Build an ASCII chart of the most commonly used words in a given text [closed]

Answer 1

PHP CLI version (450 chars)

This solution takes into account the last requirement which most purists have conviniently chosen to ignore. That costed 170 characters!

Usage: php.exe

Minified:

$f){$l=strlen($x);$r[$x]=$b=$f*$B/$F;if($l+$b>76)return R($a,$f,76-$l);}return$r;}$c=R($a,max($a),76-strlen(key($a)));foreach($a as$x=>$f)echo '|',str_repeat('-',$c[$x]),"| $x\n";?>

Human readable:

$f){
        $l = strlen($x);
        $r[$x] = $b = $f * $B / $F;
        if ( $l + $b > 76 )
            return R($a,$f,76-$l);
    }
    return $r;
}

// Apply the function:
$c = R($a,max($a),76-strlen(key($a)));


// Output:
foreach ($a as $x => $f)
    echo '|',str_repeat('-',$c[$x]),"| $x\n";

?>

Output:

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| she
|---------------------------------------------------------------| you
|------------------------------------------------------------| said
|-----------------------------------------------------| alice
|-----------------------------------------------| was
|-------------------------------------------| that
|------------------------------------| as
|--------------------------------| her
|-----------------------------| at
|-----------------------------| with
|--------------------------| on
|--------------------------| all
|-----------------------| this
|-----------------------| for
|-----------------------| had
|-----------------------| but
|----------------------| be
|---------------------| not
|--------------------| they
|--------------------| so
|-------------------| very
|------------------| what

When there is a long word, the bars are adjusted properly:

|--------------------------------------------------------| she
|---------------------------------------------------| thisisareallylongwordhere
|-------------------------------------------------| you
|-----------------------------------------------| said
|-----------------------------------------| alice
|------------------------------------| was
|---------------------------------| that
|---------------------------| as
|-------------------------| her
|-----------------------| with
|-----------------------| at
|--------------------| on
|--------------------| all
|------------------| this
|------------------| for
|------------------| had
|-----------------| but
|-----------------| be
|----------------| not
|---------------| they
|---------------| so
|--------------| very