Kotlin, 88 bytes

fun main(a:Array<String>){val s=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(";print("$s\n| Welcome User! |\n$s")}"

Answer 40

Stax, 25 bytes

æu√hy╘£.ÅJnc¡┐ßD.P☻Θ╖>╘rÇ

Run and debug it

Answer 41

Wren, 64 bytes

Fn.new{"1| Welcome User! |
1".replace("1",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(
")}

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Explanation

Fn.new{                           // New anonymous function
       "1| Welcome User! |
1"                                // Create the string "| Welcome User! |"
  .replace("1",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(
")}                               // Prepend & append the string ")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n"

Answer 42

C (gcc), 63 bytes

f(){printf("%s| Welcome User! |\n%1$s",")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n");}

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Three bytes shorter than all the previous solutions because new rules allow functions.

Answer 43

><>, 76 61 bytes

!v"(-*-*-*^_"~! |
 >~")"a"| !resU emocleW |v"61pa10.
l?!;o >

Answer 44

PHP, 55 bytes

$a=')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(';
echo <<<S
$a
| Welcome User! |
$a
S;

Answer 45

VBA, 48 Bytes

Anonymous VBE immediate window function that takes no input and outputs a greeting to the user via the immediate window

a=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(":?a:?"| Welcome User! |":?a

Answer 46

Golang, 67 Bytes

func n(){a:=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n";Print(a+"| Welcome User! |\n"+a)}

Prints with a trailing newline.

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Answer 47

Canvas, 29 bytes

-*３×^_＋)×│| Welcome User! |┌）

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Answer 48

JavaScript (Node.js), 58 bytes

(u=')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(')=>[u,'| Welcome User! |',u].join`
`

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I am sure I can golf if down , but later

Answer 49

Runic Enchantments, 46 bytes

>")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(":$ak"| Welcome User! |"ak@

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It will appear to process until it times out, due to the two ^ commands which spawn IPs that do nothing (necessitating the explicit entry >). I am disapointed that this is 2 bytes shorter than the multiple IP method. Constructing the first and last lines using multiplication/duplication turns out to be even more expensive as well (50 bytes). :(

Answer 50

PowerShell, 54 bytes

$a=')-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(';write $a;"| Welcome User! |";$a

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Old - 68 bytes

Write-Host ")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(`n| Welcome User! |`n)-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-("

Answer 51

R, 61 bytes

r=")-*-*-*^_^*-*-*-(\n";cat(r,"| Welcome User! |\n",r,sep="")

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Has a trailing newline. I couldn't see if that was approved or not, so I just rolled with it.