Box Drawing

Box Drawing

Designed by	User:Pifrited
Appeared in	2025
Computational class	Unknown
Reference implementation	Unimplemented

Box Drawing is an esolang by User:Pifrited in 2025.

Introduce

─ │ ┌ ┐ └ ┘ ├ ┤ ┬ ┴ ┼

A command in Box Drawing is:

head(any) name(num/str/cat/lis) [code(statement/fun)] input(any) end

And also,

• Codes run same when you rotate/flip it.
  
• Codes run rotational if it meet “─┘”.

Example:

─┐┌┬┬┬┬┬┐ ┌┬┬┬┬┐         │
 └┴┘││││└─┘├┼┤└┘         └┐
    ├┤├┤   └┴┘           ┌┤
    └┘└┘                 ├┘
                         ├─┬┐
                         ├─┴┘
                         ├─┬┐
                         ├─┴┘
                         └┐
                          │
                         ┌┘
                         ├┬┐
                         ├┼┤
                         ├┴┘
                         ├┐
                         └┘

Both equal to:

print(6);

Head

┐ ┌   
└─┘   num
┬─┬   
└─┘   str
┬┐┌   
└┴┘   var
┐┌┬   
└┴┘   fun
┬┬┬   
└┴┘   lis

Name

num type

Binary:

┬┬                        - start
├┤                        - 1
││                        - 0
││                        - 0
├┤                        - 1
├┤                        - 1
└┘                        - end (total: 25)

Or also base 2ⁿ:

┬┬┬                        - start
├┤│                        - 1
│││                        - 0
│├┤                        - 2
├┼┤                        - 3
├┤│                        - 1
└┴┘                        - end (total: 301)

str type

Same as num type, but will translate to ASCII/Unicode(UTF-8).

┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬
││├┤││││├┤├┤
││││││││├┤││
││├┤├┤├┤├┤││
├┤││├┤├┤├┤││
││││││││││││
││├┤├┤├┤├┤├┤
├┤├┤├┤├┤├┤││
││││││││││││
└┘└┘└┘└┘└┘└┘
“H e l l o !”(ASCII)

cat type

Use after fun head.

CatID + InCatID (See Defined functions)

─┐┌┬┬┬┬┬
 └┴┘││││
    ├┤├┤
    └┘└┘
 ^  ^CatID:2
fun    ^InCatID:1(print)

lis type

More than one name:

┬┬┬─┬─┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬─┐ ┌┬┬
└┴┘ └─┘││├┤││││├┤├┤ └─┘││
       ││││││││├┤││    ├┤
       ││├┤├┤├┤├┤││    ├┤
       ├┤││├┤├┤├┤││    └┘
       ││││││││││││
       ││├┤├┤├┤├┤├┤
       ├┤├┤├┤├┤├┤││
       ││││││││││││
       └┘└┘└┘└┘└┘└┘
       “H e l l o !”    6

Note:must put “─” between items

Code

fun

Just a function.

statement

If:

               ┌─(true code)──
─┬(condition)┬─┤
 └...........┘ └─(false code)──

(When no condition, run true code)

Yes, just if.

Input

Any num/str/lis/var.

End

Stop statement or program.

┬┬     ┬┐
└┘     └┘

Examples

Hello, world!

─┐┌┬┬┬┬┬┬─┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┐
 └┴┘││││└─┘││├┤││││├┤││││├┤├┤││││││├┤└┘
    ├┤├┤   ││││││││├┤││││││├┤├┤││││││
    └┘└┘   ││├┤├┤├┤├┤├┤││├┤├┤││├┤├┤││
           ├┤││├┤├┤├┤├┤││││├┤││├┤││││
           ││││││││││││││├┤││├┤││││││
           ││├┤├┤├┤├┤├┤││├┤├┤├┤├┤├┤├┤
           ├┤├┤├┤├┤├┤││││├┤├┤├┤├┤├┤││
           ││││││││││││││││││││││││││
           └┘└┘└┘└┘└┘└┘└┘└┘└┘└┘└┘└┘└┘

Cat

─┐┌┬┬┬┬┬┐┌┬┬┬┬┬┬┐
 └┴┘││││└┴┘││├┤└┘
    ├┤├┤   ├┤└┘
    └┘└┘   └┘

Truth-machine

                        ┌┐
                        ├┤┌┐   ┌┐
                     ┌┬┐││├┤┌─┐││┌┐
                    ┌┘└┴┴┴┴┴┘ └┴┴┴┘
─┐┌┬┬┬┬┬┐┌┬┬┬┬┬┐ ┌┬┬┤            ┌┬────────────┐
 └┴┘││││└┴┘││├┤└─┘││└┐┌┬┬┬┬┬┐ ┌┬┬┤└┬┬┐ ┌┬┬┬┬┬┐┌┘
    ├┤├┤   ││└┘   └┘ └┴┘││├┤└─┘├┤├┐├┤└─┘├┤││└┴┘
    └┘└┘   ├┤           ││└┘   └┘└┘└┘   └┘└┘
           └┘           ├┤
                        └┘