Valentine's Day Code Golf

heart.py

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# TL;DR:
#
# The ASCII art we're trying to print:
#      ♥♥♥♥            ♥♥♥♥
#    ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥      ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
#  ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥  ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
# ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
# ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
# ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
#  ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
#    ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
#      ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
#        ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
#          ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
#            ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
#              ♥♥♥♥
#               ♥♥
#
# The shortest code (that I found) to do it:
# Length: 88 = 3 + 1 newline + 84
# i=0
# for c in 'cimooonljhfdba':a=f'{"♥"*(ord(c)-96):{"^>"[i>2]}15}';print(a+a[::-1]);i+=1

print('Drawing the heart')
print('{:^15}'.format('♥'*3) + '{:^15}'.format('♥'*3)[::-1])
print('{:^15}'.format('♥'*9) + '{:^15}'.format('♥'*9)[::-1])
print('{:^15}'.format('♥'*13) + '{:^15}'.format('♥'*13)[::-1])
print('{:^15}'.format('♥'*15) + '{:^15}'.format('♥'*15)[::-1])
print('{:^15}'.format('♥'*15) + '{:^15}'.format('♥'*15)[::-1])
print('{:^15}'.format('♥'*15) + '{:^15}'.format('♥'*15)[::-1])
print('{:>15}'.format('♥'*14) + '{:>15}'.format('♥'*14)[::-1])
print('{:>15}'.format('♥'*12) + '{:>15}'.format('♥'*12)[::-1])
print('{:>15}'.format('♥'*10) + '{:>15}'.format('♥'*10)[::-1])
print('{:>15}'.format('♥'*8) + '{:>15}'.format('♥'*8)[::-1])
print('{:>15}'.format('♥'*6) + '{:>15}'.format('♥'*6)[::-1])
print('{:>15}'.format('♥'*4) + '{:>15}'.format('♥'*4)[::-1])
print('{:>15}'.format('♥'*2) + '{:>15}'.format('♥'*2)[::-1])
print('{:>15}'.format('♥') + '{:>15}'.format('♥')[::-1])

print('Fitted function (found using Wolfram Alpha)')
f = lambda x: round(-0.00157257*x**4 + 0.084216*x**3 - 1.55846*x**2 + 10.086*x - 5.56294)
for x in range(1, 15):
    v = f(x)
    if x > 3:
        s = '{:>15}'.format('♥' * v)
    else:
        s = '{:^15}'.format('♥' * v)
    print(s + s[::-1])

print('Plain old for loop')
xoxo = [3, 9, 13, 15, 15, 15, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1]
for i, n in enumerate(xoxo):
    if i > 2:
        a = '{:>15}'.format('♥' * n)
    else:
        a = '{:^15}'.format('♥' * n)
    print(a + a[::-1])

print('Refined golfings')
# These seem short, but they don't forget to include the length of x
x=[3,9,13,15,15,15,14,12,10,8,6,4,2,1]
# Length: 109 (with x inlined)
for i in range(14):z='{:{}15}'.format('♥'*x[i],'^>'[i>2]);print(z+z[::-1])
# Failed experiments with list comprehensions/map
# Length: 118 (with x inlined)
for z in ['{:{}15}'.format('♥'*x[i],'^>'[i>2]) for i in range(14)]:print(z+z[::-1])
# Length: 120 (with x inlined)
[print(z+z[::-1]) for z in ['{:{}15}'.format('♥'*x[i],'^>'[i>2]) for i in range(14)]]
# Length: 126 (with x inlined)
print(*[z+z[::-1]+'\n' for z in ['{:{}15}'.format('♥'*x[i],'^>'[i>2]) for i in range(14)]])
# Length: 127 (with x inlined)
[*map(print,[z+z[::-1] for z in ['{:{}15}'.format('♥'*x[i],'^>'[i>2]) for i in range(14)]])]

print('Final passes')
# Length: 109 = 29 + 1 newline + 79
*x,=map(ord,'cimooonljhfdba')
for i in range(14):a='{:{}15}'.format('♥'*(x[i]-96),'^>'[i>2]);print(a+a[::-1])

# Length: 99 (no f-strings)
for i in range(14):a='{:{}15}'.format('♥'*(ord('cimooonljhfdba'[i])-96),'^>'[i>2]);print(a+a[::-1])
# Length: 90
for i in range(14):a=f"{'♥'*(ord('cimooonljhfdba'[i])-96):{'^>'[i>2]}15}";print(a+a[::-1])

# Length: 97 = 3 + 1 newline + 93 (no f-strings)
i=0
for c in 'cimooonljhfdba':a='{:{}15}'.format('♥'*(ord(c)-96),'^>'[i>2]);print(a+a[::-1]);i+=1

print('The winner, at 88 characters long!')
# Length: 88 = 3 + 1 newline + 84
i=0
for c in 'cimooonljhfdba':a=f'{"♥"*(ord(c)-96):{"^>"[i>2]}15}';print(a+a[::-1]);i+=1