draw_lines.py

# Draw Lines


def draw_line(
    text: str,
    line_char: str = "-",
    line_out: str = "#",
    line_in: str = "",
    max_length: int = 38,
    reverse: bool = True,
) -> str:

    def mirror(input_str: str) -> str:
        text_chars = list(input_str)[::-1] if reverse else list(input_str)
        for i, char in enumerate(text_chars):
            for br in ["<>", "()", r"{}", "[]", "/\\"]:
                if char in br:
                    text_chars[i] = br[1 if char == br[0] else 0]
        return "".join(text_chars)

    line_length = max_length - len(text)
    line_left = round(line_length / 2)
    line_right = line_length - line_left
    line = (
        line_out,
        line_char * line_left,
        line_in,
        text,
        mirror(line_in),
        line_char * line_right,
        mirror(line_out),
    )
    return " ".join(line)
    
"""    
e.g: 
foo = 'Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry\'s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.'

for i in foo.strip().split():
    print(draw_line(text=i, line_out="# )>", reverse=True, line_in="|"))
    

>>
# )> ---------------- | Lorem | ----------------- <( #
# )> ---------------- | Ipsum | ----------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | is | ------------------ <( #
# )> ---------------- | simply | ---------------- <( #
# )> ---------------- | dummy | ----------------- <( #
# )> ----------------- | text | ----------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | of | ------------------ <( #
# )> ------------------ | the | ----------------- <( #
# )> --------------- | printing | --------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | and | ----------------- <( #
# )> -------------- | typesetting | ------------- <( #
# )> -------------- | industry. | --------------- <( #
# )> ---------------- | Lorem | ----------------- <( #
# )> ---------------- | Ipsum | ----------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | has | ----------------- <( #
# )> ----------------- | been | ----------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | the | ----------------- <( #
# )> -------------- | industry's | -------------- <( #
# )> --------------- | standard | --------------- <( #
# )> ---------------- | dummy | ----------------- <( #
# )> ----------------- | text | ----------------- <( #
# )> ----------------- | ever | ----------------- <( #
# )> ---------------- | since | ----------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | the | ----------------- <( #
# )> ---------------- | 1500s, | ---------------- <( #
# )> ----------------- | when | ----------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | an | ------------------ <( #
# )> ---------------- | unknown | --------------- <( #
# )> ---------------- | printer | --------------- <( #
# )> ----------------- | took | ----------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | a | ------------------- <( #
# )> ---------------- | galley | ---------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | of | ------------------ <( #
# )> ----------------- | type | ----------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | and | ----------------- <( #
# )> -------------- | scrambled | --------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | it | ------------------ <( #
# )> ------------------ | to | ------------------ <( #
# )> ----------------- | make | ----------------- <( #
# )> ------------------ | a | ------------------- <( #
# )> ----------------- | type | ----------------- <( #
# )> --------------- | specimen | --------------- <( #
# )> ---------------- | book. | ----------------- <( #
"""