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40 changes: 9 additions & 31 deletions exercises/concept/high-school-sweetheart/.docs/instructions.md
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# Instructions

In this exercise, you are going to help high school sweethearts profess their love on social media by generating an ASCII heart with their initials:
In this exercise, you are going to help high school sweethearts profess their love on social media by generating an ASCII box with their initials:

```
****** ******
** ** ** **
** ** ** **
** * **
** **
** J. K. + M. B. **
** **
** **
** **
** **
** **
** **
***
*
❤-------------------❤
| J. K. + M. B. |
❤-------------------❤
```

## 1. Get the name's first letter
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# => "L. G."
```

## 4. Put the initials inside of the heart
## 4. Put the initials inside of the ASCII box

Implement the `HighSchoolSweetheart.pair/2` function. It should take two full names and return the initials inside an ASCII heart. Make sure to reuse `HighSchoolSweetheart.initials/1` that you defined in the previous step.
Implement the `HighSchoolSweetheart.pair/2` function. It should take two full names and return the initials inside an ASCII box. You don't need to draw the box yourself - make use of the box included in the code comment. Make sure to reuse `HighSchoolSweetheart.initials/1` that you defined in the previous step.

```elixir
HighSchoolSweetheart.pair("Blake Miller", "Riley Lewis")
# => """
# ****** ******
# ** ** ** **
# ** ** ** **
# ** * **
# ** **
# ** B. M. + R. L. **
# ** **
# ** **
# ** **
# ** **
# ** **
# ** **
# ***
# *
# ❤-------------------❤
# | B. M. + R. L. |
# ❤-------------------❤
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I wanted to include it without any spaces:

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# ❤-------------------❤
# | B. M. + R. L. |
# ❤-------------------❤
#❤-------------------❤
#| B. M. + R. L. |
#❤-------------------❤

But the Elixir formatter adds the spaces

# """
```
17 changes: 3 additions & 14 deletions exercises/concept/high-school-sweetheart/.meta/exemplar.ex
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Expand Up @@ -22,20 +22,9 @@ defmodule HighSchoolSweetheart do
i2 = initials(full_name2)

"""
****** ******
** ** ** **
** ** ** **
** * **
** **
** #{i1} + #{i2} **
** **
** **
** **
** **
** **
** **
***
*
❤-------------------❤
| #{i1} + #{i2} |
❤-------------------❤
"""
end
end
17 changes: 3 additions & 14 deletions exercises/concept/high-school-sweetheart/lib/high_school_sweetheart.ex
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end

def pair(full_name1, full_name2) do
# ****** ******
# ** ** ** **
# ** ** ** **
# ** * **
# ** **
# ** X. X. + X. X. **
# ** **
# ** **
# ** **
# ** **
# ** **
# ** **
# ***
# *
# ❤-------------------❤
# | X. X. + X. X. |
# ❤-------------------❤

# Please implement the pair/2 function
end
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17 changes: 3 additions & 14 deletions exercises/concept/high-school-sweetheart/test/high_school_sweetheart_test.exs
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test "prints the pair's initials inside a heart" do
assert HighSchoolSweetheart.pair("Avery Bryant", "Charlie Dixon") ==
"""
****** ******
** ** ** **
** ** ** **
** * **
** **
** A. B. + C. D. **
** **
** **
** **
** **
** **
** **
***
*
❤-------------------❤
| A. B. + C. D. |
❤-------------------❤
"""
end
end
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