Commands

There are commands for many functions useful to ASCII-art. These are listed below. Arguments are x, y, z and a respectively. Argument types in {} denote that multiple can be given.

Input

Command	Verbose	Argument types	Function
Ｓ	InputString	var	Stores the next string input as a string in x.
Ｎ	InputNumber	var	Stores the next string input as a number in x.

Output and Movement

Command	Verbose	Argument types	Function
None	Print	dir str	Prints y in the direction in x.
None	Print	dir num	Prints a line y characters long in the direction in x. The character used is automatic between |, \ , / and -.
None	Print	str	Prints x.
None	Print	num	Prints a line x characters long. The character used is automatic between |, \ , / and -.
Ｐ	Multiprint	mdr str	Prints y in the directions in x. The cursor is not moved.
Ｐ	Multiprint	mdr num	Prints a line x characters long in the directions in x. The character used is automatic between |, \ , / and -. The cursor is not moved.
Ｐ	Multiprint	str	Prints x. The cursor is not moved.
Ｐ	Multiprint	num	Prints a line x characters long. The character used is automatic between |, \ , / and -. The cursor is not moved.
Ｂ	Box	num str	Prints a square x characters wide and tall, and using y as the border, repeating y if needed.
Ｂ	Box	num num	Prints a rectangle x characters wide, y characters tall. The border characters are automatic between +, | and -.
Ｂ	Box	num num str	Prints a rectangle x characters wide, y characters tall, and using z as the border, repeating z if needed.
ＵＯ	Oblong	num str	Prints a square x characters wide and tall, and using y as the fill, repeating y if needed.
ＵＯ	Oblong	num num str	Prints a rectangle x characters wide, y characters tall, and using z as the fill, repeating z if needed.
ＵＲ	Rectangle	num num	Prints a rectangle x characters wide, y characters tall. The border characters are automatic between +, | and -.
ＵＲ	Rectangle	num str	Prints a square x characters wide and tall, and using y as the border, repeating y if needed.
ＵＲ	Rectangle	num	Prints a square x characters wide and tall. The border characters are automatic between +, | and -.
Ｇ	Polygon	{dir num} str	Prints a polygon with sides in x with the lengths in y and directions, and the z used to fill, repeating from the origin. If the polygon cannot be closed, it will not be filled.
Ｇ	Polygon	mdr num str	Prints a polygon with sides in x, all with length y, and the z used to fill, repeating from the origin. If the polygon cannot be closed, it will not be filled.
ＧＨ	PolygonHollow	{dir num} str	Prints a polygon with sides in x with the lengths in y and directions, and the z used for the sides, repeating from the origin. Polygon is not autoclosed or filled.
ＧＨ	PolygonHollow	mdr num str	Prints a polygon with sides in x, all with length y, and the z used for the sides, repeating from the origin. Polygon is not autoclosed or filled.
¤	Fill	str	If the cursor is in an empty space, fills the space with x, repeating x if needed.
ＵＢ	SetBackground	str	Sets the background to x, padding if needed.
ＵＴ	ToggleTrim		Toggles whether output is right-padded.
Ｔ	Trim	num num	Removes any part of the canvas outside a rectangle x characters wide and y characters tall, starting at the cursor, but not above or to the left of the origin.
⎚	Clear		Resets the canvas.
ＵＥ	Extend	num	Puts an x-cell gap between every column.
ＵＥ	Extend	num num	Puts an x-cell gap between every column, and a y-cell gap between every row.
Ｍ	Move	num dir	Move the cursor x characters in the direction of y.
Ｍ	Move	dir	Move the cursor one character in the direction of x.
None	Move	dir	Move the cursor one character in the direction of x.
↶	PivotLeft	num	Rotate the cursor 45 degrees counterclockwise x times.
↷	PivotRight	num	Rotate the cursor 45 degrees clockwise x times.
↶	PivotLeft		Rotate the cursor 90 degrees left.
↷	PivotRight		Rotate the cursor 90 degrees right.
Ｍ	Move/Jump	num num	Jump x characters right, y characters down.
Ｊ	JumpTo	num num	Jump to the position x characters right, y characters down from the original position.

