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print() outputs ASCII code + character instead of colored text

I took the reference of How to make every character/line print in a random color? and changed the text to ghost ASCII art but the output is not printing the colored art but printing ascii code + the symbols used in the text.

import colorama
import random


    
text = """
     .-----.
   .' -   - '.
  /  .-. .-.  \
  |  | | | |  |
   \ \o/ \o/ /
  _/    ^    \_
 | \  '---'  / |
 / /`--. .--`\ \
/ /'---` `---'\ \
'.__.       .__.'
    `|     |`
     |     \
     \      '--.
      '.        `\
        `'---.   |
              ) /
              \/
      """        
colors = list(vars(colorama.Fore).values())
colored_chars = [random.choice(colors) + char for char in text]
print(''.join(colored_chars))

Output :enter image description here

Solution

  • Try calling os.system('cls') before printing to the console with colors.

    Also include r"" before your string to format it correctly (worked for me).

    import colorama
import random
import os



text = r"""
     .-----.
   .' -   - '.
  /  .-. .-.  \
  |  | | | |  |
   \ \o/ \o/ /
  _/    ^    \_
 | \  '---'  / |
 / /`--. .--`\ \
/ /'---` `---'\ \
'.__.       .__.'
    `|     |`
     |     \
     \      '--.
      '.        `\
        `'---.   |
              ) /
              \/
      """

os.system("cls")
colors = list(vars(colorama.Fore).values())
colored_chars = [random.choice(colors) + char for char in text]
print(''.join(colored_chars))