def textplot(expr, a, b, W=55, H=18):
    """
    Print a crude ASCII art plot of the SymPy expression 'expr' (which
    should contain a single symbol, e.g. x or something else) over the
    interval [a, b].

    Examples
    ========

    textplot(sin(t)*t, 0, 15)
    """

    free = expr.free_symbols
    if len(free) > 1:
        raise ValueError("length can not be greater than 1")
    x = free.pop() if free else Dummy()
    f = lambdify([x], expr)
    a = float(a)
    b = float(b)

    # Calculate function values
    y = [0] * W
    for x in range(W):
        try:
            y[x] = f(a + (b - a)/float(W)*x)
        except (__HOLE__, ValueError):
            y[x] = 0

    # Normalize height to screen space
    ma = max(y)
    mi = min(y)
    if ma == mi:
        if ma:
            mi, ma = sorted([0, 2*ma])
        else:
            mi, ma = -1, 1
    for x in range(W):
        y[x] = int(float(H)*(y[x] - mi)/(ma - mi))
    margin = 7
    print

    for h in range(H - 1, -1, -1):
        s = [' '] * W
        for x in range(W):
            if y[x] == h:
                if (x == 0 or y[x - 1] == h - 1) and (x == W - 1 or y[x + 1] == h + 1):
                    s[x] = '/'
                elif (x == 0 or y[x - 1] == h + 1) and (x == W - 1 or y[x + 1] == h - 1):
                    s[x] = '\\'
                else:
                    s[x] = '.'

        # Print y values
        if h == H - 1:
            prefix = ("%g" % ma).rjust(margin)[:margin]
        elif h == H//2:
            prefix = ("%g" % ((mi + ma)/2)).rjust(margin)[:margin]
        elif h == 0:
            prefix = ("%g" % mi).rjust(margin)[:margin]
        else:
            prefix = " "*margin
        s = "".join(s)
        if h == H//2:
            s = s.replace(" ", "-")
        print(prefix + " | " + s)

    # Print x values
    bottom = " " * (margin + 3)
    bottom += ("%g" % a).ljust(W//2 - 4)
    bottom += ("%g" % ((a + b)/2)).ljust(W//2)
    bottom += "%g" % b
    print(bottom)
dataset/ETHPy150Open sympy/sympy/sympy/plotting/textplot.py/textplot