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Question

Note to mods, if the title doesn't do justice, change it to whatever, I thought it was funny.

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You're tasked with hanging up the lights for this Christmas season, and your family has decided that for it to be a merry Christmas, you need to hang at least 2 Christmas lights on your house. So, your challenge is, given a number 1 < n, output the corresponding number of christmas lights you're going to be hanging according to the following specifications...

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Here is the structure of a basic christmas light:

  _?_
 [___]
 /:' \ 
|::   |
\::.  /
 \::./
  '='

The only uncertain part is the question mark, as depending on where the light lands in the chain, the connection will greatly differ.

For the first light in the chain, you will need to output:

    .--._ 
  _(_ 
 [___]
 /:' \ 
|::   |
\::.  /
 \::./
  '='

For the last light in the chain, you will need to output:

_.--. 
    _)_
   [___]
   /:' \ 
  |::   |
  \::.  /
   \::./
    '='

And for all lights in the middle:

_.--.--._
   _Y_ 
  [___]
  /:' \ 
 |::   |
 \::.  /
  \::./
   '='

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Example:

N=2:

    .--.__.--.    
  _(_        _)_  
 [___]      [___] 
 /:' \      /:' \ 
|::   |    |::   |
\::.  /    \::.  /
 \::./      \::./ 
  '='        '='  

N=6:

    .--.__.--.--.__.--.--.__.--.--.__.--.--.__.--.
  _(_       _Y_      _Y_      _Y_      _Y_       _)_
 [___]     [___]    [___]    [___]    [___]     [___]
 /:' \     /:' \    /:' \    /:' \    /:' \     /:' \
|::   |   |::   |  |::   |  |::   |  |::   |   |::   |
\::.  /   \::.  /  \::.  /  \::.  /  \::.  /   \::.  /
 \::./     \::./    \::./    \::./    \::./     \::./
  '='       '='      '='      '='      '='       '='

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Credit

ASCII-Art was taken from: http://www.chris.com/ascii/index.php?art=holiday/christmas/other

It was developed by a user named "jgs", who is responsible for around 40% of content on that site.

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Rules

• Trailing spaces are fine, same with a trailing newline.
• There is 1 more space between the first and last bulb from the rest of the chain.
• You may only take 1 integer as input, and the output MUST be a string, no arrays.
• Your program may have undefined functions for values less than 2.

This is ascii-artcode-golf, lowest byte-count wins.

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Sanbox post link here.

Answer 1

SOGL V0.12, 73 71 70 66 bytes

.”L7:±¹‘Ο4↕ooā.⁾ Y*¾(){"}^ņF⁵),WοΓy⅜¬κ8ΕL▓‚7m~Ε⅝Γ‘7n┼F (=f⁄2=+⁽{@┼

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-4 bytes by looping over a string like (YYY) like the Charcoal answer

63 bytes would work if 2 didn't need to be handled :/

Answer 2

Python 3, 200 195 191 190 186 bytes

d,*l=" _%c_     , [___]   , /:' \   ,|::   |  ,\::.  /  , \::./   ,  '='    ".split(',')
x=int(input())-2
print(' '*3,-~x*'.--.__.--'+'.\n',d%'(',d%'Y'*x,d%')')
for s in l:print(s,s*x,s)

-1 byte from dylnan
-4 bytes from Rod

Takes input on stdin.

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Explanation:

d,*l=" _%c_     , [___]   , /:' \   ,|::   |  ,\::.  /  , \::./   ,  '='    ".split(',')
# d is the second row, without the (, Y, or ) to connect the light to the strand
# l is the third through eighth rows in a list
x=int(input())-2
# x is the number of lights in the middle of the strand
print(' '*3,-~x*'.--.__.--'+'.\n',d%'(',d%'Y'*x,d%')')
# print x+1 wire segments and a trailing dot, starting four spaces over
# on the next line, print the connectors, _(_, then _Y_ * x, then _)_
for s in l:print(s,s*x,s)
# on the Nth line, print the Nth light row, a space,
#     x * the Nth light row, a space, and the Nth light row

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Answer 3

Pyth, 113 107 bytes

+"    ."*=tQ"--.__.--."++"  _(_ "j"_Y_"*Q]*6d" _)_"jms[d;jd*Q]*2;;d)c5" /:' \ |::   |\::.  / \::./   '='  "

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Not exactly the golfiest version...

