Ascii_grid

This is a ruby gem that will help you make grids in the terminal

requires ruby >= 2.0.0

Install

This gem might change in the future. So it is recomended that you use the bundler method listed below so you and anyone using your program gets the right gem version.

With bundler (Recomended)

Add the following line to your Gemfile:

gem 'ascii_grid', '~> 0.1.2'

then run this command:

$ bundle install

Direct install

To installl the latest version of the gem directly to your computer run this command:

$ gem install ascii_grid

Install from source

First you will need to get the source code. You can do this any way you want. One way is by cloning it from GitHub. You can do so with this command:

$ git clone https://github.com/HArchitect/Ascii_grid.git

Then you need to run these two commands to install it to your computer.

$ gem build ascii_grid.gemspec
$ gem install ./ascii_grid-0.1.2.gem

Usage

To use this gem just create an Ascii_grid object and then use the make_grid method

grid = Ascii_grid.new(20, 20, 10, 10)
grid.make_grid(1, 2, 4, -3)

This will output the following grid in the terminal:

+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | @ + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
--------------------|-------------------- 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + @ + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 
+ + + + + + + + + + | + + + + + + + + + + 

Documentation

You can find more info here: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/ascii_grid/0.1.2/Ascii_grid

Here is the homepage of the gem: https://rubygems.org/gems/ascii_grid