High-level canvas operation

Command	Verbose	Argument types	Function
‖	Reflect		Reflect the canvas right, the axis being vertical through the cursor.
‖	Reflect	dir	Reflect the canvas in direction x, the axis being perpendicular to x through the cursor.
⟲	Rotate		Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise around the cursor.
⟲	Rotate	num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise x times around the cursor.
‖Ｃ	ReflectCopy		Reflect the canvas right. The original is kept and the axis and cursor position are reflected.
‖Ｃ	ReflectCopy	dir	Reflect the canvas in direction x. The original is kept and the axis and cursor position are reflected.
‖Ｃ	ReflectCopy	dls	Call ReflectCopy for each direction in x.
⟲Ｃ	RotateCopy		Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot at the bottom right of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated.
⟲Ｃ	RotateCopy	dir	Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot at the specified corner of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated.
⟲Ｃ	RotateCopy	num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise x times, with the pivot at the bottom right of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated. If x is a number literal greater than 10, RotateCopy is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲Ｃ	RotateCopy	lst	Call RotateCopy for each value in x.
⟲Ｃ	RotateCopy	dir num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise x times, with the pivot at the specified corner of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated. If x is a number literal greater than 10, RotateCopy is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲Ｃ	RotateCopy	dir lst	Call RotateCopy with x for each value in y.
‖Ｔ	ReflectTransform		Reflect the canvas right, the axis being vertical. The cursor position and characters are reflected if possible.
‖Ｔ	ReflectTransform	dir	Reflect the canvas in direction x, the axis being perpendicular to x. The cursor position and characters are reflected if possible.
‖Ｔ	ReflectTransform	dls	Call ReflectTransform for each direction in x.
⟲Ｔ	RotateTransform		Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise around the cursor position. Characters are rotated if possible.
⟲Ｔ	RotateTransform	num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise x times around the cursor position. Characters are rotated if possible.
⟲Ｔ	RotateTransform	lst	Call RotateTransform for each value in x.
⟲Ｐ	RotatePrism		Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot at the bottom right of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible.
⟲Ｐ	RotatePrism	dir	Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot at the specified corner of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible.
⟲Ｐ	RotatePrism	num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise x times, with the pivot at the bottom right of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible. If x is a number literal greater than 10, RotatePrism is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲Ｐ	RotatePrism	lst	Call RotatePrism for each value in x.
⟲Ｐ	RotatePrism	dir num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise y times, with the pivot at the specified corner of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible. If y is a number literal greater than 10, RotatePrism is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲Ｐ	RotatePrism	dir lst	Call RotatePrism with x for each value in y.
‖Ｍ	ReflectMirror		Reflect the canvas right, the axis being perpendicular to x. The original is kept, the axis and cursor position are reflected and characters are reflected if possible.
‖Ｍ	ReflectMirror	dir	Reflect the canvas in direction x, the axis being perpendicular to x. The original is kept, the axis and cursor position are reflected and characters are reflected if possible.
‖Ｍ	ReflectMirror	dls	Call ReflectMirror for each direction in x.
‖Ｏ	ReflectOverlap		Reflect the canvas right, the axis being vertical. The original is kept, the axis is not reflected and the cursor position is reflected.
‖Ｏ	ReflectOverlap	dir	Reflect the canvas in direction x, the axis being perpendicular to x. The original is kept, the axis is not reflected and the cursor position is reflected.
‖Ｏ	ReflectOverlap	dls	Call ReflectOverlap for each direction in x.
‖ＯＯ	ReflectOverlapOverlap	num	Reflect the canvas right. The original is kept, the axis and x lines closest to it are not reflected and the cursor position is reflected.
‖ＯＯ	ReflectOverlapOverlap	dir num	Reflect the canvas in direction x. The original is kept, the axis and x lines closest to it are not reflected and the cursor position is reflected.
‖ＯＯ	ReflectOverlapOverlap	dls num	Call ReflectOverlapOverlap with y for each direction in x.
‖Ｂ	ReflectButterfly		Reflect the canvas right. The original is kept, the axis is not reflected and the cursor position and characters are reflected if possible.
‖Ｂ	ReflectButterfly	dir	Reflect the canvas in direction x. The original is kept, the axis is not reflected and the cursor position and characters are reflected if possible.
‖Ｂ	ReflectButterfly	dls	Call ReflectOverlap for each direction in x.
‖ＢＯ	ReflectButterflyOverlap	num	Reflect the canvas right. The original is kept, the axis and x lines closest to it are not reflected and the cursor position and characters are reflected if possible.
‖ＢＯ	ReflectButterflyOverlap	dir num	Reflect the canvas in direction x. The original is kept, the axis and y lines closest to it are not reflected and the cursor position and characters are reflected if possible.
‖ＢＯ	ReflectButterflyOverlap	dls num	Call ReflectButterflyOverlap with y for each direction in x.
⟲Ｏ	RotateOverlap		Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot on the character at the bottom right of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated.
⟲Ｏ	RotateOverlap	dir	Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot on the character at the specified corner of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated.
⟲Ｏ	RotateOverlap	num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise x times, with the pivot on the character at the bottom right of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated. If x is a number literal greater than 10, RotateOverlap is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲Ｏ	RotateOverlap	lst	Call RotateOverlap for each value in x.
⟲Ｏ	RotateOverlap	dir num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise y times, with the pivot on the character at the specified corner of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated. If y is a number literal greater than 10, RotateOverlap is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲Ｏ	RotateOverlap	dir lst	Call RotateOverlap with x for each value in y.
⟲ＯＯ	RotateOverlapOverlap	num	Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot on the character at the bottom right of the canvas, shifted x/2 cells up and to the left. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated.
⟲ＯＯ	RotateOverlapOverlap	dir num	Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot on the character at the specified corner of the canvas, shifted y/2 cells in the opposite direction to x. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated.
⟲ＯＯ	RotateOverlapOverlap	num num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise x times, with the pivot on the character at the bottom right of the canvas, shifted y/2 cells up and to the left. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated. If x is a number literal greater than 10, RotateOverlapOverlap is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲ＯＯ	RotateOverlapOverlap	lst num	Call RotateOverlapOverlap for each value in x with y.
⟲ＯＯ	RotateOverlapOverlap	dir num num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise y times, with the pivot on the character at the specified corner of the canvas, shifted z/2 cells in the opposite direction to x. The original is kept and the cursor position is rotated. If y is a number literal greater than 10, RotateOverlapOverlap is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲ＯＯ	RotateOverlapOverlap	dir lst num	Call RotateOverlapOverlap with x for each value in y with z.
⟲Ｓ	RotateShutter		Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot on the character at the bottom right of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible.
⟲Ｓ	RotateShutter	dir	Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot on the character at the specified corner of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible.
⟲Ｓ	RotateShutter	num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise x times, with the pivot on the character at the bottom right of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible. If x is a number literal greater than 10, RotateShutter is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲Ｓ	RotateShutter	lst	Call RotateShutter for each value in x.
⟲Ｓ	RotateShutter	dir num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise y times, with the pivot on the character at the specified corner of the canvas. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible. If y is a number literal greater than 10, RotateShutter is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲Ｓ	RotateShutter	dir lst	Call RotateShutter with x for each value in y.
⟲ＳＯ	RotateShutterOverlap	num	Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot on the character at the bottom right of the canvas, shifted x/2 cells up and to the left. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible.
⟲ＳＯ	RotateShutterOverlap	dir num	Rotate the canvas 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the pivot on the character at the specified corner of the canvas, shifted y/2 cells in the opposite direction to x. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible.
⟲ＳＯ	RotateShutterOverlap	num num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise x times, with the pivot on the character at the bottom right of the canvas, shifted y/2 cells up and to the left. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible. If x is a number literal greater than 10, RotateShutterOverlap is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲ＳＯ	RotateShutterOverlap	lst num	Call RotateShutterOverlap for each value in x with y.
⟲ＳＯ	RotateShutterOverlap	dir num num	Rotate the canvas 45 degrees counterclockwise y times, with the pivot on the character at the specified corner of the canvas, shifted z/2 cells in the opposite direction to x. The original is kept and the cursor position and characters are rotated if possible. If y is a number literal greater than 10, RotateShutterOverlap is carried out on the original canvas once for each digit.
⟲ＳＯ	RotateShutterOverlap	dir lst num	Call RotateShutterOverlap with x for each value in y with z.
Ｃ	Copy	num num	Copy the canvas x characters right and y characters down.

