terminal-pattern

Terminal Pattern Printer

A lightweight Node.js package for printing beautiful patterns and names in ASCII art using asterisks (*) in the terminal.

📦 Installation

npm install terminal-pattern

🚀 Quick Start

const patternPrinter = require('terminal-pattern');

// Print a simple pattern
patternPrinter.printTrinangle('hollow', 5);

// Print your name in ASCII art
patternPrinter.printName('JOHN');

✨ Features

• 🎨 Multiple pattern types (triangle, square, diamond, pyramid)
• 📝 Convert text/names to ASCII art using asterisks
• 🎯 Customizable pattern sizes
• 🎪 Colorful terminal output support
• 📱 Cross-platform compatibility (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⚡ Lightweight with no external dependencies

📖 Usage Examples

Pattern Printing

const { printTriangle } = require('terminal-pattern');

// Print a triangle pattern
printTriangle('solid', 5);
/*
    *
   ***
  *****
 *******
*********
*/




### Name/Text Printing

```javascript
const { printName } = require('terminal-pattern');

// Print name in ASCII art
printName('HELLO');
/*
**   ** ******* **      **      *******
**   ** **      **      **      **   **
******* ******* **      **      **   **
**   ** **      **      **      **   **
**   ** ******* ******* ******* *******
*/

// Print with custom options
printName(name = "LALIT", size = 9, thickness = 1, gap = 2)

🛠️ API Reference

printPattern(type, size)

Prints a pattern in the terminal.

Parameters:

• type (string): Pattern type - 'hollow', 'solid',
• size (number): Size of the pattern

printName(name, size, thickness, gap)

Prints text as ASCII art in the terminal.

Parameters:

• name (string): Text to convert to ASCII art

📋 Examples

const printer = require('terminal-pattern');

// Different patterns
printer.printPattern('triangle', 6);
printer.printPattern('square', 8);
printer.printPattern('diamond', 4);

// Colored output
printer.printName('NODEJS', { color: 'green' });
printer.printPattern('triangle', 5, { color: 'blue' });

// Custom characters
printer.printName('REACT', { character: '#', color: 'cyan' });

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

👨‍💻 Author

Lalit Patharia

• GitHub: (https://github.com/Lalit10122)
• npm: (https://www.npmjs.com/~lalit01)

🔗 Links

• npm package
• GitHub repository
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