Return to Question

• The words will have a guaranteed length of \$L\geq5\$
• The words can start with an a or z, even though the resulting cactus might look pretty ridiculous that way; they can also start with the same letter or even be the same.
• A word can tower above the stem (e.g. yoghurt).
• Although leading spaces to have the correct shape are of course mandatory, one or more (additional) leading/trailing spaces or newlines are allowed. As long as the correct cactus is somewhere on the screen, it's fine.
• All the letters may be uppercase instead of lowercase, as long as its consistent across the entire 'cactus'.
• Output format is flexible, so can be printed to STDOUT; returned as a string; returned as a character-matrix; etc.

• The words will have a guaranteed length of \5ドル \leq L \leq 99\$
• The words can start with an a or z, even though the resulting cactus might look pretty ridiculous that way; they can also start with the same letter or even be the same.
• A word can tower above the stem (e.g. yoghurt).
• Although leading spaces to have the correct shape are of course mandatory, one or more (additional) leading/trailing spaces or newlines are allowed. As long as the correct cactus is somewhere on the screen, it's fine.
• All the letters may be uppercase instead of lowercase, as long as its consistent across the entire 'cactus'.
• Output format is flexible, so can be printed to STDOUT; returned as a string; returned as a character-matrix; etc.

One big stem in the middle, with some upside down L-shaped branches sticking out.

One big stem in the middle, with some L-shaped branches sticking out.

• The words will have a guaranteed length of \$L\geq5\$
• The words can start with an a or z, even though the resulting cactus might look pretty ridiculous that way; they can also start with the same letter or even be the same.
• A word can tower above the stem (e.g. yoghurt).
• Although leading spaces to have the correct shape are of course mandatory, one or more (additional) leading/trailing spaces or newlines are allowed. As long as the correct cactus is somewhere on the screen, it's fine.
• Output format is flexible, so can be printed to STDOUT; returned as a string; returned as a character-matrix; etc.

• The words will have a guaranteed length of \$L\geq5\$
• The words can start with an a or z, even though the resulting cactus might look pretty ridiculous that way; they can also start with the same letter or even be the same.
• A word can tower above the stem (e.g. yoghurt).
• Although leading spaces to have the correct shape are of course mandatory, one or more (additional) leading/trailing spaces or newlines are allowed. As long as the correct cactus is somewhere on the screen, it's fine.
• All the letters may be uppercase instead of lowercase, as long as its consistent across the entire 'cactus'.
• Output format is flexible, so can be printed to STDOUT; returned as a string; returned as a character-matrix; etc.