Answer 4

JavaScript (ES6), 180 bytes

n=>`    .${'--.__.--.'.repeat(n-1)}
`+`  _Y_  
 [___] 
 /:' \\ 
|::   |
\\::.  /
 \\::./ 
  '='  `.replace(/.+/g,(r,p)=>`${p?r:'  _(_  '}  ${` ${r} `.repeat(n-2)}  ${p?r:'  _)_'}`)

Test

var f=
n=>`    .${'--.__.--.'.repeat(n-1)}
`+`  _Y_  
 [___] 
 /:' \\ 
|::   |
\\::.  /
 \\::./ 
  '='  `.replace(/.+/g,(r,p)=>`${p?r:'  _(_  '}  ${` ${r} `.repeat(n-2)}  ${p?r:'  _)_'}`)
  
function update()
{
  var n=+I.value
  P.textContent=f(n)
}  

update()

<input id=I type=number value=2 min=2 oninput='update()'>
<pre id=P></pre>

Answer 5

JavaScript (ES6), 204 201 196 194 192 bytes

N=>`     ${(r=x=>x.repeat(N-1))(`.--.__.--`)}.
   _(_    ${N--,r(`   _Y_   `)}    _)_
`+` [___] 
 /:' \\ 
|::   |
\\::.  /
 \\::./ 
  '='  `.split`
`.map(x=>`${x=` ${x} `} ${r(x)} `+x).join`
`

f=

N=>`     ${(r=x=>x.repeat(N-1))(`.--.__.--`)}.
   _(_    ${N--,r(`   _Y_   `)}    _)_
`+` [___] 
 /:' \\ 
|::   |
\\::.  /
 \\::./ 
  '='  `.split`
`.map(x=>`${x=` ${x} `} ${r(x)} `+x).join`
`

for(let i = 2; i <= 5; i++){
  console.log(f(i))
}

Answer 6

Charcoal, 78 74 bytes

Ｍ⁴→×….--.__⁹⊖θ.⸿Ｆ⪫()×Y⁻貫Ｍ⁼ι)→Ｐ“ ▷υ ρ1↗N⁷Σ⭆ C✂⪪⟲⦃¬≡↘↨H℅⌕Σêλ⍘”  _ι_Ｍ⁺⁴⁼ι(→

Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. Edit: Saved 2 bytes by simplifying the way the wiring is printed. Saved 2 bytes because the new code automatically casts the input to integer. Explanation:

Ｍ⁴→×….--.__⁹⊖θ.⸿

Print the wiring by taking the string .--.__, moulding it to length 9, then repeating it once for each join, finishing with a final . before moving to the start of the next line for the bulbs.

Ｆ⪫()×Y⁻貫

Loop over a string of connectors: ( and ) at the ends, and Ys in the middle.

Ｍ⁼ι)→

Move right one character if this is the last bulb.

Ｐ“ ▷υ ρ1↗N⁷Σ⭆ C✂⪪⟲⦃¬≡↘↨H℅⌕Σêλ⍘”

Print the body of the bulb without moving the cursor.

  _ι_

Print the cap of the bulb including the connector.

Ｍ⁺⁴⁼ι(→

Move to the start of the next bulb (an extra character if this is the first bulb).

Answer 7

Excel VBA, _{224 207} 205 Bytes

Anonymous VBE immediate window function that takes input from range [A1] and outputs to the VBE immediate window.

