You must construct ASCII Pylons!

Question

_{Cross posted from my anagolf post (note: may contain spoilers, post mortem).}

Output the following text exactly.

• You may have additional trailing whitespace on each line, and trailing newlines as well.
• Shortest code, in bytes, wins.

                                                
                                              !"!
                                             "#$#"
                                            #$%&%$#
                                           $%&'('&%$
                                          %&'()*)('&%
                                         &'()*+,+*)('&
                                        '()*+,-.-,+*)('
                                       ()*+,-./0/.-,+*)(
                                      )*+,-./01210/.-,+*)
                                     *+,-./012343210/.-,+*
                                    +,-./0123456543210/.-,+
                                   ,-./01234567876543210/.-,
                                  -./0123456789:9876543210/.-
                                 ./0123456789:;<;:9876543210/.
                                /0123456789:;<=>=<;:9876543210/
                               0123456789:;<=>?@?>=<;:9876543210
                              123456789:;<=>?@ABA@?>=<;:987654321
                             23456789:;<=>?@ABCDCBA@?>=<;:98765432
                            3456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFEDCBA@?>=<;:9876543
                           456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHGFEDCBA@?>=<;:987654
                          56789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJIHGFEDCBA@?>=<;:98765
                         6789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>=<;:9876
                        789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>=<;:987
                       89:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>=<;:98
                      9:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>=<;:9
                     :;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>=<;:
                    ;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>=<;
                   <=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>=<
                  =>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>=
                 >?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>
                ?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?
               @ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@
              ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`aba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
             BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCB
            CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDC
           DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFED
          EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFE
         FGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklkjihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGF
        GHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnmlkjihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHG
       HIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnoponmlkjihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIH
      IJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrqponmlkjihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJI
     JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstsrqponmlkjihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJ
    KLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLK
   LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONML
  MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONM
 NOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|{zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPON
OPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~}|{zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPO

Answer 1

Canvas, 15 14 bytes

0ｃ［Ｃ²［ｊ｝¹ｍ］／││

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Note that while making this I added a couple built-ins (ｃ & Ｃ) as Canvas somehow didn't have any built-ins for ASCII/unicode before...

Explanation (some characters have been replaced to look monospace):

0c              push the charcode of "0" - 48
  {       ]     map over 1..48
   C              push the ASCII characters
    ²[ ]          repeat by the counter (0-indexed)
      j             remove the last character
        ¹m        mold to the length of the counter
           /    pad each line with spaces so it looks like a diagonal
            ││  palindromize the whole thing horizontally

Answer 2

PowerShell, 73 bytes

' '*48;46..0|%{" "*$_+-join[char[]](($x=79-$_)..($y=$x+$j++)+(++$y)..$x)}

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Outputs the first whitespace-only line, then loops from 46 to 0. Each iteration, outputs the corresponding number of spaces and then a -joined together char-array of the appropriate symbols, via some calculations.

Answer 3

Charcoal, 13 bytes

Ｅ⁴⁸⮌✂γι⊕⊗ι‖Ｏ←

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 ⁴⁸             Literal 48
Ｅ               Map over implicit range
      ι  ι      Current index
        ⊗       Doubled
       ⊕        Incremented
     γ          Printable ASCII
    ✂           Slice
   ⮌            Reverse
                Implicitly print each slice on separate lines
          ‖Ｏ←   Reflect with overlap

Answer 4

Python 2, 73 bytes

i=48
while i:i-=1;r=range(79-i,127-i*2);print' '*i+bytearray(r+r[-2::-1])

Try it online! Crossposted from anarchy golf (see my submission).

Quick post-mortem analysis: xnor and dianne discovered the exact same solution. ebicochneal submitted a 71 byte solution which mitchs improved to 70 bytes. They avoid dealing with bytearray (which is long) or ''.join(map(chr,…)) (which is even longer) entirely, by keeping a "current line" variable and cleverly updating it.

Answer 5

SOGL V0.12, 16 15 bytes

'½{ ~Δf⌡kFm}⁰¼╥

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Answer 6

Jelly, 17 bytes

48ḶḤr$z0ZUŒB+32ỌY

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Answer 7

05AB1E, 16 bytes

48FžQNÝûN+èJ}).C

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Answer 8

Common Lisp, 110 bytes

(dotimes(i 48)(dotimes(j 96)(princ(if(>(abs(- j 48))i)" "(code-char(+(-(* i 2)(abs(- j 48)))32)))))(princ"
"))

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Explanation

(dotimes(i 48)                   ;; for i from 0 up to 47
    (dotimes(j 96)               ;; for j from 0 up to 95
        (princ                   ;; print
            (if(>(abs(- j 48))i) ;; if abs(j - 48) > i
                " "              ;; print " "
                (code-char(+(-(* i 2)(abs(- j 48)))32)) ;; else print appropriate character
            )
        )
    )(princ"
") ;; print newline
)

Answer 9

VBA, 71 bytes

An anonymous VBE immediate window function that takes no input and outputs to the console.

