Cute Code

Using ASCII art in my code makes it easier to quickly navigate and identify sections. It’s much faster to spot a hippo or a snail trail than to sift through plain text! I assign animals or designs to represent specific sections or functionality, making the code both practical and fun to work with. Below are a few examples I’ve used, particularly for Microsoft Access VBA (just adjust the comment symbols for other languages).

I added a snail trail to the snail because I needed the snail in my code.

Animals / Insects / Snails (External Links to ASCII Art)

Snail Art by Hayley Jane Wakenshaw

'                                                                        .----.   @   @    (\__
'                                                                       / .-"-.`.  \v/    :=)__)-.
'                                                                       | | '\ \ \_/ )      (/   | /\
'                                                                     ,-\ `-.' /.'  /            || /
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 123456789123456789  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---`----'----'____________ ||/_____

'           c~~p ,---------.
'      ,---'oo  )           \
'     ( O O                  )/
'      `=^='                 /
'            \    ,     .   /
'            \\  |-----'|  /
'            ||__|    |_|__|

'                      c~~p ,---------.
'                 ,---'oo  )           \
'                ( O O                  )/
'                 `=^='    123456789    /
'                       \    ,     .   /
'                       \\  |-----'|  /
'                       ||__|    |_|__|

Plants / Cactus (External Links to ASCII Art)

'         ,*-.
'         |  |
'     ,.  |  |
'     | |_|  | ,.
'     `---.  |_| |
'         |  .--`
'         |  |
'         |  | kra

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There is also a “sexual” section of ASCII that I will not link but is readily available to find, but I bring this up because I really feel like this says something about .. you know. monkey brain.