Prints the bulbs line by line, from top left to bottom right

?Spc(4)[Rept(".--.__.--",A1-1)]".":?"  _(_ "[Rept("      _Y_",A1-2)]"       _)_":For i=0To 5:b=Split(" [___]   1 /:' \   1|::   |  1\::.  /  1 \::./   1  '='    ",1)(i):[B1]=b:?b" "[Rept(B1,A1-2)]" "b:Next

Sample I/O

[A1]=7 ''  Input to worksheet, may also be done manually
?Spc(4)[Rept(".--.__.--",A1-1)]".":?"  _(_ "[Rept("      _Y_",A1-2)]"       _)_":For i=0To 5:b=Split(" [___]   1 /:' \   1|::   |  1\::.  /  1 \::./   1  '='    ",1)(i):[B1]=b:?b" "[Rept(B1,A1-2)]" "b:Next
    .--.__.--.--.__.--.--.__.--.--.__.--.--.__.--.--.__.--.
  _(_       _Y_      _Y_      _Y_      _Y_      _Y_       _)_
 [___]     [___]    [___]    [___]    [___]    [___]     [___]   
 /:' \     /:' \    /:' \    /:' \    /:' \    /:' \     /:' \   
|::   |   |::   |  |::   |  |::   |  |::   |  |::   |   |::   |  
\::.  /   \::.  /  \::.  /  \::.  /  \::.  /  \::.  /   \::.  /  
 \::./     \::./    \::./    \::./    \::./    \::./     \::./   
  '='       '='      '='      '='      '='      '='       '='    

-17 Bytes thanks to @YowE3k

-2 bytes for addition of temporary variable b

Answer 8

C,  279   278  272  262  259 bytes

Thanks to @NieDzejkob for saving six bytes!

#define P;printf(
i,j;f(n){char*S=" [___]   \0 /:' \\   \0|::   |  \0\\::.  /  \0 \\::./   \0  \'=\'    \0"P"    ");for(i=n--;--i P".--.__.--"))P".\n  _(_ ");for(;++i<n P"      _Y_"))P"       _)_\n%s ",S);for(;*S P"%10s\n%s ",S,S+10),S+=10)for(i=n;--i P S));}

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Unrolled:

#define P;printf(

i, j;

f(n)
{
    char*S = " [___]   \0 /:' \\   \0|::   |  \0\\::.  /  \0 \\::./   \0  \'=\'    \0"
    P"    ");

    for (i=n--; --i P".--.__.--"))
    P".\n  _(_ ");

    for (; ++i<n P"      _Y_"))
    P"       _)_\n%s ",S);

    for (; *S P"%10s\n%s ", S, S+10), S+=10)
        for(i=n; --i P S));
}

Answer 9

PHP, 276, 307, 303, 301, 293, 283, 280, 278 Bytes

function g($n){$a=["     .--._".r("_.--.--._",$n)."_.--.",r("_(_")." ".r(_Y_,$n)." ".r("_)_")];foreach(explode(9,"[___]9/:' \9|::   |9\::.  /9\::./9'='")as$b)$a[]=r($b)." ".r($b,$n)." ".r($b);return join("\n",$a);}function r($s,$n=3){return str_repeat(str_pad($s,9," ",2),$n-2);}

Readable version for testing:

function g($n){
    $a=[
         "     .--._".r("_.--.--._",$n)."_.--.",
         r("_(_")." ".r(_Y_,$n)." ".r("_)_")
    ];

    foreach(explode(9, "[___]9/:' \9|::   |9\::.  /9\::./9'='") as$b)
         $a[]=r($b)." ".r($b,$n)." ".r($b);

    return join("\n",$a);
}
function r($s,$n=3){
    return str_repeat(str_pad($s,9," ",2),$n-2);
}

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Check readable version out here

UPDATE

Wrapped it in a function,

Answer 10

Java, 310 307 300 275 bytes

Thanks to DevelopingDeveloper for converting it to a lambda expression

i->{int j=1;String o="     .";for(;j++<i;)o+="--.__.--.";o+="\n   _(_    ";for(;--j>2;)o+="   _Y_   ";o+="    _)_";String[]a={"  [___]  ","  /:' \\  "," |::   | "," \\::.  / ","  \\::./  ","   '='   "};for(String b:a)for(j=0;j++<i;)o+=j==1?"\n"+b+" ":j==i?" "+b:b;return o;};