For i=0To 47:?Spc(47-i);:For j=-i To i:?Chr(32-Abs(j)+2*i);:Next:?:Next

Answer 10

Ruby, 70 bytes

s=[*?\s..?~]*'';48.times{|i|puts s[i,i+1].rjust(48)+s.reverse[-2*i,i]}

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Constructs the full printable ASCII string and then prints the required number of forward (padded with spaces) + backward slices of it.

Answer 11

Jelly, 24 bytes

48RrḤ’$$ịØṖŒBṭ"48RU⁶ẋ$¤Y

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Answer 12

C (gcc), 117 bytes

c;i;main(){for(i=0;i<48;++i){for(c=2*i-15;c<32+2*i;++c)putchar(c>31+i?c:32);for(;c>31+i;--c)putchar(c);putchar(10);}}

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Ungolfed:

int ch;
int row;
int main(void) {
    for (row = 0; row < 48; ++row) {
        for (ch = 2*row-15; ch < 32 + 2*row; ++ch) {
            // The first character in the row is 2*row - 15 (row is zero-indexed)
            if (ch > 31+row)
                putchar(ch);
            else
                // If the current character is not in the pyramid, mask it with a space
                putchar(' ');
        }
        for (; ch > 31+row; --ch) {
            // Finish the other side of the pyramid
            putchar(ch);
        }
        putchar('\n');
    }
}

Answer 13

Perl 6, 55 53 bytes

say ' 'x 47-$_,chrs 32+2*$_ X-(-$_..$_)>>.abs for ^48

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Answer 14

Perl 5, 77 75 69 bytes

map{say$"x(47-$_),(@a=map chr$_+32,$_..$_*2),reverse@a[0..@a-2]}0..47

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Answer 15

C (gcc), 114 113 107 bytes

#define _(_)for(k=32;k<j;)putchar(j+_++);
f(j,k){for(j=31;++j<80;){printf("\n%*c",80-j,j);_(-31+k)_(j+~k)}}

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101 bytes are possible using a compiler flag.

Answer 16

Japt -R, 18 15 bytes

14 bytes if an additional leading newline is allowed.

#0õ_odH+ZÉ ¬êÃû

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Explanation

#0                  :48
  õ                 :Range [1,48]
   _         Ã      :Pass each Z through a function
    o               :  Range [0,Z)
      H+ZÉ          :    To each add 32+Z-1
     d              :    Get the character at that codepoint
           ¬        :  Join to a string
            ê       :  Palinrdomise
              û     :Centre pad each element to the length of the longest element
                    :Implicitly join with newlines and output

Answer 17

J, 47 44 bytes

(,.~}:@|."1)(1+i.48)([|.@{.}.)"0 1 u:31+i.96

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Thanks to Conor O'Brien for the template! Thanks to FrownyFrog for indicating the invalid solution.

Answer 18

T-SQL, 153 bytes

DECLARE @ INT=33,@t CHAR(95)=''a:PRINT @t;
SET @t=LEFT(STUFF(STUFF(@t,63-@/2,2,''),46,0,CHAR(@-1)+CHAR(@)+CHAR(@+1)+CHAR(@)),33+@/2)
SET @+=2IF @<128GOTO a

Returns are for display only.

I tried several ideas, including a loop to preconstruct the full string (163 characters), and a nested loop to build it on the fly (168 characters), but this ended up being the shortest.

Basically, each loop I'm cramming 4 new characters into the center of the string, then trimming off the extras from both ends, using the SQL STUFF() function.

Formatted and explained:

DECLARE @ INT=33,                      --Using a single counter for both rows and CHAR
        @t CHAR(95)=''                 --a non-null CHAR field will pre-fill with spaces
a:                                     --GOTO loop, shorter than a WHILE
    PRINT @t                           --duh
    SET @t = LEFT(                     --lops off the character at the end
            STUFF(                     --crams 4 new characters in the middle
            STUFF(@t, 63-@/2, 2, '')   --snips out a space and the leading character
                 ,46, 0, CHAR(@-1) + CHAR(@) + CHAR(@+1) + CHAR(@))
                 ,33 + @/2)            --rest of the LEFT()
    SET @+=2
IF @<128 GOTO a

Answer 19

J,  40 37 32 bytes

40 expression u:30+2>.(+:@i.@(2&+)(-*(>+:))"0 _|@i:)47 thanks to +Galen Ivanov & +Conor O'Brien for the ideas in their solutions

37 included echo echo u:32+|.(~.(>:*+:@[-])"0 _])|i:47

echo u:32+|.(~.(>:*[+-)"{])|i:47

incorporating @FrownyFrog tips from comments

TIO

Answer 20

Ruby, 59 bytes

48.times{|i|-47.upto(i){|c|putc~c<i ?32-c.abs+2*i:32};puts}

Cross-posted from my answer on anagol.

