Handling characters with height 6

Conversion utilities for height-6 ASCII art characters.

advent_of_code_ocr.height_6.convert_6(input_text: str, *, fill_pixel: str = '#', empty_pixel: str = '.') → str[source]

Convert height 6 text to characters.

Parameters:

  • input_text – A string containing the ASCII art representation of characters.

  • fill_pixel – The character used to represent filled pixels (default is ‘#’).

  • empty_pixel – The character used to represent empty pixels (default is ‘.’).

Returns:

A string containing the decoded characters.

advent_of_code_ocr.height_6.convert_array_6(array: Sequence[Sequence[T]], *, fill_pixel: T = '#', empty_pixel: T = '.') → str[source]

Convert a height 6 nested list to characters.

This function also accepts NumPy arrays or similar structures that can be converted to a list of lists

Parameters:

  • array – A nested list (or similar structure) representing the ASCII art.

  • fill_pixel – The character used to represent filled pixels (default is ‘#’).

  • empty_pixel – The character used to represent empty pixels (default is ‘.’).

Returns:

A string containing the decoded characters.