Expanded:

i->
{
    int j=1;
    String o="     .";
    for(;j++<i;)
        o+="--.__.--.";
    o+="\n   _(_    ";
    for(;--j>2;)
        o+="   _Y_   ";
    o+="    _)_";
    String[]a={"  [___]  ","  /:' \\  "," |::   | "," \\::.  / ","  \\::./  ","   '='   "};
    for(String b:a)
        for(j=0;j++<i;)
            o+=j==1?"\n"+b+" ":j==i?" "+b:b;
    return o;
};

Looking into shorter ways to multiply strings, and found that streams are surprisingly more verbose

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Answer 11

Clean, 305 292 288 275 bytes

import StdEnv
f c=mklines['  _',c,'_  \n [___] \n /:\' \\ \n|::   |\n\\::.  /\n \\::./ \n  \'=\'  ']
@n=flatlines[a++b++c\\a<-[['    .--._']:[e++['  ']\\e<-f'(']]&b<-map(flatten o(repeatn(n-2)))[['_.--.--._']:[[' ':e]++[' ']\\e<-f'Y']]&c<-[['_.--.    ']:[['  ':e]\\e<-f')']]]

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Answer 12

Python 2 (PyPy), 365 316 315 251 245 bytes

-21 thanks to FlipTack

-43 thanks to ovs

-6 thanks to Mr. Xcoder

v,p=' \n'
a,l,n=".--._",["[___]"," /:' \ ","|::   |","\::.  /"," \::./ ","  '='  "],input()-2
e,b=v*5+"_)_",a[::-1]
r=v*4,a,(b[:4]+a)*n,b,p+"  _(_   ",(v*4+"_Y_  ")*n,e+p+v
for i in l:b=4-2*(i in l[1:]);r+=i+v*-~b,(i+v*b)*n,v+i+p
print''.join(r)

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Answer 13

Kotlin, 261 bytes

{val c="  [___]\n/:' \\\n |::|\n \\::./\n  \\::./\n   '='"
(0..7).map{i->print("     .--._\n   _(_\n$c".lines()[i].padEnd(10))
(0..L-3).map{print("_.--.--._\n   _Y_\n$c".lines()[i].padEnd(9))}
if(i>1)print(' ')
print("_.--.\n    _)_\n$c".lines()[i])
println()}}

Beautified

{
    val c = "  [___]\n  /:' \\\n |::   |\n \\::.  /\n  \\::./\n   '='"

    (0..7).map {i->
        print("     .--._\n   _(_\n$c".lines()[i].padEnd(10))
        (0..L - 3).map {
            print("_.--.--._\n   _Y_\n$c".lines()[i].padEnd(9))
        }
        if (i > 1) print(' ')
        print("_.--.\n    _)_\n$c".lines()[i])
        println()
    }
}

Test

fun f(L: Int)
{val c="  [___]\n/:' \\\n |::|\n \\::./\n  \\::./\n   '='"
(0..7).map{i->print("     .--._\n   _(_\n$c".lines()[i].padEnd(10))
(0..L-3).map{print("_.--.--._\n   _Y_\n$c".lines()[i].padEnd(9))}
if(i>1)print(' ')
print("_.--.\n    _)_\n$c".lines()[i])
println()}}

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    f(6)
}

TIO

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Answer 14

Google Sheets, 190 Bytes

Anonymous worksheet function that take input from range A1 and outputs to the calling cell

="    "&Rept(".--.__.--",A1-1)&".
  _(_    "&Rept("   _Y_   ",A1-2)&"    _)_"&RegexReplace("
 [___]   
 /:' \   
|::   |  
\::.  /  
 \::./   
  '='    
","
(.*)","
$1 "&Rept("$1",A1-2)&" $1