Answer 21

Python 2, 98 88 bytes

-1 byte thanks to @Mr.Xcoder

i=32
exec"print''.join(chr(i+i-32-abs(j))for j in range(32-i,i-31)).center(95);i+=1;"*48

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Answer 22

Ruby, 78 bytes

s=*32;48.times{puts (s.map(&:chr)*'').center 95;c=*s[0]+1;s=c+s.map{|x|x+2}+c}

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Full program. Ungolfed:

s=*32;                              # s is an array of integers
48.times{                           # Repeat 48 times:
  puts (s.map(&:chr)*'').center 95; # Turn each int to a char, join, center, and print
  c = *s[0] + 1;                    # c is a singleton array. It will bookend the next line
  s = c + s.map{|x|x+2} + c         # Add 2 to each element of s before adding the bookends
}

Answer 23

Yabasic, 80 bytes

An anonymous yabasic function that takes no input and outputs to the console

For i=0To 47
For j=i To 47?" ";Next
For j=-i To i?Chr$(32-Abs(j)+2*i);Next
?Next

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Answer 24

uBASIC, 95 bytes

0ForI=0To47
1ForJ=ITo47:?" ";:NextJ
2ForK=-1*IToI:?Left$(Chr$(32-Abs(K)+2*I),1);:NextK
3?:NextI

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Answer 25

MY-BASIC, 97 bytes

An anonymous MY-BASIC response that takes no input and outputs to the Console

For i=0 To 47
For j=i To 47
Print" "
Next
For j=-i To i
Print Chr(32-Abs(j)+2*i)
Next
Print;
Next

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-1 byte thanks to Jonathan Frech

Answer 26

C (gcc) 199 bytes

#include<stdio.h>
int i,j=32,k=32,l=49;int main(){while(k<127){for(i=0;i<l;++i)printf(" ");for(i=j;i<k;++i)printf("%c",i);printf("%c",k);for(i=k-1;i>=j;--i)printf("%c",i);printf("\n");j++;k+=2;l--;}}

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Thanks to Picard and PunPun1000 for all of the help

Answer 27

MATL, 18 bytes

48:"@@Zv30++Xhc3Zu

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Answer 28

Java 8, 115 114 110 bytes

()->{for(int m=0,c;m<48;m++)for(c=-48;++c<m+2;)System.out.print(c<-m?' ':c>m?'\n':(char)(32-(c<0?-c:c)+2*m));}

• (c<0?-c:c) saves 1 byte over Math.abs(c)
• I used ?: to print spaces before the pylon and a newline after it to save multiple System.out.print calls.

Answer 29

Tcl, 129 122 118 117 bytes

time {incr i;set j -48;set a {};time {set a $a[format %c [expr abs([incr j])>=$i?32:$i*2-abs($j)+30]]} 96;puts $a} 48

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Explanation

time { # for i from 0 up to 47
    incr i
    set j -48
    set a {}
    time { # for j from -48 up to 47
        # add next character to a
        set a $a[format %c [expr abs([incr j])>$i?32:$i*2-abs($j)+32]]
    } 96
    puts $a # print a
} 48

Answer 30

Gol><>, 29 bytes

`0FaLssLF:P|LF:M|`/L-R` lRo|;

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How it works

`0FaLssLF:P|LF:M|`/L-R` lRo|;

`0F                        |;  Repeat the following 48 times and halt...
   a                           Push 10 (\n)
    Lss                        Push L(loop counter) + 32
       LF:P|                   Repeat "Clone the top and increment" L times
            LF:M|              Repeat "Clone the top and decrement" L times
                 `/L-R`        Push 32 (space) 47-L times (space is significant)
                        lRo    Print everything as char, from the top,
                               until the stack is empty

Answer 31

Haskell, 102 bytes

main=putStr$do
i<-[48,47..0]
let l=replicate i 32++[79-i..126-i*2]
map toEnum$l++tail(reverse l)++[10]

Things I have tried that were not shorter:

• Expressing everything in terms of character literals and succ or pred to save the map toEnum.
• Writing a downward range instead of using reverse.

Answer 32

PHP, 94 bytes

for(;49>$k=++$i;printf("%47s%s
",$s,substr(strrev($s),1)))for($s="";$k--;)$s.=chr(30+$i*2-$k);

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Answer 33

JavaScript (Node.js), 95 bytes

f=(x=y=0)=>y<48?[`
`[x]]+Buffer([x<48-y|x>48+y?32:x<48?x+y*2-16:80-x+y*2])+f(++x%96?x:+!++y):''

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