Jetbrains Academy - ASCII Text Signature

My solutions for the Jetbrains Academy Problem ASCII Text Signature

https://hyperskill.org/projects/71

The solution is build up step by step over several stages. Stage 1 is the first and simple one. The following stages build up on the previous stages and get more and more advanced. There are four stages in total.

Because each stage is completely independent of the previous one, IntelliJ might show some warnings about duplicated code between the stages.

Stage 1/4

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First step of our ASCII generator.

just execute this:

gradle -PmainClass=stage1.MainKt run --console=plain

 _____________
| Hyper Skill |
 •••••••••••••

Stage 2/4

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Now user can enter his name in the console.

just execute this:

gradle -PmainClass=stage2.MainKt run --console=plain

Albert Einstein
*******************
* Albert Einstein *
*******************

Stage 3/4

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Enter name and status of a person.

just execute this:

gradle -PmainClass=stage3.MainKt run --console=plain

Enter name and surname: Bill Gates
Enter person's status: VIP
***************************************************
*  ___  _ _    _         ____ ____ ___ ____ ____  *
*  |__] | |    |         | __ |__|  |  |___ [__   *
*  |__] | |___ |___      |__] |  |  |  |___ ___]  *
*                       VIP                       *
***************************************************

Stage 4/4

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We add a feature to sort the given numbers. Parameter sortingType can be natural or byCount.

just execute this:

gradle -PmainClass=stage4.MainKt run --console=plain

Enter name and surname: Bill Gates
Enter person's status: VIP
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88  `888'   `Y8b  `"'  `888  `888             d8P'  `Y8b               .o8                        88
88   888     888 oooo   888   888            888            .oooo.   .o888oo  .ooooo.   .oooo.o   88
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88   888    .88P  888   888   888            `88.    .88'  d8(  888    888 . 888    .o o.  )88b   88
88  o888bood8P'  o888o o888o o888o            `Y8bood8P'   `Y888""8o   "888" `Y8bod8P' 8""888P'   88
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88                                          |  | | |__]                                           88
88                                           \/  | |                                              88
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