Control flow

Command	Verbose	Argument types	Function
¿	if	exp bdy bdy	If x evaluates to truthy, run y, else run z.
¿	if	exp bdy	If x evaluates to truthy, run y.
Ｆ	for	exp bdy	Iterate over x, running y once per iteration. The loop variable is stored in the first free variable in ικλμνξπρςστυφχψωαβγδεζηθ. If x is a number, iterate over range(x) instead.
Ｗ	while	exp bdy	Iterate while x is true, running y once per iteration. The result of x is stored in the first free variable in ικλμνξπρςστυφχψωαβγδεζηθ.
ＲＦ	RefreshFor	num exp bdy	Iterate over y, running z and refreshing once per iteration with a minimum of x milliseconds timeout before the screen will be refreshed again. The loop variable is stored in the first free variable in ικλμνξπρςστυφχψωαβγδεζηθ. If y is a number, iterate over range(y) instead.
ＲＷ	RefreshWhile	num exp bdy	Iterate while y is true, running z and refreshing once per iteration with a minimum of x milliseconds timeout before the screen will be refreshed again. The result of y is stored in the first free variable in ικλμνξπρςστυφχψωαβγδεζηθ.

Display

Command	Verbose	Argument types	Function
Ｄ	Dump		Output the contents of the canvas. This has a 10 millisecond minimum interval by default.
Ｒ	Refresh	num	Refresh the screen with the contents of the canvas, with a minimum of x milliseconds timeout before the screen will be refreshed again.

Miscellaneous

Command	Verbose	Argument types	Function
ＵＰ	PythonFunction	str lst	Gets the function with no return value x from Python, and runs it with y as arguments.
▶	ExecuteVariable/execvar	var wls	Executes function or Charcoal function stored in x with y as arguments.
▶	ExecuteVariable/execvar	var wex	Executes function or Charcoal function stored in x with y as argument.
ＵＸ	PythonExecute/pyexec	str	Executes x as Python code.
≔	Assign	exp var	Assigns the result of x to y.
§≔	AssignAtIndex	exp exp exp	Assigns the result of z to the yth element of x.
⊞	Push	exp exp	Pushes y to x.
≡	switch	exp {exp bdy}	Depending on the value of x, executes z where x == y.
≡	switch	exp {exp bdy} bdy	Depending on the value of x, executes z where x == y or a if x does not match any y.
≦/≧	MapAssign	op var	Assigns the result of op var to var, where op is a non-lazy unary operator. Vectorises.
≦	MapAssignLeft	op exp var	Assigns the result of op exp var to var, where op is a non-lazy binary operator. Vectorises.
≧	MapAssignRight	op exp var	Assigns the result of op var exp to var, where op is a non-lazy binary operator. Vectorises.